GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
ECONOMIC INDICATORS/7700051
Course Title: ECONOMIC INDICATORS
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 1 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Professor Alpaslan Akçoraoğlu
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/akcora
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  akcora@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Have the knowledge of main economic indicators.
Learn to calculate economic indicators used by policy-makers in forming economic policies.
Learn to interpret economic indicators and statistics.
 -- 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  Calculation and Interpretation of Indexes
2. Week  National Income Accounting and GDP
3. Week  Inflation and Price Indexes
4. Week  Laspeyres,Paasche and Ideal Fisher Indexes
5. Week  Consumer Price Index (CPI), Producer Price Index (PPI),and GDP Deflator
6. Week  Calculating Real and Nominal Prices, Concept of Elasticity, Growth Rates
7. Week  Business Cycles, Lagged/Leading/Simultaneous Indicators, Unemployment (Labor Force Statistics)
8. Week  MIDTERM
9. Week  Fiscal Indicators
10. Week  Monetary Indicators and Monetary Policy Instruments
11. Week  Calculation of Interest
12. Week  Exchange Rate and Foreign Exchange Market
13. Week  Risk and Measurement of Risk
14. Week  Financial Balance Sheets and Ratios, Capital and Goods Markets, Stock Market Indexes
15. Week  Balance of Payments and Indicators of Economic Development
16. Week  FINAL
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  Elif Çepni, Ekonomik Göstergeler ve İstatistikler Rehberi, Seçkin Yayınları, 5.baskı, Ankara.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration, Drill - Practise
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  NONE
 -- 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
3
42
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
 Reading
14
3
42
 Searching in Internet and Library
14
2
28
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
1
10
10
 Preparing Presentation
0
 Presentation
0
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
4
6
24
 Final and Studying for Final
4
10
40
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
186
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.44
 ECTS: 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Having the professional expertise and skills on theoretical and practical aspect of econometrics.X
2Having appropriate behavior of econometricsin 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
3Having skills about selecting, using and evaluating of appropriate econometrics and statistical programming methods, based on theoretical and practical knowledge acquired in the field related to the current problems faced by.X
4Having skills to work with the team for reach fruitful results in interdisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies.X
5Having knowledge of research methods in the field of institutions and organizations planning projects, managing in order to conduct independent research.X
6Using some of the advanced level econometrics and statistical software programs.X
7Having skills about information system related to the fields in working life.X
8Having qualities for analytical thinking, prospecting and bring scientific solutions to problems as a researcher.X
9Having skills to comprehension, application and evaluation about terms and basic theory of operational research.X
10Having the professional expertise and skills on theoretical and practical aspects of operational research.X