Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
İKT2042013201MACRO ECONOMICS-IICompulsory245
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
The aim of the course is • to teach deeply the nature of macroeconomics and the macroeconomic problems and • to develop the ability of the students to discuss the core short-run and medium-run models to explain the mechanisms of macroeconomics.
Name of Lecturer(s)
DR. ÖĞR. ÜYESİ OĞUZ TÜMTÜRK
Learning Outcomes
1Effectively be able to define the structure and properties of the national and international markets in macroeconomics
2Able to explain basic macroeconomic concepts and issues
Mode of Delivery
Formal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course Contents
• Mainstream macroeconomic theories such as Aggregate Demand and Supply Analysis (Real Income, Employment, and Price Level Determination) • Theories of Wages and Labour Supply • Effectiveness of Monetary and Fiscal Policy (Multiplier Analysis) • Demand For Money (Simple Portfolio Models) • Theories of Consumption and Investment Behaviour
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Fundamentals of Macroeconomics
2Key Macroeconomic Variables
3Infrastructure of macroeconomic analysis: basic macroeconomic relations
4Reference models I: Classical Model
5Reference models II: Keynesian Model
6Money, Interest Rate and national income: IS-LM models
7International economic relations: IS-LM models
8Mid-term Exam
9Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply: AD-AS models
10Economic Fluctuations: Business Cycle Theories
11Unemployment and Inflation
12Twin Deficits: Budget deficit and external deficit
13Economic growth
14Consumption, Savings and investment
15Money Supply and Money demand
16Final Exam
Recommended or Required Reading
Dornbusch, R.,Fisher, S. ve Startz, R. (2007), Makroekonomi, Gazi Yayınevi. G.N.Mankıw, Macroeconomıcs, Worth Publıshers, 2003 Ünsal, Erdal, 2010. Makro İktisat, İmaj Yayınevi.
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
Work Placement(s)
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination111
Attending Lectures14342
Self Study14570
Individual Study for Mid term Examination14114
Individual Study for Final Examination22122
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)150
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