Information Package / Course Catalogue
Microeconomic Analysis
Course Code: ECON201
Course Type: Required
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

In this course, it is aimed to explain the basic economic problems of all economies and the approach of economic systems to these problems; to explain the economic decision-making behaviours of consumers in order to maximise utility and producers in order to maximise profit; to understand how producers make economic decisions such as production, cost, price, advertising and marketing under different market conditions; to understand how supply and demand and market equilibrium are formed in factor markets; to explain how economic decisions are made by producer and consumer decision units in more than one market.

Course Content

In the microeconomic analysis course, the basic problems of all economies and the approaches of economic systems to the solution of these problems will be examined. Consumer theory will explain how consumers' utility maximising consumption preferences are determined and changed according to the Cardinal and Ordinal approach. With the producer theory, it will be explained how firms determine their production functions and optimum input composition in order to maximise profit. The relationship between input quantity and productivity will be analysed. Market supply, market demand and elasticity analyses of the factors affecting the equilibrium price level will be explained. In this course, theories explaining firm behaviour and decision making processes in perfect competition and imperfect competition markets, theories explaining equilibrium in factor markets, general equilibrium and welfare theories will be taught.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Assoc. Prof. Sedat ALATAŞ
Prof. Ali PETEK
Prof. Necmiye CÖMERTLER
Learning Outcomes
1.Students will be able to explain how basic microeconomic units make decisions.
2.Students will be able to define the market, understand and analyse the demand side and supply side of the market.
3.Explain the market equilibrium and be able to draw and analyze changes in market equilibrium.
4.Students will be able to explain consumer preferences and the concept of utility, analyse how consumer equilibrium is formed and changed.
5.Students will be able to define production and periods by defining factors of production, explain the operation of the law of increasing and decreasing returns in the short run and the concept of returns to scale in the long run.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Dinler, Z. (2021). Mikro Ekonomi. Ekin Yayınları.
2.Özdemir, A. ve Eser, M.(2021). Mikro İktisat. Alter Yayıncılık.
3.Krugman, P. R. ve Wells, R. (2023) Ekonomi. Palme Akademik Yayınları
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Fundamental Problems of Economics
Week 2 - Theoretical
Consumer Theory - The Problem of Measurability of Utility, Equal Marginal Utility Principle and Consumer Equilibrium (Cardinal Approach)
Week 3 - Theoretical
Consumer Theory - Indifference Analysis and Consumer Equilibrium (Ordinal Approach)
Week 4 - Theoretical
Consumer Theory - Price Changes and Changes in Consumer Preferences, Income and Consumer Equilibrium
Week 5 - Theoretical
Consumer Theory - Market Demand Analysis, Income and Elasticities of Substitution
Week 6 - Theoretical
Producer Theory - Production Function and Yield Analysis
Week 7 - Theoretical
Producer Theory - Chances in Producer Equilibrium
Week 8 - Theoretical
Producer Theory - Cost Theory
Week 9 - Theoretical
Producer Theory - Supply Analysis
Week 10 - Theoretical
Price Theory - Equilibrium in Perfect Competition
Week 11 - Theoretical
Price Theory - Equilibrium in Imperfect Competition - Monopoly
Week 12 - Theoretical
Price Theory - Equilibrium in Imperfect Competition - Oligopoly
Week 13 - Theoretical
Production Factors Price Analysis
Week 14 - Theoretical
General Equilibrium and Welfare Economics
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%20
Final Examination1%60
Quiz2%20
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142370
Midterm Examination125126
Final Examination130131
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)127
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026