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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
IKT 2003	ECONOMIC METHODOLOGY AND RESEARCH METHODS	COMPULSORY	3	0	0	4

Offered By

Economics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AYÇIL YÜCER

Offered to

Economics
Economics (Evening)

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to explain research techniques and scientific techniques in the analysis of economic facts and issues.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	to be able to distinguish the differences between methods, approaches and techniques.
2	to be able to evaluate the criteria for scientific theories.
3	to be able to demonstrate the differences between scientific approaches.
4	to be able to assess theories in economics within the framework of science, positive science and normative science concepts.
5	to be able evaluate a must-have criteria of the scientific work.
6	to be able to examine theories of economics within the framework of the philosophy of science.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Methodology of Economics
2	Natural science, social sciences
3	Methods and methodology
4	The basic method of scientific approaches
5	Verificationism, Falsificationism
6	Philosophy of Science
7	Scientific research methods
8	Midterm exam
9	Midterm exam
10	The formal structure of the study
11	A method for representing annotate source
12	Processes of creating hypotheses and scientific works
13	The importance of digital data and creation data in economics
14	Economic data sources, library classification systems

Recomended or Required Reading

Main Resources:
Halil Seyidoğlu, Araştırma ve Yazma El Kitabı, Kutiş Mat. Istanbul, 2009- Prof. Dr. Erdoğan Alkin,
Ayşe Buğra, Iktisatçılar ve Insanlar, Iletşim Yay., Istanbul, 2008 (6. Ed.)
Ercan Eren, Iktisatta Yöntem, Uludağ Üniversitesi Basımevi, 1989
Ömer Demir, Iktisatta Yöntem Tartışmaları, Vadi yayınları, 1996.
Ömer Demir, Bilim Felsefesi,Vadi Yayınları, 2000.
Helpful Resources:
Gülten Kazgan, Iktisadi Düşünce veya Politik Iktisadın Devrimi, Remzi Kitapevi, 2000. (Iktisadi Düşüncenin Tahlilinde Yöntem, p.27-42 )
Kevin D. Hoover, Doktor Keynes: Bir tanıbilimde Ekonomik Kuram , Keynes, Edit:Roger E. Bachouse, Bradley W. Bateman,, çev:Mifit Günay, Dost Kitapevi Yay. Ankara, 2008
Bradley W. Bateman, Keynes ve Keynescilik , Keynes, Edit:Roger E. Bachouse, Bradley W. Bateman,, çev:Mifit Günay, Dost Kitapevi Yay. Ankara, 2008
Asaf Savaş Akat, Iktisadi Analiz, Eflatun Yayınevi, 2009. (first part of this book)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

It is aimed to provide students with the ability to make analysis, by exemplifying the explanatory power of economic theories on economic events. After processing each topic, it is controlled by asking at least ten questions to students, whether the point of course is understood or not.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	MTEG	MIDTERM GRADE	MTEG * 1
3	FIN	FINAL EXAM
4	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTEG * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
5	RST	RESIT
6	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60

*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	12	3	36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	12	3	36
Preparation for midterm exam	1	10	10
Preparation for final exam	1	12	12
Reading	5	3	15
Final	1	1	1
Midterm	1	1	1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			111

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6
LO.1	1	1		1
LO.2	1	1
LO.3	1	1
LO.4	1	1
LO.5		1
LO.6			1

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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