Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
İKT1242013204MICRO ECONOMICSCompulsory125
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
The aim of the course is • to teach fundamental concepts and hypothesis of the micro economics • to equip students with the knowledge and skills of basic logic of micro economic graphics
Name of Lecturer(s)
Yrd.Doç.Nedim Dikmen
Learning Outcomes
1Genel mikro iktisat teorisi hakkında bilgili olma.
2Temel ekonometri ve istatistik teorilerini mikro ve makro iktisadi problemlere çözüm üretmede kullanabilme yeteneğine sahip olma.
3Genel işletme yönetimi, pazarlama, insan kaynakları idaresi, şirket finansmanı, turizm işletmeciliği ve kamu idareciliği gibi kendilerinin seçtiği fakat bölümün direkt eğitim konusuna girmeyen alanlardan birinde de uzmanlaşmaya sahip olma.
4Kamu, endüstri, tarım, çevre ve doğal kaynaklar, çalışma, bilgi ve mülkiyet ekonomileri, uluslararası finans, para banka, iktisadi büyüme ve kalkınma, politik iktisat ve ekonometrik yöntemler gibi alanlardan kendilerinin seçtiği iktisadın alt dallarından dördünde uzmanlaşma hedefine sahip olma.
5To have the knowledge and skills of the basic concepts of micro economics such as demand supply, production, consumer, elasticity, market etc.
6Effectively be able to Use the drawing skills by graphics in order to analyze micro economic cases.
7Able to explain the theory of consumer, production and different type of markets.
Mode of Delivery
Formal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
• Basic description, concepts and content of micro economics. • Consumer theory: utility and consumer balance, indifference curves, budget lines, market demand analysis, elasticity and different types of elasticity. • Production theory: function of supply and supply elasticity, function of production, productivity analysis, selection of optimal factor combination. • Cost theory: cost and production relationship, short and long term cost of company.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Basic economic concepts
2Capitalism and the market mechanism
3Demand and supply
4Elasticity of demand and supply
5Balance in the perfect competition market
6Cardinal Utility and the Consumer Balance
7Consumer Preferences and Indifference Curves
8Mid-term Exam
9 Special Cases in the theory of indifference curves
10Utility maximisation and consumer preferences
11 Production Function in the short term
12Production Function in the long term
13Utility maximisation
14The analysis of production cost in the short term
15The analysis of production cost in the short term
16Final exam
Recommended or Required Reading
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)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination122
Final Examination122
Attending Lectures14114
Question-Answer818
Self Study14684
Individual Study for Homework Problems616
Individual Study for Mid term Examination8216
Individual Study for Final Examination428
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)140
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