COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ECONOMICS IN NEWS AND MEDIA

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ECO 1003 ECONOMICS IN NEWS AND MEDIA COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Economics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR YEŞIM ÜÇDOĞRUK GÜREL

Offered to

Economics

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to teach economics from real world examples. The practical content of this course enables students to reconcile economics theory with evidence through analyzing up-to-date real world occurrences reported in broadcast and published media.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Be able to put into use the theoretical tools covered in economics courses in understanding economic news.
2   Distinguish between news stories in terms of what fields of economics (microeconomics, macroeconomics, international economics, financial economics etc.) they are related to.
3   Evaluate economic occurrences around the world by interpreting media reports and columns in order to have a say on what s going on in the national and global economy.
4   Be able to write introductory level news articles that evaluate specific economic incidents in the real world.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction
2 The Foundations of Economic Analysis
3 Supply and Demand
4 Labor Market
5 Market Structures
6 Political Economy
7 Property Rights and the environment
8 Globalization and Economic Prosperity
9 The Miracle of Economic Growth
10 The Business Cycle, Unemployment and Inflation
11 Fiscal Policy
12 Monetary Policy and Financial Institutions

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Economic news in broadcast and published media.
2. Miller, Benjamin and North, The economics of Public Issues, Pearson, International Edition 2012
3. Miller and Benjamin, The Economics of Macro Issues, ,Pearson, 2010

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lectures
2. Collecting news stories and articles from media
3. Class Discussions
4. Presentations

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MT Midterm
2 TP TermProject
3 PRS Presentation
4 FN Final
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MT * 0.25 + TP * 0.25 + PRS * 0.25 + FN * 0.25
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MT * 0.25 + TP * 0.25 + PRS * 0.25 + BUT * 0.25

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. The learner will show interest in news information reported in media and participate in class discussion.
2. The learner will learn how to access sources of economic news and recognize several economics journals.
3. The learner will learn how to collect and structure relevant news information and present it professionally.
4. The learner will individually write a sample article in news/column format which covers a chosen economic event from the real world.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attending at least 70 percent of lectures is mandatory.
2. Plagiarism of any type will result in disciplinary action.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 8 3 24
Tutorials 6 3 18
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 8 8
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.122
LO.23
LO.342
LO.434

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