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COURSE DESCRIPTION

SPECIAL TOPICS IN INSURANCE/2920005

Course Title:	SPECIAL TOPICS IN INSURANCE
Credits	3	ECTS	7.5
Semester	2	Compulsory/Elective	Elective

COURSE INFO

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

Lec. Buminhan Akın

-- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)

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-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

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-- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT

This course will enable them to have a basic knowledge of insurance and insurance operations

-- 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	Risk management and insurance concepts
2. Week	Date of Insurance
3. Week	Insurance functions
4. Week	The parties to the insurance contract and insurance
5. Week	The concept of insurability
6. Week	The basic principles of insurance
7. Week	Mid-term Exam
8. Week	Insurance pricing
9. Week	Basic knowledge of reinsurance
10. Week	Insurance applications in Turkey
11. Week	Types of insurance
12. Week	Basic insurance terms
13. Week	Insurance agents
14. Week	Rewiev
15. Week	Rewiev
16. Week	Rewiev

-- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING

Murat ÖZBOLAT, Temel Sigortacılık, 2008, Seçkin Yayıncılık -Sigortacılık, Editör Feridun KAYA, Ocak 2013, Beta Yayınları -Enver Alper GÜVEL, Afitap Öndeş GÜVEL, Sigortacılık, Kasım 2012, Seçkin Yayınları -Remzi ÖZMEN, Sigortacılık Kanunu, Mart 2012, Seçkin Yayıncılık

-- 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	16	3	48
Practising Hours of Course Per Week	0	0	0
Reading	16	3	48
Searching in Internet and Library	16	2	32
Designing and Applying Materials	0	0	0
Preparing Reports	10	3	30
Preparing Presentation	0	0	0
Presentation	10	3	30
Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term	0	0	0
Final and Studying for Final	0	0	0
Other	0	0	0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			188
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			7.52
ECTS:			7.5

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

NO	PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES	1	2	3	4	5
1	Acquisition of essential knowledge in insurance sector at a high level					X
2	Ability to apply theoritical knowledge in insurance in modern daily life				X
3	Ability to follow national and international advances in insurance and financial sectors			X
4	Ability to realize the interaction between insurance and other disciplines along with an ability to utilize those disciplines				X
5	Ability to foresee risks in insurance sector, measuring them and lowering their effects				X
6	Ability to point out problems in Turkish social security system and to analyze the current situtation				X
7	To have knowledge on insurance legistlation and to gain the ability to interpret it				X
8	To point out possible solutions to improve insurance sector					X
9	To find and develop financial instruments which would answer social needs			X
10	Ability to provide original and supportive ideas about insurance			X
11	To be responsible both in ethics and in a professional way				X
12	Ability to transfer the knowledge in sectors related to insurance using every possible communcational medium					X
13	Ability to research independently in insurance topics				X
14	Ability to work as a team when required in insurance sector				X

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