Information Package / Course Catalogue
Economics
Course Code: İKY113
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: Students are required, as part of the course "İMEU201 – Workplace Vocational Training" (30 ECTS) offered in the fourth semester, to undertake and successfully complete workplace vocational training for a minimum of 70 working days at enterprises designated in accordance with the provisions of the Aydın Adnan Menderes University Directive on Workplace Vocational Training.
Theory: 4
Prt.: 0
Credit: 4
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

Explain the basic principles of economics. Investigation the mechanism of price formation and price. Production, costs, and factors of production together with the examination of the enterprise and the forms. Money and banking issues, to inform students about the basic economic indicators.

Course Content

Introduction to economics, economic considerations, the definition of economics and other sciences related, economic systems, economic growth, the functioning of the price mechanism, the laws of supply and demand and economic decision units, production, production costs and factors of production, nature, labor, capital, labor and unemployment problems of international labor flows, banks and money, inflation, deflation and devaluation, foreign investment, multinational corporations, Commodity exchanges are given information about

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Economics lesson to be learned from general concepts.
2.To obtain information on the overall functioning of the economy.
3.Growth, inflation, unemployment, interest rates, exchange rates, foreign investment and foreign trade development can understand.
4.Can interpret the current economic problems.
5.To obtain information about Turkey's economy.
6.To learn about income distribution and inequality
7.Gains knowledge about supply and demand.
8.Learns what a market is and gains knowledge about its types.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Instructor's lecture notes
2.Introduction to economics (Prof.Dr. Tevfik PEKİN)
3.Easy Economics with Examples ( Dr. Mahfi Eğilmez)
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Definition of Economics
Week 2 - Theoretical
Basic concepts of Economics
Week 3 - Theoretical
Supply and demand
Week 4 - Theoretical
Price Mechanism
Week 5 - Theoretical
Types of Market
Week 6 - Theoretical
Consumption theory
Week 7 - Theoretical
Production and Costs
Week 8 - Theoretical
Perfect Competition Market
Week 9 - Theoretical
Other types of market
Week 10 - Theoretical
The Paradox of Plenty
Week 11 - Theoretical
Employment and Unemployment
Week 12 - Theoretical
Monetary Theory
Week 13 - Theoretical
Basic Economic Indicators
Week 14 - Theoretical
Economic Growth
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Presentation1%10
Assignment1%10
Quiz1%20
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140570
Assignment1516
Presentation 11-2-1
Quiz1527
Final Examination120121
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)103
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
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PÇ-5
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PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
PÇ-11
PÇ-12
PÇ-13
PÇ-14
PÇ-15
OÇ-1
3
OÇ-2
3
OÇ-3
3
OÇ-4
3
OÇ-5
3
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OÇ-8
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026