COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CONSUMER BEHAVIOR

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Business Administration

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR EZGI KARATAŞ YÜCEL

Offered to

Business Administration
Business Administration (Evening)

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to understand the causes of before and after consumption behaviors of consumers
2   To be able to understand the factors that influence consumer behavior
3   To be able to evaluate the stages of the consumer buying decision process
4   To be able to express the theories describing consumer behavior
5   To be able to relate consumption phenomenon and consumption purposes

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The Concept and properties of Consumer Behavior
2 The Relationship Between Consumer Behavior and Marketing Strategy
3 Materialism, Idealism and The Relationship of Consumer Behavior with Other Disciplines
4 Concepts of Need, Want, Demand, Consumption and Consumer
5 The Effect of Motivation on Consumer Behavior
6 The Effect of Involvement on Consumer Behavior
7 The Effect of Perception on Consumer Behavior
8 The Effect of Learning on Consumer Behavior
9 The Effect of Attitudes, Self and Personality on Consumer Behavior
10 The Effect of Values, Lifestyles, Culture on Consumer Behavior
11 The Effect of Social Classes and Groups and Situational Factors on Consumer Behavior
12 Approaches on Researching Consumer Behavior
13 Consumer Buying Decision Process
14 Current Approaches in Consumer Behavior

Recomended or Required Reading

Koç, Erdoğan(2016), Tüketici Davranışı ve Pazarlama Stratejileri: Global ve Yerel Yaklaşım, Seçkin Yayıncılık.
Odabaşı, Yavuz; Gülfidan Barış (2002) Tüketici Davranışları, Mediacat.
Islamoğlu, Ahmet Hamdi; Remzi Altunışık (2008) Tüketici Davranışları, Beta Yayınları.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course will be proccessed heavily with interactive method and discussion method

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
2 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
3 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE STT * 0.50 +MTE * 0.50
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

All of the learning outcomes are being measured at the interactive discussion process
in the courses

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

E-posta: ezgi.karatas@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Will be determined according to the course program.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 5 60
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparing assignments 4 1 4
Preparing presentations 1 4 4
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 136

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51