Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue
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| Year/Semester of Study | 1 / Fall Semester | ||||
| Level of Course | 2nd Cycle Degree Programme | ||||
| Type of Course | Compulsory | ||||
| Department | ECONOMICS (MA-WITHOUT THESIS) | ||||
| Pre-requisities and Co-requisites | None | ||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face to Face | ||||
| Teaching Period | 14 Weeks | ||||
| Name of Lecturer | EBRU TOPCU (ebruerdogan@nevsehir.edu.tr) | ||||
| Name of Lecturer(s) | |||||
| Language of Instruction | Turkish | ||||
| Work Placement(s) | None | ||||
| Objectives of the Course | |||||
| The aim of this course is to develop students knowledge of microeconomics and economic analysis. | |||||
| Learning Outcomes | PO | MME | |
| The students who succeeded in this course: | |||
| LO-1 | can the types of flexibility. |
PO-1 have information about basic economic topics and indicators. |
Examination |
| LO-2 | can explain basic concepts of economics. |
PO-1 have information about basic economic topics and indicators. PO-4 have theoretical and empirical information to analyze how to authorities, consumers and firms effect each other’s and how to make decision. PO-11 have ability on defining economic variables and comment on the relationships between these variables. |
Examination |
| LO-3 | can explain the markets. |
PO-2 have basic information about treatment rules between individuals, markets and countries. PO-4 have theoretical and empirical information to analyze how to authorities, consumers and firms effect each other’s and how to make decision. PO-16 can report preparation that examine the economy in terms of sectoral and macroeconomic. |
Examination |
| PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation |
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| Course Contents | ||
| Economic problem, economic analysis, capitalism and market economy, supply and demand, elasticity of supply and demand, equilibrium in the competitive market, cardinal benefit theory, ordinal utility theory, value paradox, changes in consumer balance, production technology and costs, short-term production function, Long-term production function, substitution flexibility and production functions | ||
| Weekly Course Content | ||
| Week | Subject | Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
| 1 | Economic problem and economic analysis | Lecture method |
| 2 | Capitalism and market economy | Lecture method |
| 3 | Supply and demand | Lecture method |
| 4 | Supply and demand elasticity | Lecture method |
| 5 | Balance in the competitive market | Lecture method |
| 6 | Cardinal benefit theory | Lecture method |
| 7 | Ordinal utility theory | Lecture method |
| 8 | mid-term exam | |
| 9 | Value paradox | Lecture method |
| 10 | Changes in consumer balance | Lecture method |
| 11 | Production technology and costs | Lecture method |
| 12 | Perfect competition market | Lecture method |
| 13 | Monopoly market | Lecture method |
| 14 | Monopolistic competition market | Lecture method |
| 15 | Oligopoly markets | Lecture method |
| 16 | final exam | |
| Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading | ||
| 1 | İsmail Bulmuş (2008), Mikroiktisat, Okutman Yayıncılık. | |
| 2 | Hal. R. Varian (2010), Intermediate Microeconomics: A Modern Approach, W. W. Norton & Company. | |
| Required Course instruments and materials | ||
| textbooks | ||
| 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 | 8 | 12 | 96 |
| b) Search in internet/Library | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 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 | 4 | 4 | 16 |
| mid-term exam | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Own study for final exam | 4 | 4 | 16 |
| final exam | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | |||
| 0 | |||
| Total work load; | 192 | ||