COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MACRO ECONOMICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
UBY 1002 MACRO ECONOMICS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

School of Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ILYAS SÖZEN

Offered to

Tourism and Hotel Management
International Trade
Tourism Management

Course Objective

The main purpose of this course is to explain money, national income, employment, aggregate supply, aggregate demand issues also explains the functioning of the economy depending on these issues.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1 To be able to explain aggregated economic behaviors and to determine the importance of money in the economy.
2   2 To be able to analyze the national income with production, income and expenditure methods.
3   3 To be able to evaluate macro-economic importance of work (employment) issue.
4   4 To be able to explain the importance of the formation of national income with consumption, investment and government spending and foreign trade.
5   5 To be able to analyze the working mechanisms of goods, money, and factor markets.
6   6 To be able to explain Aggregate Demand - Aggregate Supply models.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction
2 Definitions of Macroeconomics
3 Employment and Inflation
4 Consumption and Investment Expenditures
5 Money Supply and Demand
6 Monetary policy
7 midterm exam- fiscal Policy
8 Simple Keynesian Model I
9 Simple Keynesian Model II
10 Simple Keynesian Model III
11 IS - LM Models: Closed Out
12 IS - LM Models: Outward
13 Aggregate Supply- Aggregate Demand Models
14 Overal Assestment
15 final exam
16 final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Ersan Bocutoğlu, Makro Iktisat - Teoriler ve Politikalar, Ekin Basımevi, 2008
Ilker Parasız, Söyleşilerle Makro Mikro Iktisat, Ezgi Kitapevi, 2012.
Ersan Bocutoğlu, Karşılaştırmalı Makro Iktisat, Ekin Basımevi, 2008

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture by instructor, class discussion conducted by instructor, problem solving or case studies, question and answer teaching method

Assessment Methods

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Skill in analysis, synthesis and critical thinking; skill in problem solving; skill in application via midterm and final exams

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The Regulation of Dokuz Eylul University on Education and Examination in Associate's and Bachelor's Degrees
The Codes of Practice of School of Applied Sciences on Education and Examination

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ilyas.sozen@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Lecture day, between the hours of 12:30-13:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 112

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.152211141411312
LO.252311141411212
LO.352311141411212
LO.452311141411212
LO.552311141411212
LO.652311141411212

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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