Information Package / Course Catalogue
Financial Literacy
Course Code: BAS220
Course Type: Area 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

It is aimed to increase financial literacy in an interactive way by supporting the current events in the financial world with news, articles, reports along with macroeconomic developments.

Course Content

Monetary policy and Central Bank, Interest and inflation, credit rating agencies and risk premium, Structural reforms, Foreign capital report and democracy index, Growth by consumption thesis.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Ins. Olcay YILMAZ
Learning Outcomes
1.Interprets macroeconomic developments.
2.Learns financial developments in the world.
3.Investigate surveys about financial literacy.
4.Knows the importance of financial literacy.
5.Produce solutions for improving financial literacy.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.http://www.mahfiegilmez.com/
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Giving general information about the course operation.
Week 2 - Theoretical
Monetary Policy and Central Bank
Week 3 - Theoretical
On interest-inflation.
Week 4 - Theoretical
Cost of interest rate cut on negative interest savings relationship.
Week 5 - Theoretical
On Turkey's Risk Assessment. (Credit ratings and CDS premiums).
Week 6 - Theoretical
Consumption growth thesis, impoverishing growth and growth & development relations.
Week 7 - Theoretical
Reasons for Turkish Lira's depreciation, Stages of Correct Economic Policy.
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
On Structural Reforms - (Midterm exam)
Week 9 - Theoretical
On Structural Reforms.
Week 10 - Theoretical
Intervention in the market system - On the Thesis of Consumption without Producing and the Dutch Disease.
Week 11 - Theoretical
On Foreign Capital Report and Democracy Index.
Week 12 - Theoretical
On Consumption Frenzy, Diderot effect, ostentatious effect and Misery index.
Week 13 - Theoretical
On the Story of the Dollar as the World Currency.
Week 14 - Theoretical
On the Story of the Dollar as the World Currency.
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Final Examination1%60
Attending Lectures1%40
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141242
Reading101120
Individual Work141128
Practice Examination1314
Final Examination1314
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)98
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
OÇ-1
5
5
OÇ-2
5
OÇ-3
2
5
OÇ-4
5
OÇ-5
5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026