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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
GMS 1007	BUSINESS MATHEMATICS	COMPULSORY	3	0	0	4

Offered By

Gastronomy and Culinary Arts

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ERDEM AKTAŞ

Offered to

Gastronomy and Culinary Arts

Course Objective

It is purposed students to gain analytical thinking with lecturing fundamental concepts of mathematics, to learn how to use mathematics for the business problems with examples, and to increase developing solution abilities for future business problems.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Define fundamental concepts of mathematics
2	Construct and calculate business problems by the way of mathematics
3	Explain the constructed problem
4	Develop a solution for possible future cases with mathematical thinking.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Numbers (I): Natural numbers, integers, rational numbers, irrational numbers
2	Numbers (II):Exponents and Roots
3	Equations and Inequalities (I): Linear Equations
4	Equations and Inequalities (II): Linear Equations Graphs
5	Equations and Inequalities (III): Linear Inequalities
6	Equations and Inequalities (IV): Linear Inequalities Graphs
7	Mid-Term Exam
8	Mid-Term Exam
9	Equations and Inequalities (V): Quadratic Equations and Graphs
10	Equations and Inequalities (VI): Quadratic Inequalities and Graphs
11	Functions (I): Definitions, Dependent and Independent Variables, Opened and Closed Mapping
12	Functions (II): Odd and Even Functions, Periodic Functions, Inverse Functions
13	Break-even Analysis
14	Break-even Analysis
15	Final Exam
16	Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
Kobu, B. (2008). Işletme Matematiği (7. Baskı). Istanbul: Beta Basım Yayım Dağıtım AŞ.

Supplementary Book(s):
Söndürmez, G. ve Moralı, N. (1996). Temel Matematik: Iktisat ve Işletme Uygulamalarıyla (5. Baskı). Izmir: Karınca Matbaacılık.
Aytaç, M., Sevüktekin, M. ve Işığıçok, E. (2010). Sosyal Bilimlerde Matematik (5. Baskı). Bursa: Ezgi Kitabevi.
Hacısalihoğlu, H. (ed.) (1990). Iş, Ekonomi ve Sosyal Bilimler Için Matematik. Ankara: Nobel Yayın Dağıtım.
Uysal, D. (2009). Işletmeciler ve Iktisatçılar Için Matematik (5. Baskı). Konya: Çizgi Kitabevi.

Materials: Lecture notes.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

It is important for students to attend class and review lessons after the course. During or after the lessons, the examples are solved and homework is given to the students after school if it s necessary.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	VZ	Vize
2	FN	Final
3	BNS	BNS	VZ0.40+FN 0.60
4	BUT	Bütünleme Notu
5	BBN	Bütünleme Sonu Başarı Notu	VZ0.40+BUT 0.60

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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Midterm Exam: Topics until midterm exam.
Final Exam: All topics.

Assessment Criteria

Mid-term exam and final exam grades, and class attendance are effective.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

70% of the courses are compulsory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

erdem.aktas@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 09:00-09:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	12	3	36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	12	2	24
Preparation for midterm exam	1	8	8
Preparation for final exam	1	8	8
In-class practices	12	1	12
Final	1	2	2
Midterm	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			92

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.3	PO.5	PO.7	PO.8
LO.1	5
LO.2	5		5
LO.3	5		5
LO.4	5	5	5	5

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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