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FACULTY OF ECONOMICS & ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES / İKT332 - ECONOMICS

Code: İKT332 Course Title: SELECTED TOPICS IN ECONOMICS Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 4
Year/Semester of Study 3 / Spring Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department ECONOMICS
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer SERAP ÇOBAN (seraps@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
Giving information on current and crucial subjects of economics.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Be able to analyze alternative economic policies under various circumstances. PO-5 have upper explanation ability on the effects of economy policies on individuals and firms under the principles which are dominating economy.
PO-6 have ability on examining and analyzing the effects of economic policies.
Examination
LO-2 Be able to analyze which instruments the goverments use to explain economic fluctations. PO-4 have theoretical and empirical information to analyze how to authorities, consumers and firms effect each other and how to make decision.
PO-5 have upper explanation ability on the effects of economy policies on individuals and firms under the principles which are dominating economy.
PO-7 have ability on considering the basic items of Money, Banking and Financial System and the treatment process of these items.
Examination
LO-3 Be able to interpret economic and non-economic objectives of integrations. PO-3 have information about the reasons and results of transition that take place in economics
PO-9 have ability on commenting current economic issues considering economic theory in the view of sociology.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
This course is structurized in order to provide a discussing platform about micro and macro based current economic problems.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Optimum Money Supply Lecturing
2 Fiscal Objectives and Instruments Lecturing
3 Control of Monetary Aggragates Lecturing
4 Deciding Under Uncertanity Case Lecturing
5 International Monetary Economy Lecturing
6 European Monetary Union Lecturing
7 Analyzing Open Economy Analytically Lecturing
8 mid-term exam
9 Macroeconomic Stability Programmes in Frontier Economies Lecturing
10 Dynamic Analysis of Microeconomics Lecturing
11 Dynamic Analysis of Macroeconomics with Microeconomic Foundations Lecturing
12 İnternational Economic Organizations and Their Objectives Lecturing
13 Analyzing of Experiences of Crisis Lecturing
14 Current Economic Issues Lecturing
15 Current Economic Issues Lecturing
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Vildan Serin (1998), İktisat Politikası - Seçme Konular - Para Politikası / Maliye Politikası / Uluslararası İktisat Politikası, Alfa Basım.
Required Course instruments and materials
Book

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 2 6 12
       b) Search in internet/Library 1 14 14
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 10 2 20
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 10 3 30
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 120