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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
SIV 1007	MICROECONOMICS	COMPULSORY	3	0	0	4

Offered By

Program Of Civil Aviation Management

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

INSTRUCTOR HAKAN SÖNMEZ

Offered to

Program Of Civil Aviation Management

Course Objective

This course aims at equipping the students with: an understanding of the economic behaviour of the real and artificial persons (micro) and the economic literacy skill that will enable them to analyse the current economic developments from a management point of view, given introductory knowledge of micro and market economy and to analyze various economical approaches

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Students will be able to understand basic properties of economy
2	Students will be able to analyze consumer and producer behaviors
3	Students will be able to analyze changes in the market balance
4	Students will be able to distinguish differences about market structure
5	Students will be able to learn how to apply the economic way of thinking to a variety of issues
6	Students will be able to set the fundamentals of microeconomics that will be used in the further courses

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	The basic concepts of economics
2	Scarcity, choice and production possibilities curve
3	Elasticity: elasticity of supply and elasticity of demand applications
4	Demand, supply and market equilibrium
5	Demand, supply and market equilibrium
6	Market, price formation and state interference, the theory of consumer behavior
7	Mid-Term Exam
8	The theory of consumer behavior
9	The theory of production and costs
10	Perfect competition
11	Imperfect competitions
12	Factor markets
13	Welfare economics
14	Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
1) Case, Karl E. and Fair, Ray C., Principles of Economics, 7th or 8th Edition, Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2011
2) Parkin, M., Economics, Addison, Wesley, 6th Edition, London, 2003
3) Samuelson, P., Nordhaus, W., Economics, McGraw-Hill Publication, 17th Edition, London. 2002
4) Iktisat (Mikro) John Sloman, Bilim ve Teknik Yayınevi, 2014
5) Taylor, John B, Economics, 4th Edition, Houghton, Mifflin, 2004
6) Erdal M. Ünsal, Mikroiktisada Giriş, 6. Baskı, 2005
7) Ertek, Tümay, Mikroekonomiye Giriş, Beta, 2005
8) Özateşler, Mustafa, Ekonomi Bilimi I, Izmir, Ilkem Ofset, 2000
9) Sadun, Aren, Ekonomi Dersleri,Gerçek Yayınevi, Istanbul, 1976
10) Dinler, Zeynel, Iktisada Giriş, Ekin Kitabevi, Bursa, 1999
11) Parasız, Ilker, Temel, Mikro Ekonomiye Giriş, Detay Yayıncılık, 2011

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, preparing to subjects, problem sets, readings.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	FIN	FINAL EXAM
3	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
4	RST	RESIT
5	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50

*** 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

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hakan.sonmez@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	12	3	36
Preparation for midterm exam	1	12	12
Preparation for final exam	1	12	12
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	12	2	24
Midterm	1	2	2
Final	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			88

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.6	PO.7
LO.1	5
LO.2	4
LO.3	4
LO.4	3
LO.5	5
LO.6	4	4

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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