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. İbrahim TOKATLIOĞLU
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/tokatli
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  tokatli@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-macro economics. Introduces basic models of macroeconomics and perspective of general princi
2. Week  Conceptual framework to analyze 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 Conc
10. Week  Governmemt 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 theory
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
  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
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
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
1Having the professional expertise and skills on theoretical and practical aspects of econometrics, statistics and operational research.X
2Having qualities for professional competence in order to work in career fields such as inspector or assistant specialist or working department of research-development in public institutions and organizations, the private sector and civil society organizations.X
3Having knowledge about other disciplines such as economics, managements, public finance and law related to econometrics.X
4Having appropriate behavior of econometrics in the field of social, scientific, cultural and ethical values, applicability of gained knowledge and skills in accordance with the principle of responsibility to social and working life.X
5Having skills about foreign language and information system related to the fields in academic and working life.X
6Having skills about selecting, using and evaluating of appropriate statistical, econometric and mathematical programming methods, based on theoretical and practical knowledge acquired in the field related to the current problems faced by.X
7Having skills to work with the team for reach fruitful results in interdisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies.X
8Having knowledge of research methods in the field of institutions and organizations planning projects, managing, and to conduct independent researches.X
9Having qualities for analytical thinking, prospecting and bring scientific solutions to problems as a researcher.X
10Having skills to comprehension, application and evaluation about terms and basic theory of econometrics.X
11Having skills to comprehension, application and evaluation about terms and basic theory of statistics.X
12Having skills to comprehension, application and evaluation about terms and basic theory of statistics.X
13Using some of the basic econometric and statistical software programs.X