Information Package / Course Catalogue
Economics
Course Code: TUİ301
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

The purpose of this course is to develop student’s ability to make a anayzing and understanding subjects in microeconomics and macroeconomics.

Course Content

This course includes the basic concepts of economics, price theory, like markets micro-economic issues with national income, inflation, economic growth, monetary policy, balance of payments, such as macro-economic issues

Name of Lecturer(s)
Res. Assist. Hüseyin Erhan ALTUN
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to understand basic economic concepts and principles.
2.To be able to debate on economic issues.
3.To be able to analyse the process of market mechanism.
4.To be able to explain the economical cases and problems narrated at daily speechs with economical literature language
5.Be able to understand and evaluate the structure and principle of theory macroeconomy
6.Be able to analyse the daily economical cases and macroeconomical problems
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Dinler, Z. (2011). İktisada Giriş, Ekin Kitapevi Yayınları, Bursa.
2.Ünlüönen, K ve Tayfun, A (2005), Ekonomi, Nobel Yayın Dağıtım, Ankara.
3.Ertek, T., (2005), Makro Ekonomiye Giriş, Beta Basım Yayım Dağıtım A,Ş. Istanbul
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Definition and Importance of Science in Economics, basic concepts
Week 2 - Theoretical
Targets of Each economy, Full Use Problem, Effective Usage Problem, increase the amount of goods and services produced, Economic Systems
Week 3 - Theoretical
Demand, Law of Demand, Price Elasticity of Demand, Income Elasticity of Demand, Factors Affecting the Price Elasticity of Demand
Week 4 - Theoretical
Supply, Supply Act, Supply Flexibility, Factors Affecting Supply Flexibility, Market, Market Types, Perfect Competition Market, Perfectly Competitive Market Properties, Fully Competitive Market Equilibrium
Week 5 - Theoretical
Producer Theory and Costs, Production, Production Function And Features, Law of Diminishing Returns and the reasons of arise, Costs, Short-Term Costs, Long -Term Costs, Economies of Scale
Week 6 - Theoretical
Price Theory, Company Balance Profit or Maximization, Perfect Competition Market and Company Balance
Week 7 - Theoretical
Imperfect Markets And The Reasons to Check Out, Monopoly Market, Monopoly Market Characteristics, The Reasons for monopoly, Monopoly Price Discrimination, Monopoly Firm's Short-and Long-Run Equilibrium
Week 8 - Theoretical
Monopolistic Competitive Market, Market characteristics of the Monopolistic Competition, Placements in the company's short-and long-term balance of Monopolistic Competition, Oligopol market
Week 9 - Theoretical
Internal and External Debt, Budget deficits and public debts Balance
Week 10 - Theoretical
National Income and National Income Calculation Methods, Money Theory, Definition and functions of money, Types of Money
Week 11 - Theoretical
Balance of Payments, causes of the Balance of Payments deficits, Foreign Exchange Market, Exchange Rate Systems, Devaluation
Week 12 - Theoretical
Basic Macro Economic Issue, Economic growth, Measurement of Economic Growth, Inflation, Definition and types of inflation, Measurement of inflation (PPI, CPI), The effects of inflation on the economy, The fight against inflation
Week 13 - Theoretical
Employment and Unemployment, Concept of Employment, Types of Unemployment and Unemployment, Policies to combat unemployment
Week 14 - Theoretical
Introduction to behavioral economics
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141242
Assignment64024
Midterm Examination112113
Final Examination115116
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)95
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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PÇ-2
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PÇ-8
PÇ-9
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OÇ-1
5
OÇ-2
5
OÇ-3
5
OÇ-4
5
OÇ-5
5
OÇ-6
5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026