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SOCIOLOGY
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code Course Name Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
COP4216 Paybyme -Financial Technology-Fintech Fall 3 0 3 6
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction: English
Type of course: Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level: Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Dr. Öğr. Üyesi HAKKI ÖZTÜRK
Course Lecturer(s): Dr. Öğr. Üyesi HAKKI ÖZTÜRK
Course Objectives: - Introducing Fintech Market
- Providing information about the fundemantals of Payment Systems
- Instructing the basic mechanisms of Financial Institutions
- Giving insights for vision and mission concepts of Fintech Market

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Fintech 101
2) Today and Future of Financial Technologies
3) Payment Systems in Financial Technologies
4) The Place of Mobile Payment in Financial Technologies
5) Risk Management in Financial Technologies
6) Information Security in Financial Technologies
7) Payment and E-Money Institutions
8) Regulations for Financial Technologies
9) The Relation of Financial Technologies with Other Information Technologies and Applications
10) Entreprenurship, Innovation and Management of Oppurtinities in Financial Technology Services
11) Accounting and Taxation in Financial Technology Institutions
12) The Place of Turkey in Fintech Market

Course Content

- Fintech Market
- Payment Systems
- Financial Institutions

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Fintech 101 What is Fintech? Which solutions does it provide?
2) Today and Future of Financial Technologies How will Fintech shape the future regarding financial processes?
3) Payment Systems in Financial Technologies From Bitcoin to Mobile Payment, from contactless transactions to vPOS; A view to payment systems
4) The Place of Mobile Payment in Financial Technologies The place of Mobile Payments in Fintech world, the importance of Mobile Payments in digital services. A Country based view of Mobile Payment System in the world
5) Risk Management in Financial Technologies Fradulent cases, prevention of those cases, the view of risk managements in Fintechs from law point
6) Information Security in Financial Technologies The importance of information security in financial technologies, crucial points, data privacy and sustainability
7) Payment and E-Money Institutions Definition of Payment and E-Money Insititutions in Turkey, capital structures, main purposes and their place Fintech world
8) Regulations for Financial Technologies What are the legal regulations of companies in Fintech world? Sanctions they are facing? Action steps for compliancy to these regulations?
9) The Relation of Financial Technologies with Other Information Technologies and Applications The relations of mobile phones, beacons cash registers..etc with Fintech
10) Entreprenurship, Innovation and Management of Oppurtinities in Financial Technology Services Creating new opportunities in the ever improving world of Fintech, providing new alternatives, creating new solutions for demands, assesment of these subjects with exemplary cases
11) Accounting and Taxation in Financial Technology Institutions What is transaction volume of Fintechs? How accounting works? How the funds are conserved? How taxations work?
12) The Place of Turkey in Fintech Market Where is Turkey in global Fintech Market?
13) Why Angel Investors are Closely Interested with Finteh Projects? The reason behind the popularity of Fintech projects? What lies beneath this interest?
14) Interview with CEO of PaybyMe Interview with CEO of PaybyMe about Fintech

Sources

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Evaluation System

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

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours 14 3 42
Study Hours Out of Class 30 2 60
Midterms 1 25 25
Final 1 25 25
Total Workload 152

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Low 3 Average 4 High 5 Highest
           
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) To learn and compare major sociology perspectives, both classical and contemporary, and apply all of them to analysis of social conditions.
2) To be able to identify the basic methodological approaches in building sociological and anthropological knowledge at local and global levels
3) To be able to use theoretical and applied knowledge acquired in the fields of statistics in social sciences.
4) To have a basic knowledge of other disciplines (including psychology, history, political science, communication studies and literature) that can contribute to sociology and to be able to make use of this knowledge in analyzing sociological processes
5) To have a knowledge and practice of scientific and ethical principles in collecting, interpreting and publishing sociological data also develop ability how to share this data with experts and lay people, using effective communication skills
6) To develop competence in analyzing and publishing sociological knowledge by using computer software for quantitative and qualitative analysis; and develop an attitute for learning new techniques in these fields.
7) To identify and to have a knowledge of the theories related to urban and rural sociology and demography, and political sociology, sociology of gender, sociology of body, visual sociology, sociology of work, sociology of religion, sociology of knowledge and sociology of crime.
8) To have knowledge of how sociology is positioned as a scientific discipline from a philosophical and historical perspective
9) To have the awareness of social issues in Turkish society, to develop critical perspective in analysing these issues and to have a knowledge of the works of Turkish sociologists and to be able to transfer this knowledge
10) To have the awareness of social issues and global societal processes and to apply sociological analysis to development and social responsibility projects
11) To have the ability to define a research question, design a research project and complete a written report for various fields of sociology, either as an individual or as a team member.
12) To be able to transfer the knowledge gained in the areas of sociology to the level of secondary school.