Information Package / Course Catalogue
Public Finance
Course Code: MUH018
Course Type: Area Elective
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

The aim of this course is for students to have a basic theoretical knowledge of the economic activities of the state. Accordingly, students are expected to have knowledge of financial events.

Course Content

The subject of public finance and its relationship with other disciplines; public sector activities; definition and classification of public expenditures; increase and effects of public expenditures; public finance and its types; the concept of tax, functions of tax, classification of taxes, elements of tax, taxation process, foundations of the public budget.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Having knowledge about the role of the state in the economy.
2.Ability to analyze public activities from economic, financial, political, and social perspectives.
3.Ability to analyze public services and public expenditures.
4.Ability to understand public finance.
5.Having knowledge of the theoretical foundations of public budgeting.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Naci B. Muter, A. Kemal Çelebi and Süreyya Sakınç, Public Finance (Emek Printing House)
2.Hakan Ay, Public Finance (Nobel Academic Publishing)
3.Richard Musgrave, Peggy Musgrave, Public Finance in Theory and Practice (McGraw-Hill International Editions)
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Course introduction, fundamentals of public finance.
Week 2 - Theoretical
The public sector within the national economy, the distinction between the public and private sectors.
Week 3 - Theoretical
The size of the public sector
Week 4 - Theoretical
Public sector within the framework of economic thought.
Week 5 - Theoretical
Justifications for public sector activities
Week 6 - Theoretical
Public goods, externalities, natural monopolies, incomplete information.
Week 7 - Theoretical
Overall Assessment
Week 8 - Theoretical
Government spending, its classification, and reasons for increases.
Week 9 - Theoretical
Types of public revenue
Week 10 - Theoretical
The concept of tax, its functions, and its classification.
Week 11 - Theoretical
Theories explaining the reason for the existence of taxes, principles of taxation.
Week 12 - Theoretical
Elements of tax, concepts related to taxation
Week 13 - Theoretical
Taxation process
Week 14 - Theoretical
Fundamentals of the public budget
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Presentation1%5
Term Assignment1%5
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory1104858
Midterm Examination17714
Final Examination1141428
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)100
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
2
OÇ-2
3
4
2
3
OÇ-3
3
3
4
5
3
OÇ-4
2
4
3
3
4
4
OÇ-5
5
2
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026