Information Package / Course Catalogue
Personal Finance
Course Code: YENT120
Course Type: Non Departmental Elective
Couse Group: Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

This course aims to provide students competency with regard to personal financial matters that they could encounter in their daily and professional lives as well as raising their awareness on financial literacy, creating solution, assessment of options, financial rights and obligations, personal investment options and tools

Course Content

Raising awareness and providing information on finance and personal finance concepts, their significance in personal life, financial decisions made in personal and professional lives and their consequences, personal investment and finance, personal relations with financial institutions, awareness on personal rights,

Name of Lecturer(s)
Ins. Emre IŞIKLI
Learning Outcomes
1.Awareness on personal financial decisions,
2.Accurate personal investment decisions
3.Awareness towards personal rights before financial institutions
4.Financial literacy
5.
Recommended or Required Reading
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction to personal finance
Week 2 - Theoretical
Concepts of finance and personal finance
Week 3 - Theoretical
Financial literacy
Week 4 - Theoretical
Financial literacy
Week 5 - Theoretical
Personal finance needs and alternatives
Week 6 - Theoretical
Personal finance needs and alternatives
Week 7 - Theoretical
Financial institutions
Week 8 - Theoretical
Intermediate assessment
Week 9 - Theoretical
Finance and investment decisions
Week 10 - Theoretical
Finance and investment decisions
Week 11 - Theoretical
Credit cards
Week 12 - Theoretical
Liabilities and rights of individuals towards financial institutions
Week 13 - Theoretical
Liabilities and rights of individuals towards financial institutions
Week 14 - Theoretical
Course assessment
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141356
Assignment42112
Term Project1426
Project1628
Midterm Examination110111
Final Examination110111
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)104
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
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
OÇ-2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
OÇ-3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
OÇ-4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
OÇ-5
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026