Information Package / Course Catalogue
Portfolio Management
Course Code: MKS208
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

To have information about terms concerning portfolio and fund managament, operations in money and capital market, portfolio management models.

Course Content

Concept of portfolio management, definition of risk&return and their calculations, portfolio management strategies

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Has the knowledge of portfolio management issues.
2.Explains the concepts of investment instruments, risk and return.
3.Calculates the risk and returns of securities.
4.Calculates the risk and returns of portfolios.
5.Explains the relationship between securities, portfolios and financial markets.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Borsada Uygulamalı Portföy Yönetimi, Prof.Dr.Ali Ceylan
2.Sermaye Piyasası Analizi ve Portföy Yönetimi, Mehmet Civan
3.Yatırım Analizi ve Portföy Yönetimi, Mehmet Baha KARAN
4.Sermaye Piyasası ve Menkul Değer Analizi, Turhan KORKMAZ, Ali CEYLAN
5.Portföy Yönetimi, Anadolu Üniversitesi Açıköğretim Fakültesi Ders Kitabı
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Concept of portfolio management
Week 1 - Preparation Work
Pre-preparation for concept of portfolio management
Week 2 - Theoretical
Process of portfolio management
Week 2 - Preparation Work
Pre-preparation for process of portfolio management
Week 3 - Theoretical
Main finance theories
Week 3 - Preparation Work
Pre-preparation for main finance theories
Week 4 - Theoretical
Concept of risk in portfolio management
Week 4 - Preparation Work
Pre-preparation for concept of risk in portfolio management
Week 5 - Theoretical
Portfolio management strategies
Week 5 - Preparation Work
Pre-preparation for portfolio management strategies
Week 6 - Theoretical
Portfolio management strategies
Week 6 - Preparation Work
Pre-preparation for portfolio management strategies
Week 7 - Theoretical
Calculating risk and return of a security
Week 7 - Preparation Work
Pre-preparation for calculating risk and return of a security
Week 8 - Theoretical
Calculating risk and return of a security
Week 8 - Preparation Work
Pre-preparation for calculating risk and return of a security
Week 9 - Theoretical
Calculating the correlation coefficient of securities and its interpretation
Week 9 - Preparation Work
Pre-preparation for calculating the correlation coefficient of securities and its interpretation
Week 10 - Theoretical
Types of investors in portfolio management (risk lover investors, risk averse investors, risk neutral investors)
Week 10 - Preparation Work
Pre-preparation for types of investors in portfolio management (risk lover investors, risk averse investors, risk neutral investors)
Week 11 - Theoretical
Concepts of indifference curves, efficient portfolio, efficient frontier, optimal portfolio in portfolio management
Week 11 - Preparation Work
pre-preparation for concepts of indifference curves, efficient portfolio, efficient frontier, optimal portfolio in portfolio management
Week 12 - Theoretical
Calculating risk and return of a portfolio
Week 12 - Preparation Work
Pre-preparation for calculating risk and return of a portfolio
Week 13 - Theoretical
Definition of beta coefficient and its calculation
Week 13 - Preparation Work
Pre-preparation for definition of beta coefficient and its calculation
Week 14 - Theoretical
Case study and calculations
Week 14 - Preparation Work
Pre-preparation for case study and calculations
Week 15 - Preparation Work
Week 16 - Preparation Work
Week 17 - Preparation Work
Week 18 - Preparation Work
Week 19 - Preparation Work
Week 20 - Preparation Work
Week 21 - Preparation Work
Week 22 - Preparation Work
Week 23 - Preparation Work
Week 24 - Preparation Work
Week 25 - Preparation Work
Week 26 - Preparation Work
Week 27 - Preparation Work
Week 28 - Preparation Work
Week 29 - Preparation Work
Week 30 - Preparation Work
Week 31 - Preparation Work
Week 32 - Preparation Work
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Assignment1%5
Quiz1%5
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141356
Assignment1505
Quiz1505
Midterm Examination114014
Final Examination118119
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)99
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
OÇ-1
5
5
2
3
1
OÇ-2
5
5
2
4
1
2
OÇ-3
5
2
5
2
4
4
OÇ-4
5
2
5
2
5
5
OÇ-5
5
1
5
3
4
3
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026