Information Package / Course Catalogue
Behavioral Finance
Course Code: UEK510
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

Course Content

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Temel finans teorilerinin varsayımlarını ve bunların gerçek hayatta nasıl saptığını öğrenmek
2.To understand the foundations of behavioral finance
3.To identify the psychological biases individuals use when making decision
4.To understand the anomalies corporations and markets experinece
5.To learn investment and trading strategies, and their driving factors
Recommended or Required Reading
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Modern portfolio theory and CAPM
Week 2 - Theoretical
Market efficiency and arbitrage mechanism
Week 3 - Theoretical
Introduction to behavioral finance
Week 4 - Theoretical
Choice under uncertainity and prospect theory
Week 5 - Theoretical
Deviation from rationality and anomalies
Week 6 - Theoretical
Foundation of behavioral finance I: Limits to arbitrage
Week 7 - Theoretical
Practice and reading
Week 8 - Theoretical
Foundation of behavioral finance II: Investor sentiment
Week 9 - Theoretical
Midterm
Week 10 - Theoretical
Psychological (cognitive/emotional) biases
Week 11 - Theoretical
Investor behavior
Week 12 - Theoretical
Investment strategies
Week 13 - Theoretical
Behavioral corporate finance
Week 14 - Theoretical
Over- and under-reaction hypotheses, momentum, bubbles and crises
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory1463126
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)126
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
OÇ-1
2
5
1
2
3
OÇ-2
1
1
2
2
3
OÇ-3
3
2
5
2
2
OÇ-4
3
3
3
2
3
OÇ-5
1
2
3
2
5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026