Information Package / Course Catalogue
Introduction to Economics
Course Code: SOS124
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

To teach the basic economic concepts, tools and the theoretical framework and to determine their interest in other fields. To provide information about the analysis of demand and supply concepts and market equilibrium. To explain and analyze demand function, benefit theory, cost structure, full competition and incomplete competition markets. Examine and interpret national income accounts and balance national income level. Enflasyon, işsizlik, ekonomik büyüme, ekonomik yaşamda para olgusu gibi konularda bilgiler sunmak.

Course Content

Definition, scope and content of economics; demand, supply and market mechanism, birth of economics; economic doctrines, Classical economics, Keynesian economics, Modern economics, Market and price formation; full competition, price formation in monopoly and other incomplete competition markets, the role and theory of money in economic life, Macro variables in economics; inflation, unemployment, growth, foreign trade.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Berrin GÜNER
Learning Outcomes
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Recommended or Required Reading
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Explanation of the purpose, objectives, learning and teaching techniques of the course.
Week 2 - Theoretical
Economic concepts, purposes and problems
Week 3 - Theoretical
Market Mechanism
Week 4 - Theoretical
Demand supply and price
Week 5 - Theoretical
Demand and supply elasticity
Week 6 - Theoretical
Demand and benefit
Week 7 - Theoretical
Costs and markets
Week 8 - Theoretical
Perfectly competitive market and firm
Week 9 - Theoretical
Monopolistic market and firm
Week 10 - Theoretical
Imperfectly competitive market and firm
Week 11 - Theoretical
Distribution, fee, interest, profit and rent
Week 12 - Theoretical
Money and its role in economic life
Week 13 - Theoretical
Inflation and solutions
Week 14 - Theoretical
General evaluation
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141242
Individual Work130226
Midterm Examination110111
Final Examination115116
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)95
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026