COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

International Business and Trade

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ERDOST TORUN

Offered to

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
International Business and Trade
International Trade and Business (English)

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to introduce students to the fundamentals of financial forecasting techniques, and methods in a time series analysis sense in order to identify data patterns and forecast business drivers through applied time series modeling techniques
In addition, this course provides a background to learn how to interpret basic time series analysis results and time series analysis software outputs to model and forecast the financial market data through market models in order to gain insight about the financial data patterns.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

ECN 1904 - PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Course materials are drawn from a range of textbooks and journal articles.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lectures
2. Presentations

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. The learner will show understanding the basic concepts, theories, principles, and practices of financial time series modeling and forecasting.
2. The learner will model and forecast time series based through basic return and volatility models.
3. The learner will interpret the software outputs of basic time series analysis.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attending at least 70 % of lectures is mandatory.
2. Plagiarism of any type will result in disciplinary action.
3. All assignments should be submitted on time. Otherwise will not be accepted.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes