COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SEMINAR IN ECONOMICS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ECO 4002 SEMINAR IN ECONOMICS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Economics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR EMINE SEDEF AKGÜNGÖR

Offered to

Course Objective

The course introduces students to independent research on a topic which they develop under regular supervision of the instructor. The course teaches fundamentals of proper research question development, methodology selection, proper structuring of a research project and formatting of an article. The course content includes periodic evaluation of student reports and submission of the complete project at the end of the term.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Implement required literature survey for specific topic.
2   Construct proper framework for analyzing economic phenomena.
3   Develop advance level knowledge on a selected economic topic.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Course Introduction
2 Topic Discussion
3 Research question development and constructing analytical framework
4 Discussion of proposal draft
5 Research question discussion
6 Research question discussion
7 Evaluation of proposals
8 Research and project development
9 Research and project development
10 Class presentation of projects
11 Class presentation of projects
12 Class presentation of projects

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Project specific readings that will be collected by the student and approved by the instructor.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Proposal draft
2. Research paper

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 AS1 1.Assignment
2 AS2 2.Assignment
3 TP TermProject
4 PRS Presentation
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE AS1 * 0.20 + AS2 * 0.20 + TP * 0.40 + PRS * 0.20


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. The learner will have a sound knowledge of the quantitative and qualitative methods that will help to examine the premises of different theories for an applied subject so that a contribution to solving current economic problems can be made.
2. The leraner will possess social, scientific and ethical values at the data collection, interpretation and dissemination stages of economic analysis.
3. The learner will have the experience of writing, using software and doing presentations in the newspapers, magazines, meetings, panels, and in equivalent virtual platforms (internet), in order to share their accumulated knowledge and problem solving ability acquired during their education.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attending at least 70 percent of lectures is mandatory.
2. Plagiarism of any type will result in disciplinary action.

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 4 48
Preparing assignments 3 20 60
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 144

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.1123
LO.215234
LO.35123