Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
HIT1142018835GENERAL ECONOMYCompulsory122
Level of Course Unit
Short Cycle
Objectives of the Course
Develop students' ability to understand the micro-economic and macro-economic issues
Name of Lecturer(s)
Yrd.Doç.Dr. Adem KULAÇ
Learning Outcomes
1Can understand the basic features of the economy
2Can analyze the behavior of consumers and producers
3Can analyze changes in the balance of the market
4Can analyze macro-economic indicators
5Can follow onetary and fiscal policies
Mode of Delivery
Formal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course Contents
Economic concepts, economic analysis, supply and demand analysis, market equilibrium, unemployment, inflation, monetary policy, fiscal policy
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Economy; the basic concepts of economics, scarcity of production factors, production possibilities curve
2Economic analysis, economic systems, basic economic problems
3Demand, demand curve, factors affecting demand, demand elasticity, utility, utility approaches
4Consumer and analysis, supply, the factors affecting the supply
5Supply flexibility, the different types of flexibility, balance, analysis of producer, co-product curves,
6Cost, short-and long-term costs, change cost, fixed cost, marginal cost concepts
7Market equilibrium, the formation of equilibrium, changes in equilibrium
8Midterm exam
9Market equilibrium, the formation of equilibrium, balance, changes
10Employment, unemployment, labor force, types of unemployment, unemployment prevention policies
11Inflation, inflation measure, types of inflation, disinflation policies
12Economic growth and economic development, separation, measurement of economic growth, economic development indicators
13Money market, money supply, money demand, monetary systems, money market equilibrium, money
14The monetary policy tools, strategies, contractionary monetary policy, expansionary monetary policy, monetary policy effectiveness
15Finance policy, tools, contractionary fiscal policy, expansionary fiscal policy, fiscal policy effectiveness
16Final exam
Recommended or Required Reading
Çelik, K, 2012; Genel Ekonomi, Derya Kitabevi, Trabzon Dinler, Z. 2006; İktisada Giriş, Ekin Kitabevi Yayınları, Bursa
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
SUM0
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
SUM0
Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri40
Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination111
Attending Lectures14228
Individual Study for Mid term Examination8216
Individual Study for Final Examination6318
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)64
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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