GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
ELECTIVE(FOUNDATIONS OF ECONOMY)/MAT319G
Course Title: ELECTIVE(FOUNDATIONS OF ECONOMY)
Credits 2 ECTS 4
Semester 5 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  -Asst.Prof.Dr. Sevgi Atlıhan
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  - www.gazi.edu.tr/asevgi
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  -asevgi@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Have knowledge of microeconomics and macroeconomics at the introductory level.
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
   This course is conducted only in the form of face to face education.
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
   This course, there is no prerequisite or co-requisite.
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
  -No.
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  What is the economy?
2. Week   An Overview of the Market Economy
3. Week   Market Mechanism: Demand, Supply and Price
4. Week  Theory of Consumer Behavior
5. Week   Production and Costs
6. Week  Introduction to Perfect Competition
7. Week  Introduction to Monopoly
8. Week  An Overview of Macro Economics
9. Week   National Income and Related Basic Concepts
10. Week   Economic Growth
11. Week   What is Inflation?
12. Week   Unemployment, Employment and Basic Concepts
13. Week   Basic Tools of Macroeconomic Policy
14. Week   Aggregate Demand-Aggregate Supply Model
15. Week  Public Sector: Budget Deficit / Surplus and Miscellaneous Analysis
16. Week  
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
   Prof. Dr. Tümay Ertek, Temel Ekonomi, Beta Yayınları 2006
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question and Answer.
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  -No.
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
40
 Assignment
0
0
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
40
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
60
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
14
2
28
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
 Reading
13
2
26
 Searching in Internet and Library
13
2
26
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
0
 Preparing Presentation
0
 Presentation
0
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
7
2
14
 Final and Studying for Final
7
2
14
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
108
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
4.32
 ECTS: 
4
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Acquisition of scientific thinking skillsX
2Making research and investigation independentlyX
3Acquisition of carefully observing and analytically thinking skillsX
4Acquisition of learning and teaching mathematics problemsX
5Comprehending, applying and explaining the importance of mathematical conceptsX
6Developing the thinking, producing, argumenting and probing abilitiesX
7Having the algorithm and sotftware writing abilities for solving computer supported problemsX
8Developing the ability of reaching information, evaluating and presenting informationX
9Improving yourself parallel to the developing technologyX
10Understands the disciplinary structure of mathematics, its historical development, related philosophical approaches and problems.