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Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code: | FNCE312 | ||||||||
Course Name: | Economic Policies and İndicators | ||||||||
Course Semester: | Fall | ||||||||
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Language of instruction: | EN | ||||||||
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Does the Course Require Work Experience?: | No | ||||||||
Type of course: | Compulsory | ||||||||
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Mode of Delivery: | Face to face | ||||||||
Course Coordinator : | Prof. Dr. AYLİN SOYDAN | ||||||||
Course Lecturer(s): |
Prof. Dr. AYLİN SOYDAN |
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Course Objectives: | The aim of this course is to provide students with a general perspective and tools that would help critically analyse macroeconomic issues and challanges in national economies in relation with the world economy. |
Course Content: | Macroeconomic models and their policy prescriptions; fiscal policy instruments; monetary policy; economic policy in open economy; exchange rate systems; balance of payments; protectionism; financial liberalisation, globalisation and financial crises; global imbalances; macroprudential policies; economic indicators pertinent to macroeconomic policies. |
The students who have succeeded in this course;
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Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Introduction: Main Macroeconomic Issues | none |
2) | National Income Accounts | syllbus |
3) | National Income: Growth - Income Distribution | Reading |
3) | National Income: Growth - Income Distribution | readıng |
4) | Sectoral Structure: Agriculture, Industry, Services | readıng |
5) | Empoyment and Unemployment | readıng |
6) | Inflation | readıng |
7) | Financial System | reading |
8) | Central Banking and Monetary Policy | reading |
9) | Public Sector and Fiscal Policy | reading |
10) | Dynamics in the World Economy | Reading |
11) | International Economic Relations and Balance of Payments Issues | reading |
12) | Economic and Financial Crises | reading |
13) | Recent Global Crisis and the Economy | reading |
14) | Revision | None |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | An updated reading-list comprising book chapters and articles will be provided. Mankiw, N. Gregory. (2016). Macroeconomics. 9th Edition. New York, NY: Worth. [ISBN-13: 978-1464182891, ISBN-10: 1464182892] |
References: | An updated reading-list comprising book chapters and articles will be provided. Some resources for basic macroeconomic indicators: Moss, D (2014) A Concise Guide to Macroeconomics. Boston: Harvard Business Review Press. The Economist (2007) Guide to Indicators: Making Sense of Economics, various editions. Akyildiz, F (2017) Göstergeler Ne Anlatır? Türkiye İçin İktisadi Göstergeler Rehberi. İstanbul: İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yaynları |
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1) Awareness of professional and ethical responsibility. | ||||||||||
2) Adequate knowledge in mathematics, science and engineering subjects pertaining to the relevant discipline; ability to use theoretical and applied information in these areas to model and solve engineering problems. | ||||||||||
3) Ability to communicate effectively i Turkish, both orally and in writing; knowledge of a minimum of one foreign language. | ||||||||||
4) Information about business life practices such as project management, risk management, and change management; awareness of entrepreneurship, innovation, and sustainable development. | ||||||||||
5) Ability to design a complex system, process, device or product under realistic constraints and conditions, in such a way so as to meet the desired result; ability to apply modern design methods for this purpose. (Realistic constraints and conditions may include factors such as economic and environmental issues, sustainability, manufacturability, ethics, health, safety isuues, and social and political issues according to the nature of the design.) | ||||||||||
6) Ability to work efficiently in intra-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary teams; ability to work individually. | ||||||||||
7) Ability to devise, select, and use modern techniques and tools needed for engineering practice; ability to employ information technologies effectively. | ||||||||||
8) Ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems; ability to select and apply proper analysis and modelling methods for this purpose. | ||||||||||
9) Knowledge about contemporary issues and the global and societal effects of engineering practices on health, environment, and safety; awareness of the legal consequences of engineering solutions. | ||||||||||
10) Recognition of the need for lifelong learning; ability to access information, to follow developments in science and technology, and to continue to educate him/herself. | ||||||||||
11) Ability to design and conduct experiments, gather data, analyse and interpret results for investigating engineering problems. |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Awareness of professional and ethical responsibility. | |
2) | Adequate knowledge in mathematics, science and engineering subjects pertaining to the relevant discipline; ability to use theoretical and applied information in these areas to model and solve engineering problems. | |
3) | Ability to communicate effectively i Turkish, both orally and in writing; knowledge of a minimum of one foreign language. | |
4) | Information about business life practices such as project management, risk management, and change management; awareness of entrepreneurship, innovation, and sustainable development. | |
5) | Ability to design a complex system, process, device or product under realistic constraints and conditions, in such a way so as to meet the desired result; ability to apply modern design methods for this purpose. (Realistic constraints and conditions may include factors such as economic and environmental issues, sustainability, manufacturability, ethics, health, safety isuues, and social and political issues according to the nature of the design.) | |
6) | Ability to work efficiently in intra-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary teams; ability to work individually. | |
7) | Ability to devise, select, and use modern techniques and tools needed for engineering practice; ability to employ information technologies effectively. | |
8) | Ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems; ability to select and apply proper analysis and modelling methods for this purpose. | |
9) | Knowledge about contemporary issues and the global and societal effects of engineering practices on health, environment, and safety; awareness of the legal consequences of engineering solutions. | |
10) | Recognition of the need for lifelong learning; ability to access information, to follow developments in science and technology, and to continue to educate him/herself. | |
11) | Ability to design and conduct experiments, gather data, analyse and interpret results for investigating engineering problems. |
Peer Review | |
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Individual study and homework | |
Lesson | |
Group study and homework | |
Reading | |
Homework | |
Problem Solving | |
Q&A / Discussion | |
Web Based Learning |
Written Exam (Open-ended questions, multiple choice, true-false, matching, fill in the blanks, sequencing) | |
Homework | |
Observation | |
Individual Project | |
Presentation | |
Peer Review |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 14 | % 10 |
Homework Assignments | 10 | % 20 |
Midterms | 1 | % 30 |
Final | 1 | % 40 |
total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 60 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 40 | |
total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 42 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 16 | 92 |
Project | 1 | 12 |
Homework Assignments | 13 | 26 |
Midterms | 1 | 1 |
Final | 1 | 2 |
Total Workload | 175 |