Tourism and Hotel Management (English) | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code: | FNCE306 | ||||||||
Course Name: | Current Issues in Global Economy | ||||||||
Course Semester: |
Spring |
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Course Credits: |
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Language of instruction: | EN | ||||||||
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Does the Course Require Work Experience?: | No | ||||||||
Type of course: | Department Elective | ||||||||
Course Level: |
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Mode of Delivery: | Face to face | ||||||||
Course Coordinator : | Dr.Öğr.Üyesi MEHMET GÖKHAN GÖKTAN | ||||||||
Course Lecturer(s): |
Dr.Öğr.Üyesi MEHMET GÖKHAN GÖKTAN |
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Course Objectives: | The main objective of this course is to introduce the topics of specifics of macroeconomic indicators and macroeconomic analysis; interpreting macroeconomic indicators; industry analysis; goods market; global markets; risk in international investments; interest parity condition and carry trade; the mutual fund industry; pension funds; investment banks and underwriting; dynamics of financial crisis; subprime mortgage crisis; securitization and collateralized debt obligations; financial contagion; dynamics of cross-border capital flows; global financial imbalances. |
Course Content: | Specifics of macroeconomic indicators and macroeconomic analysis; interpreting macroeconomic indicators; industry analysis; goods market; global markets; risk in international investments; interest parity condition and carry trade; the mutual fund industry; pension funds; investment banks and underwriting; dynamics of financial crisis; subprime mortgage crisis; securitization and collateralized debt obligations; financial contagion; dynamics of cross-border capital flows; global financial imbalances. |
The students who have succeeded in this course;
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Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Derse genel bakış | NONE |
2) | The Mortgage Markets: specifics of mortgages, characteristics of the residential mortgage, types of mortgage loans, secondary mortgage market, securitization of mortgages | Reading:, chapter 14 |
3) | The Mortgage Markets: specifics of mortgages, characteristics of the residential mortgage, types of mortgage loans, secondary mortgage market, securitization of mortgages | Reading:chapter 14 |
5) | Financial Crisis: Dynamics of financial crisis in advanced and emerging economies. | Reading chapter 8 |
6) | Banking Crisis: defining sytemic banking crisis, effect of banking crisis on domestic and global economy through time. | Reading: Luc Laeven and Fabian Valencia, Resolution of Banking Crisis: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, IMF Working Papers, WP/10/146, 2010. Luc Laeven and Fabian Valencia, Systemic Banking Crisis Database: An Update, IMF Working Paper, WP/10/146, 2012 |
7) | Financial Regulation and innovation: government safety net, types of financial regulation, financial innovation | Reading: chapter 10 |
8) | midterm | none |
9) | The Mutual Fund Industry: specifics of mutual funds, investment objective classes, fee structure of investment funds, reglation of mutual funds, hedge funds | Reading: chapter 20 |
10) | Investment Banks, Security Brokers and Dealers, and Venture Capital Firms: investment banks, underwriting, equity sales, mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, venture capital firms. | Reading: chapter 21 |
11) | Review | none |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Financial Markets and Institutions Frederick S. Mishkin and Stanley G. Eakins, 7th ed., 2012 ISBN-13: 978-0-13-213683-9 The Economics of Money, Banking and Financial Markets Frederick Mishkin, 10th ed., 2013 ISBN-10: 0-273-76673-8 • ISBN-13: 978-0-273-76573-8 |
References: | INVESTMENTS Zvi Bodie-Alex Kane-Alan J. Marcus, 9th ed., 2011 ISBN 978-0-07-353070-0 International Financial Management Geert Bekaert and Robert Hodrick, 2nd ed., 2012 ISBN-13: 978-0-13-216276-0 ISBN-10: 0-13—216276-8 Exchange Rates and International Finance Laurance S. Copeland, 6th ed., 2014 ISBN: 978-0-273-78604- |
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Program Outcomes | ||||||||
1) Learning the facts, concepts and principles related to tourism and hotel management | ||||||||
2) Having a theoretical and practical knowledge at the basic level related to the field | ||||||||
3) To be able to make analytical evaluations for tourism and travel sector | ||||||||
4) Learning the basic laws and regulations and professional standarts that apply regarding the tourism sector in Turkey and physical environment associated with hotel management space, tools, and use acquainted with the technology, applying the ethical values, protecting the natural environment | ||||||||
5) To be able to work efficiently in the tourism sector | ||||||||
6) Learning the characteristics of the major tourist destinations to apply this knowledge in the tourism sector for Turkey and worldwide | ||||||||
7) Organizing, coordinating and developing departments in accommodation organizations | ||||||||
8) To be able to define and develop sales techniques and income management practices applied in accommodation and food and beverage companies | ||||||||
9) Demonstrating the ability to apply professional working techniques in food and beverage establishments |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Learning the facts, concepts and principles related to tourism and hotel management | |
2) | Having a theoretical and practical knowledge at the basic level related to the field | |
3) | To be able to make analytical evaluations for tourism and travel sector | |
4) | Learning the basic laws and regulations and professional standarts that apply regarding the tourism sector in Turkey and physical environment associated with hotel management space, tools, and use acquainted with the technology, applying the ethical values, protecting the natural environment | |
5) | To be able to work efficiently in the tourism sector | |
6) | Learning the characteristics of the major tourist destinations to apply this knowledge in the tourism sector for Turkey and worldwide | |
7) | Organizing, coordinating and developing departments in accommodation organizations | |
8) | To be able to define and develop sales techniques and income management practices applied in accommodation and food and beverage companies | |
9) | Demonstrating the ability to apply professional working techniques in food and beverage establishments |
Lesson | |
Group study and homework | |
Homework | |
Project preparation |
Written Exam (Open-ended questions, multiple choice, true-false, matching, fill in the blanks, sequencing) | |
Oral Examination | |
Homework | |
Individual Project | |
Group project | |
Staj/ Yerinde Uygulama Değerlendirmesi |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Midterms | 1 | % 40 |
Final | 1 | % 60 |
total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 40 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 60 | |
total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
Course Hours | 16 | 48 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 16 | 80 |
Homework Assignments | 4 | 12 |
Quizzes | 4 | 2 |
Midterms | 1 | 15 |
Final | 1 | 22 |
Total Workload | 179 |