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

Marketing

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR BERRIN ONARAN

Offered to

TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT
Marketing
Marketing
TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT (Evening)

Course Objective

To be able to develop marketing strategies suitable for different purchasing decisions and behaviors by taking into consideration consumer behavior models and issues affecting consumer behavior.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to relate the phenomenon of consumption and consumption purposes
2   Understanding the reasons for consumers' pre- and post-consumption behaviors
3   Ability to explain factors affecting consumer behavior
4   Ability to analyze models that explain consumer behavior
5   Ability to evaluate the stages of the consumer purchasing decision process from a strategic perspective

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Consumption phenomenon, Needs and Desires, Meanings attributed to products
2 What is consumer behavior, why is it important, and its relationship with other branches of science
3 Classical and modern behavioral models in consumer behavior
4 perception in consumer behavior
5 learning in consumer behavior
6 motivations in consumer behaviour
7 attitudes in consumer behavior
8 Mid-Term Exam
9 Self and personality in consumer behavior
10 values and lifestyles in consumer behavior
11 reference groups in consumer behavior
12 Culture in consumer behaviour
13 Family and gender in consumer behavior
14 consumer purchasing decision types
15 consumer purchasing decision process

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
Erdoğan, Koç, Tüketici Davranışı ve Pazarlama Stratejileri, Seçkin Publishing, Ankara, 2019.
Supplementary Book(s):
Rıdvan Karalar, Çağdaş Tüketici Davranışı, Meta Publishing, Izmir, 2009.
Yavuz Odabaşı, Tüketici Davranışı, 2. Basım, MediaCat Publishing, Istanbul, 2011
A.Hamdi Islamoğlu, Remzi Altunışık, Tüketici Davranışları, Beta Publishing, Istanbul, 2017.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecturing
2. Case study

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FN Final
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE VZ*0.40 + FN* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) VZ*0.40 + BUT* 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The five learning outcomes will be assessed by midterm and final exams

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

It is mandatory to attend 70% of the course.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

E-mail: berrin.onaran@deu.edu.tr
Tel: 0 232 3012550

Office Hours

Meeting Day: Monday 14.00-15.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 78

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17PO.18
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51