Information Package / Course Catalogue
Trade Economics - II
Course Code: UTIF202
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

The course aims to introduce students to the fundamental concepts in economics and to provide a way of understanding how the economic units such as firms and households decide to allocate their limited resources among alternatives uses to maximize their profits and utilities.

Course Content

Demand, Supply, Price and Income, Cost and Production, Competitive Markets, Monopoly, Imperfect Markets, Production Factor Markets, Welfare Economics, General Equilibrium topics are explained. .

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1. By using basic economic concepts such as production, cost, revenue, marginal utility, budged constraint it explains and interprets utility and profit maximization
2. Identify causes for changes in supply and demand for goods and predict the consequences of the changes on market outcomes.
3.Demonstrate an understanding of economic theories of households and firms behavior, which it is a necessary for understanding of a society.
4. Identify different markets such as perfect competitive , oligopoly, monopoly markets and the behavior of firms in those markets.
5. Recognize and analyze the society choices.
Recommended or Required Reading
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
The tools of economics analysis,
Week 2 - Theoretical
Demand, supply and the market
Week 3 - Theoretical
Government in the mixed economy
Week 4 - Theoretical
The price elasticity of supply and demand
Week 5 - Theoretical
The theory of consumer choice
Week 6 - Theoretical
The theory of consumer choice
Week 7 - Theoretical
Business organizations and their behaviours
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
Midterm exam
Week 9 - Theoretical
Cost and production
Week 10 - Theoretical
Perfectly competitive market
Week 11 - Theoretical
Monopoly market and the other imperfect competition markets
Week 12 - Theoretical
Monopoly market and the other imperfect competition markets
Week 13 - Theoretical
Market structure and imperfect competition
Week 14 - Theoretical
Welfare economics
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Quiz1%10
Assignment Examination1%10
Midterm Examination1%20
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142370
Midterm Examination125126
Final Examination125126
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)122
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes