COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ECONOMICS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SFH 1005 ECONOMICS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Seferihisar Fevziye Hepkon Vocational School of Social Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR AYSUN TOKMAKOĞLU

Offered to

Marina Management
Logistics Programme
Tourism and Hotel Management

Course Objective

To provide general knowledge on economics, analyze the economic issues on the basis of cause-effect relationship within an analytical perspective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To define fundamental concepts of economics
2   To differentiate between different types of market structures
3   To define the formation of market equilibrium
4   To analyze the formation of market price
5   To analyze the economic issues on the basis of cause-effect relationship

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The subject of economics
2 The main problems of national economy, laws of economics
3 The fundamental concepts (Need, factors of production, production, consumption)
4 Economic systems
5 Market Types
6 Theory of Price (Supply and Demand)
7 The formation of price and equilibrium price
8 Theory of Consumption (marginal benefit, indifference analysis)
9 Midterm exam
10 Theory of production (function of production, maximization)
11 Equilibrium of the firm (short-term, medium-term, long-term)
12 General economic balances and imbalances
13 Economic policies
14 Monetary market and monetary policy
15 Final exam
16 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook: Tevfik Pekin, Ekonomiye Giriş, Zeus Kitabevi, 2006.
Materials: Course Notes

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures aiming at presenting the fundamental knowledge and class discussion based participation in the analysis of case studies.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 ASG ASSIGNMENT VZ * 0.40 + FN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) VZ * 0.40 + BUT * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attending at least 70 percent of lectures is mandatory.
Any kind of attempt or act of copying results in disciplinary punishment.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Tel. (232) 743 59 88
e-mail: adil.koruyan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday Thursday 9.00 12.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 7 7
Preparation for final exam 1 14 14
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 75

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.15
LO.25
LO.355
LO.455
LO.55555