Dokuz Eylül University Information Package / Courses Catalog

General Description

History

The Higher School of Economics and Commerce, which forms the basis of Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, was founded on September 9, 1944. The school became the Academy of Economic and Commercial Sciences with the law no. 7334 adopted on June 8, 1959. The Academy of Economic and Commercial Sciences was affiliated with Ege University as a faculty in 1968. With the Decree Law No. 41 on the Organization of Higher Education Institutions on July 20, 1982, it was affiliated to Dokuz Eylül University under the name of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences. The faculty consists of seven departments: Labor Economics and Industrial Relations, Econometrics, Economics, Business Administration, Public Administration, Finance and Management Information Systems. It is anticipated that the International Joint Undergraduate Program (UOLP), which will be jointly run by the Department of Economics of our Faculty and the Department of Economics of Azerbaijan Ganja State University, will first start accepting students in the 2024-2025 academic year. In the first two years of UOLP, education will be conducted in Turkish at Dokuz Eylül University. Students enrolled in the program will study the third and fourth year in the Department of Economics at Ganja State University. Here, education will be given in Azerbaijani Turkish.

Qualification Awarded

The graduates, who have successfully completed all courses in the curriculum of Economics Programme, are awarded with the Bachelors Degree in Economics.

Level of Qualification

First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)

Specific Admission Requirements

High school diploma, placement through a nation-wide Student Selection Examination.

Specific Arrangements for Recognition of Prior Learning (Formal, Non-Formal and Informal)

The rules and regulations for recognition of prior learning for Economics Programme are in conformance with general requirements of Dokuz Eylül University.

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

Students are required to successfully complete all courses of the programme (equivalent to 240 ECTS total) and obtain a minimum average grade point of 2.00 out of 4.00. In addition, conditions in the relevant articles of the second and fourth parts of the Associate and Bachelors Degree Education and Examination Regulations should be met.

Profile of the Programme

Economics undergraduate programme aims to provide students robust theoretical background in the field and ability to support this with econometric and statistical method and analyses in application. Main purpose of the programme is to provide students a wide perspective in economics events and problems in life, and ability to use modern analytical tools in order to solve these problems.
First four semesters of the programme mostly consists of general courses offered by various departments of Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences. Beginning from the fifth semester, field specific courses weight. There is a large selection of elective courses that students can choose among them according to their fields of interest.

Key Learning Outcomes

1	To be able to have the theoretical knowledge related to economic and administrative sciences.
2	To be able to understand the economic phenomena and the behavioral principles of decision-making units at the micro level within the framework of basic concepts.
3	To be able to aggregate economic phenomena at the macro level and to assess the general process of the economy by establishing a relationship between decision-making units.
4	To be able to have the theoretical knowledge in economics and to gain the ability of methodological thinking skills by scientific thoughts and explanation methods.
5	To be able to understand economic theory and economic phenomena within political, sociological, philosophical, historical, cultural and technological dimensions.
6	To be able to model economic relationships and to gain the ability of using mathematical, statistical and econometrics techniques on the basis of the theoretical knowledge of economic field.
7	To be able to analyze the economic problems on the basis of the theoretical knowledge and tools.
8	To be able to understand the historical development of economic events at the national and international level, to develop a critical approach to economic phenomena and to evaluate economic issues with regard to this perspective.
9	To be able to develop policy recommendations to increase the welfare of the community by solving economic problems and to contribute to strategic planning by increasing awareness of and responsibility for the efficiency and productivity of resources.

Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples

Graduates of Economics Programme can be employed both in public and private sectors. They can participate in inspector, auditor and assistant expert examinations of various ministries, and can be employed with related titles. Public and private banks, research institutions, national and international companies are amongst employers of programme graduates. In addition, graduates can register undergraduate programmes and further in academic career.

Access to Further Studies

The graduates who completed undergraduate programmes requirements successfully can register to second and third cycle pogrammes (masters and doctorate) of national and international higher education institutions if they can meet the related requirements.

Course Structure Diagram with Credits


T: Theoretical P: Practice L: Laboratory B: Spring Semester G: Fall Semester H: Full Year
G	0	-	ELECTIVE COURSE	ELECTIVE	-	-	-	30
TOTAL:								30
B	0	-	ELECTIVE COURSE	ELECTIVE	-	-	-	30
TOTAL:								30

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

Evaluation and assessment methods for each course are defined in the course details prepared by the faculty member/s that can be reached in the Information Package. The relevant articles of ASSOCIATE AND UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION AND EXAM REGULATIONS of the Council of Higher Education and EDUCATION AND EXAM APPLICATION REGULATIONS of Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences at Dokuz Eylül University are applied to the exam and course grades.

Graduation Requirements

Graduation requirements are as described in the Qualification Requirements and Rules section. The requirement for graduation is to complete all of the courses in the programme (equivalent to 240 ECTS total) successfully and to have a CGPA of minimum 2.00 out of 4.00. Also, second and fourth parts of the articles of the conditions in the Associate and Undergraduate Education and Examination Regulations must be met.

Mode of Study (Full-Time, Part-Time, E-Learning )

Full-time

Programme Director or Equivalent

Programme Director: Prof. Dr. Huseyin Avni EGELI
e-mail: avni.egeli@deu.edu.tr
ECTS / DS Coordinators: Prof. Dr. Mert URAL - Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mehmet CETIN
e-mail: mert.ural@deu.edu.tr - mehmet.cetin@deu.edu.tr
Address: Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Economics Dokuzçeşmeler Campus 35160 Buca İZMİR TURKEY
Telephone: 00 90 232 301 05 52

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