COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MACROECONOMICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MAK 4000 MACROECONOMICS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Izmir Vocational School

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MELTEM ARAT

Offered to

HEALTH INSTITUTIONS MANAGEMENT (Evening)
Agricultural Management (Evening)
HEALTH INSTITUTIONS MANAGEMENT
Agricultural Management
Izmir Vocational School

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to provide the students to learn and explain; the fundamental concepts of macroeconomics, the factors in national income equation, determinants of total demand and total supply, main macroeconomic problems, concept of money demand, money supply and foreign exchange market and the reasons and the way of using macroeconomic policies.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Explaining the national income equation
2   Explaining the determinants of total demand
3   Explaining the determinants of total supply
4   Explaining the changes in market balance
5   Explaining the determination of foreign exchange rate

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The fundamental concepts of macroeconomics
2 The Concept of gross, reel and potential national income and calculation of national income
3 The factors in the National Income Equation
4 The determinants of total demand
5 The determinants of total supply
6 Market balance and changes in market balance
7 Mid-term exam
8 Mid-term exam
9 Main macroeconomic problems; economic growth, domestic and external debt
10 Main macroeconomic problems; inflation, unemployment, correlation of inflation and employment
11 The concept of money supply and money demand
12 Foreign exchange market and determination of foreign exchange rate
13 Concept of foreign trade and foreign exchange policies
14 Concept of monetary and fiscal policies

Recomended or Required Reading

Tümay ERTEK, Makro Ekonomi (Macro Economics), Beta Basım Yayın, 2009
Tevfik PEKIN, Makro Ekonomi (Macro Economics), Zeus Kitabevi 2010
Ilker PARASIZ, Iktisadın ABC si (Introduction to Economics), Ezgi Kitabevi, 2010.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Giving lectures
2. Research Assignments
3. Preparation to the Lectures

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FN Final
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE VZ*0.40 + FN* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) VZ*0.40 + BUT* 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

mid-term and final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

%70 study attendance is mandatory

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

esin.candan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Preparation to Mid-term Exam 1 10 10
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 12 1 12
Preparation to Final Exam 1 25 25
Final 1 1 1
Mid-term 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 73

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.11
LO.211
LO.31
LO.411
LO.511

CONTACT INFORMATION
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