COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BUSINESS MATHEMATICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TUR 1005 BUSINESS MATHEMATICS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Tourism and Hotel Management

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR KUTAN KORUYAN

Offered to

Tourism and Hotel Management

Course Objective

It is purposed students to gain analytical thinking with lecturing fundamental concepts of mathematics, to learn how to use mathematics for the business problems with examples, and to increase developing solution abilities for future business problems.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Define fundamental concepts of mathematics
2   Construct and calculate business problems by the way of mathematics
3   Explain the constructed problem
4   Develop a solution for possible future cases with mathematical thinking.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Numbers: Real numbers (Natural numbers, integers, rational numbers, irrational numbers), Exponents and Roots.
2 Equations and Inequalities (I): Linear Equations and Graphs, Basic Analytic Geometry
3 Equations and Inequalities (II): Basic Analytic Geometry (continued), Break-even Analysis, Quadratic Equations and Graphs
4 Equations and Inequalities (III): Quadratic Equations and Graphs (continued), Linear and Quadratic Inequalities, Absolute Value
5 Functions (I): Definitions, Dependent and Independent Variables, Opened and Closed Mapping, Odd and Even Functions, Periodic Functions, Inverse Functions
6 Functions (II): Polynomial Functions, Rational Functions, Antilogarithms, Logarithmic Functions, Simple and Compound Interest
7 Mid-Term Exam
8 Mid-Term Exam
9 Functions (III): Logarithmic Functions, Simple and Compound Interest
10 Capital Sigma and Pi Notation: Capital-sigma Notation (Formulations, properties), Capital Pi Notation (Properties)
11 Sequences, Series and Limit (I): Sequences (Definitions, arithmetic and geometric sequences), Limits of Sequences (Rules of limits)
12 Sequences, Series and Limit (II): Series (Definitions, arithmetic and geometric series)
13 Sequences, Series and Limit (III): Limit of Functions (Two-sided limits, theorems of limits, indefiniteness, continuousness)
14 Derivatives: Definitions, Rules of Differentiate, Derivatives of Various Functions, Higher Order Derivatives
15 Final Exam
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
Kobu, B. (2008). Işletme Matematiği (7. Baskı). Istanbul: Beta Basım Yayım Dağıtım AŞ.

Supplementary Book(s):
Söndürmez, G. ve Moralı, N. (1996). Temel Matematik: Iktisat ve Işletme Uygulamalarıyla (5. Baskı). Izmir: Karınca Matbaacılık.
Aytaç, M., Sevüktekin, M. ve Işığıçok, E. (2010). Sosyal Bilimlerde Matematik (5. Baskı). Bursa: Ezgi Kitabevi.
Hacısalihoğlu, H. (ed.) (1990). Iş, Ekonomi ve Sosyal Bilimler Için Matematik. Ankara: Nobel Yayın Dağıtım.
Uysal, D. (2009). Işletmeciler ve Iktisatçılar Için Matematik (5. Baskı). Konya: Çizgi Kitabevi.

Materials: Lecture notes.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

It s important for students to attend class and review lessons after the course. During or after the lessons, the examples are solved and homework is given to the students after school if it s necessary.

Assessment Methods

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Mid-term exam and final exam grades, and class attendance are effective.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

E-Mail: kutan.koruyan@deu.edu.tr
Telephone: +90 (232) 301 07 64

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 4 5 20
Preparation for final exam 4 5 20
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 104

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.15
LO.255
LO.355
LO.45

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