GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS II/IKTI102
Course Title: INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS II
Credits 3 ECTS 3
Semester 2 Compulsory/Elective Compulsory
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Prof. Dr. S. Alev Söylemez
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/soylemez/
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  soylemez@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
This course provides of basic macroeconomic issues. After successfully completing the course the student be able to;
-understand key principles and necessary tools of macro economic analysis -extract information from different sources, including numerical tables and







 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
  There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
  There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  Concepts, historical overview. Differences micro economics-macroeconomics. Introduces basic models of macroeconomics and perspective of general princi
2. Week  Conceptual framework to analyse basic macroeconomic indicators.
3. Week  Meaning and measurement of important macroeconomic data (on unemployment, inflation, and economic growth
4. Week  Business cycles, causes of short-run macroeconomic fluctuations,role of monetary and fiscal policy
5. Week   National Accounts: Macro economics-national accounting relationships, the various national income concepts, methods of measuring national income
6. Week   Determination income and price; aggregate demand aggregate supply model. (AD-AS)
7. Week  Determination the income level of the total expenditures, the Income-Expenditure Model (AI-IE)
8. Week  Midterm
9. Week   Consumption: Keynesian consumption function, multiplyer mechanism, the level of national income - the consumption function. Investment: Investment
10. Week  Government sector: the nature of the sector, objectives and instruments, fiscal policy, national income and government expenditure.
11. Week  Rest of the World: International trade and exchange relations and balance of payments, international trade and national income levels, level of nation
12. Week  The balance of trade and the balance of payments. Examining the balance of payments
13. Week  Money supply and demand, interest rate and money market equilibrium
14. Week  Theories for the demand of money, liquidity preference in Keynesian Macroeconomics, a classical demand of money; different approaches to monetary theo
15. Week  The classical theory of monetary and fiscal policy. Commodity and the money market equilibrium.
16. Week  Keynesian theory of monetary and fiscal policy. The Commodity and the money market equilibrium
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  Ekonominin ilkeleri : Case,Fair Oster (Palme yayıncılık), Temel Ekonomi : Tümay Ertek (Beta Basım Yayıncılık) İktisada Giriş: Erdal M.Ünsal (İmaj Yayınevi)
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration, Drill - Practise
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  Not Applicable
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
0
 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
15
3
45
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
 Reading
15
1
15
 Searching in Internet and Library
0
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
0
 Preparing Presentation
0
 Presentation
0
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
5
5
 Final and Studying for Final
1
10
10
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
75
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
3
 ECTS: 
3
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1To have theoretical and practical knowledge about the fields of Economic Theory, Economic Development and International Economics, Economic History and Economic PolicyX
2To gain professional qualification to work in public institutions and private sector organizations as an inspector, assistant expert or auditorX
3To have knowledge about the other disciplines related to EconomicsX
4To have adequate social responsibility and awareness with regards to the needs of the society, and also to be aware of professional and scientific ethical codesX
5To have the experience of using information technologies and basic computer programs in order to share their accumulated knowledge and problem solving ability, and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language
6To have a knowledge of the quantitative and qualitative methods that will help to examine the premises of different theoriesX
7To be able to utilize the academic, professional, regional, and global networks efficiently, and to interpret the legislationX
8To be compatible for teamwork in order to use their accumulated knowledge in the national and the international research projects
9To have the ability to interpret economic and social events through the acquired capability to think analytically and critically, and to be open for innovative ideasX
10To be able to evaluate the practical implications of the knowledge about economic theoryX
11To be able to analyze the effects of international economic relationsX
12To evaluate the development of economic theories and economic problems from a historical perspectiveX
13To have knowledge about the effects of various economic policies in order to develop solutions for current economic problemsX