COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MACROECONOMICS I

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IKT 2007 MACROECONOMICS I COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Economics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AYLIN ABUK DUYGULU

Offered to

Economics
Economics (Evening)

Course Objective

Analysing behaviours and ecenomic decision of society with the basic macro ecenomics models

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to clasify economic behaviour of the society and economic decision units
2   To be able to basic macro ekononomics problems
3   To be able to explain how equilibrium level of production is determined by macro eceonomics models.
4   To be able to explain effects of demand management policies on the economy with various assumption
5   To be able to compare effects of demand management policies ont the open and closed economy.
6   To be able to discuss differences of policies consequences at the exchange rate systems.
7   To be able to evaluate policies suggestion about external and internal policies.
8   To be able to evaluate economic mechanism as a whole

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction and conceptual backround. What is macroeconomics Which subject in it
2 General macroeconomics problems
3 Genaral macroeceonomics problems- continue
4 Historical development of macroeconomics
5 How do economists think when addressing macroeconomic problems
6 Orthodox and Heterodoxs macroeconomics
7 National income, measurement methods, basic national income identities
8 Facts of total demand: consumption
9 Facts of total demand: investment
10 Facts of total demand: public expenditure
11 National income equilibrium total demand changing
12 National income and interest rate: IS analaysis
13 National income: LM analysis
14 Introduction to AD-AS

Recomended or Required Reading

Nevzat Güran, Makro Ekonomik Analiz, Anadolu Matbaacılık.
Erdal Ünsal, Makro Iktisat, Turhan Kitapevi.
Kemal Yıldırım, vd. Makroekonomi, Seçkin Yayıncılık

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Explaining by lecturer, discussing with the students about the topics

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)
Case study 14 1 14
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Other 14 1 14
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 118

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9
LO.111
LO.2111
LO.31111
LO.411
LO.511
LO.6111
LO.711
LO.81111