COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AMY 1040 PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5

Offered By

Justice

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ELA ÇOLPAN NART

Offered to

Justice

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to inform students about basic concepts and theories in economics, especially supply and demand, national income, inflation, consumption, development, monetary and fiscal policy and foreign trade and enable students to interpret the current developments in the light of the basic knowledge in economics.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to explain basic concepts in economics
2   To be able to define the formation of market equilibrium
3   To be able to explain the national income equation
4   To be able to explain monetary, fiscal and foreign trade policies
5   To be able to summarize main theories in economics
6   To be able to evaluate policy implications and the current situation in national economy in the light of the knowledge attained

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The fundamental concepts of economics
2 Supply, Demand and Market Equilibrium
3 Utility and Consumer Equilibrium
4 Production and Cost
5 Perfect Competition and Monopolistic Competition Markets
6 Factor Markets and Income Distribution
7 The Definition and the Scope of Macroeconomics
8 Measuring National Income
9 The Components of National Income: Consumption, Investment and Saving
10 Money and Inflation
11 Unemployment and Employment
12 International Trade, Economic Growth and Development
13 Economic Policies and Stabilization Programs
14 Overall Evaluation
15 MIDTERM EXAM

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbooks:
Tevfik PEKIN, Ekonomiye Giriş, Zeus Kitabevi, 2015.
Tevfik PEKIN, Makro Ekonomi, Zeus Kitabevi, 2014.
Ilker PARASIZ, Iktisadın ABC si, Ezgi Kitabevi, 2015.

Supplementary Textbooks:
Zeynel DINLER, Iktisada Giriş, Ekin Kitabevi, 2015.
Ilker PARASIZ, Iktisada Giriş, Ezgi Kitapevi, 2010.
Other materials: Lecture notes and presentations.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, discussion, problem sets, seminar or home work.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE roundKPU + FN,0
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) roundKPU + BUT,0


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

http://amyo.de.edu.tr/esaslar.html

Assessment Criteria

Midterm and final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

E-mail: ela.nart@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 25 25
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 123

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.1
LO.2
LO.3
LO.41
LO.5
LO.61

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