GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION AND MARKETS/1920004
Course Title: FINANCIAL INSTITUTION AND MARKETS
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 1 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Prof. Mehmet ARSLAN
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  mehars@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
to enable students to explain; How financial market are operated and its principles
Economic functions of financial markets
factors that effect asset demand and supply
Decisions of monetary authorities and its reflection on financial systems and institutions
Major financial institutions and their perational characteristics.
 -- 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  Money and the Financial System
2. Week  Interest Rates and Rates of return
3. Week  The Theory of Portfolio Allocation
4. Week  Risk and Term Structure of Interest Rates
5. Week  Foreign-exchange markets and Exchange rates
6. Week  Derivative Securities and Derivative markets
7. Week  Information and Financial Market Efficiency
8. Week  The role of Financial Institution in the Economy
9. Week  Central Banking, and its organizations
10. Week  Banking Industry and Development Trends
11. Week  Monetary Policies and Tools
12. Week  International Financial System and Monetary Policy
13. Week  Contemporary Subjects
14. Week  Final
15. Week  
16. Week  
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  MONEY, THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM AND THE ECONOMY (4th.ed) R. Glenn Hubbard Addison Wesley, Boston, 2002
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration, Practice
 -- 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
14
3
42
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
 Reading
5
6
30
 Searching in Internet and Library
4
10
40
 Designing and Applying Materials
4
6
24
 Preparing Reports
1
0
 Preparing Presentation
1
10
10
 Presentation
1
3
3
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
12
12
 Final and Studying for Final
1
18
18
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
179
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.16
 ECTS: 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Acquisition of essential knowledge in insurance sector at a high levelX
2Ability to apply theoritical knowledge in insurance in modern daily lifeX
3Ability to follow national and international advances in insurance and financial sectorsX
4Ability to realize the interaction between insurance and other disciplines along with an ability to utilize those disciplinesX
5Ability to foresee risks in insurance sector, measuring them and lowering their effectsX
6Ability to point out problems in Turkish social security system and to analyze the current situtationX
7To have knowledge on insurance legistlation and to gain the ability to interpret itX
8To point out possible solutions to improve insurance sectorX
9To find and develop financial instruments which would answer social needsX
10Ability to provide original and supportive ideas about insuranceX
11To be responsible both in ethics and in a professional wayX
12Ability to transfer the knowledge in sectors related to insurance using every possible communcational mediumX
13Ability to research independently in insurance topicsX
14Ability to work as a team when required in insurance sectorX