DEGREE PROGRAMMES

History

Higher Economy and Trade School, on which contemporary Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences was founded upon, was established on September 9th, 1944. It was renamed as Economic and Commercial Sciences Academy on June 8th, 1959 by the by the Law No. 7334. It was included in Ege University as a faculty in 1968. With the establishment of Dokuz Eylül University by Decree Law No. 41 on the Organization of Higher Education Institutions, it was joined the establishment as Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences. Contemporarily, the Faculty consists of seven departments which are Business Administration, Economics, Public Finance, Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, Public Administration, Econometrics and Management Information Systems. All departments have both day and evening formal education programmes.
Department of Economics carries out research and education activities on topics such as effective usage and increasing of resources in order to meet human needs, and sharing of goods and services produced.

Qualification Awarded

The graduates, who have successfully completed all courses in the curriculum of Economics Programme, are awarded with the Bachelors Degree in Economics.

Level of Qualification

First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)

Specific Admission Requirements

Registration and admission requirements of Economics Programme are in conformance with general requirements of Dokuz Eylül University. These requirements can be accessed through web page http://www.deu.edu.tr/ders-katalog/eng/eng-b6.html.

Specific Arrangements for Recognition of Prior Learning (Formal, Non-Formal and Informal)

The rules and regulations for recognition of prior learning for Economics Programme are in conformance with general requirements of Dokuz Eylül University. These rules and regulations can be accessed through web page http://www.deu.edu.tr/ders-katalog/eng/eng-b7.html.

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

Students are required to successfully complete all courses of the programme (equivalent to 240 ECTS total) and obtain a minimum average grade point of 2.00 out of 4.00. In addition, conditions in the relevant articles of the second and fourth parts of the Associate and Bachelors Degree Education and Examination Regulations (http://www.deu.edu.tr/DEUWeb/Icerik/Icerik.php KOD=5683) should be met.

Profile of the Programme

Economics undergraduate programme aims to provide students robust theoretical background in the field and ability to support this with econometric and statistical method and analyses in application. Main purpose of the programme is to provide students a wide perspective in economics events and problems in life, and ability to use modern analytical tools in order to solve these problems.
First four semesters of the programme mostly consists of general courses offered by various departments of Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences. Beginning from the fifth semester, field specific courses weight. There is a large selection of elective courses that students can choose among them according to their fields of interest. In addition, there are 6 courses thought in English in Erasmus Exchange Program. Also, local students can benefit both from Farabi Exchange Program through Turkish Universities and Erasmus exchange Program through European universities for one or two semesters.

Key Learning Outcomes

Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples

Graduates of Economics Programme can be employed both in public and private sectors. They can participate in inspector, auditor and assistant expert examinations of various ministries, and can be employed with related titles. Public and private banks, research institutions, national and international companies are amongst employers of programme graduates. In addition, graduates can register undergraduate programmes and further in academic career.

Access to Further Studies

The graduates who completed undergraduate programmes requirements successfully can register to second and third cycle pogrammes (masters and doctorate) of national and international higher education institutions if they can meet the related requirements.

Course Structure Diagram with Credits

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

Evaluation and assessment methods for each course are defined in the course details prepared by the faculty member/s that can be reached in the Information Package. The relevant articles of ASSOCIATE AND UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION AND EXAM REGULATIONS of the Council of Higher Education and EDUCATION AND EXAM APPLICATION REGULATIONS of Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences at Dokuz Eylül University are applied to the exam and course grades.

Graduation Requirements

Graduation requirements are as described in the Qualification Requirements and Rules section. The requirement for graduation is to complete all of the courses in the programme (equivalent to 240 ECTS total) successfully and to have a CGPA of minimum 2.00 out of 4.00. Also, second and fourth parts of the articles of the conditions in the Associate and Undergraduate Education and Examination Regulations must be met.

Mode of Study (Full-Time, Part-Time, E-Learning )

Full-time

Programme Director or Equivalent

Programme Director: Prof. Dr. Yasar UYSAL
e-mail: yasar.uysal@deu.edu.tr
ECTS / DS Coordinators: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mert URAL - Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mehmet CETIN
e-mail: mert.ural@deu.edu.tr - mehmet.cetin@deu.edu.tr
Address: Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Economics Dokuzçeşmeler Campus 35160 Buca İZMİR TURKEY- Telephone: 00 90 232 311 05 52