Iğdır University Lifelong Learning Programme

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	Number of ECTS Credits
9900001025	ECONOMICS	Compulsory	1	2	3

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

The student is expected to have some basic knowledge to be helpful in understanding the reasons of some economical problems and their results.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

1	Lecture, Data Show, the participation of students to the courses where required.
2	Define the basic concepts of economics and economic problems.
3	Establishing the relationships between consumer behavior and the concept of demand and explaining them with graphical models
4	Establishing the relationships between producer behavior and the concept of supply and explaining them with graphical models.
5	Can define basic macroeconomic concepts and explain the relationships between them with simple graphical models.

Mode of Delivery

Evening Education

Prerequisites and co-requisities

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Basic concepts
2	Demand, supply and price formation
3	Consumer Equilibrium
4	Production Theory
5	Costs Theory
6	Perfect Competition Theory
7	Monopoly
8	Oligopoly and Monopolistic Competition Theory
9	Oligopoly and Monopolistic Competition Theory
10	National Income
11	Employment
12	Inflation
13	Deflation
14	Devaluation
15	final Exam	-	-

Recommended or Required Reading

Prof.Dr.Zeynel Dinler (2009), Introduction to Economics, Ekin Press. Bursa. Prof.Dr. Erdal M.Ünsal (2007), Introduction to Economics, İmaj Publication, Ankara. Prof.Dr. Osman Z.Orhan, Doç.Dr.Seyfettin Erdoğan (2008), Introduction to Economics, Palme Publication. Ankara. Prof.Dr.İbrahim YILDIRIM, (1998), Economics (Course Notes), University of Yuzuncu Yil, Faculty of Agriculture. Publication No. 19.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Midterm Examination	1	100
SUM		100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Final Examination	1	100
SUM		100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities		40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities		60
SUM		100

Language of Instruction

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	1	1
Final Examination	1	1	1
Attending Lectures	2	12	24
Discussion	1	20	20
Question-Answer	1	10	10
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	1	15	15
Individual Study for Final Examination	1	15	15
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			86

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PO 1	PO 2	PO 3	PO 4	PO 5	PO 6	PO 7	PO 8	PO 9	PO 10	PO 11	PO 12	PO 13	PO 14	PO 15
LO1	4	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
LO2	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
LO3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
LO4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4
LO5	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4

* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High