COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FINANCIAL LITERACY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ERA 3517 FINANCIAL LITERACY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

School of Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MUSTAFA ÜNÜVAR

Offered to

Tourism Management
Tourism and Hotel Management
Gastronomy And Culinary Arts
International Trade

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to enable students to take their decisions by considering financial aspects in their daily lives.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. Students will be able to planning their personal finances.
2   2. Students will be able to understand personal purchasing and rights after purchase
3   3. Students will be able to identifying and compare financing alternatives to their needs
4   4. Students will be able to understanding the tax consequences of their financial decisions
5   5. Students will be able to identifying investment alternatives

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Sources of Income
2 Personal Spending
3 Budgeting
4 Time Value of Money
5 Financial Intermediaries
6 Interest Rates & Consumer Credits
7 Midterm exam
8 Midterm exam
9 Choosing Between Financing Alternatives
10 Personal Banckruptcy
11 Insurance
12 Taxes
13 Personal Investment Strategies & Stock Markets
14 Personal Purchasing and Consumer Protection
15 Final exam
16 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Dworsky, L. N. (2009). Understanding the Mathematics of Personal Finance: An Introduction to Financial Literacy, Wiley.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture by instructor, class discussion conducted by instructor, problem solving or case studies, question and answer teaching method

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Skill in analysis, synthesis and critical thinking; skill in problem solving; skill in application via midterm and final exams

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

The Regulation of Dokuz Eylul University on Education and Examination in Associate's and Bachelor's Degrees
The Codes of Practice of School of Applied Sciences on Education and Examination

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

e-mail adress of the lecturer

Office Hours

Lecture day, between the hours of 12:30-13:00

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 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 2 10 20
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 126

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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