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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
ERA 4603	INTERNATIONAL FINANCE FOUNDATIONS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	4

Offered By

Public Finance

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR ASUMAN ALTAY

Offered to

Public Finance
Public Finance

Course Objective

This course provides an introduction to and survey of international finance and financial institutions.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Identifying and explaining the main micro and macroeconomic concepts and theories used to examine international financial market institutions and activity.
2	Demonstrating ability to use the concepts and theories to develop a viewpoint on and critically evaluate activity in international financial markets.
3	Exploring the role of international finance, institutions and policies, together with an examination of international money/credit markets.
4	Analysing a range of topical issues that deal with subjects such as balance of payments, exchange rates, international reserves, capital flows and liquidity.
5	Exploring the functioning of the international bond market, as well as developing an understanding of international financial institutions such as the International Monetary Fund and the Bank for International Settlements

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

HAZIRLIK - FOREIGN LANGUAGE PREPARATION CLASS

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	International Financial and Economic Organizations;
2	The International Monetary Fund (IMF),
3	International Monetary Fund (IMF) and IMF's Fiscal Policy Prescriptions
4	The Changing Role Of The IMF In The Governance Of The Global Economy and its Consequences
5	The World Bank
6	The World Economy and World Bank
7	International Monetary Fund vs The World Bank
8	Mid-term Exam
9	Mid-term Exam
10	The United Nations
11	UN Programmes and Funds
12	Organization For Economic Co-Operation and Development-OECD
13	UNDP &UNESCO
14	European Union

Recomended or Required Reading

Cheol Eun and Bruce Resnick International Financial Management Irwin (Third Edition, 2004 or Fourth Edition, 2006)
Stephen Valdez. An Introduction to Global Financial Markets. Palgrave (5th edition, 2007)
Joseph Stiglitz. Globalization and Its Discontents W.W. Norton (2002)
Various web site Links: International
o Financial Institutions
o International Monetary Fund
o World Bank Group
o Asian Development Bank
o Bank for International Settlements
o European Bank for Reconstruction and Development ....

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	MTEG	MIDTERM GRADE	MTEG * 1
3	FIN	FINAL EXAM
4	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTEG * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
5	RST	RESIT
6	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Giving lecture, active participation of students and presentations prepared by the students.

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

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