ECONOMICS AND FINANCE | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
REK5207 | Fundamental Principles of Marketing | Spring Fall |
3 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
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Language of instruction: | Turkish |
Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
Course Coordinator : | Prof. Dr. SERDAR PİRTİNİ |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
Course Objectives: | The purpase of this course is to provide students an in-depth understanding of marketing communication concepts, principles, and terminology in both business and nonprofit environments, to understand the role of integrated marketing communications in an organization and providing ability to develop a communication plan for an actual company. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; I. To identify marketing communications studies theoretically and practically. II. To identify the elements of marketing communications mix (advertising, public relations, sales promotion, direct marketing, personal selling) III. To identify how marcom mix elements create synergy when integrated. IV. To be able to develop a basic integrated marketing communications plan showing applicable target markets, use of the marketing communications mix and an appropriate understanding of market research. V. To be able to prepare a marketing communication project of an actual company VI. To be able to show marketing commication problem solving skills through case analysis and environmental scanning. |
Core concepts of marketing communications. Role of marketing communication in organizations. 3.Tools of marketing communication and their applications Application of an integrated marketing communication problems for organizations. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Introduction. | |
2) | Overview of marketing communication and the marketing communication process. | |
3) | The communication process. | |
4) | Buyer behaviors. | |
5) | Marketing communication planning process. | |
6) | Media planning and strategy. | |
7) | Evaluation of media. | |
8) | Marketing communication tools. | |
9) | Advertising, brand management, branding. | |
10) | Communication strategies. | |
11) | Public relations, publicity, corporate image. | |
12) | Corporate advertising, event and sponsorship. | |
13) | Direct marketing and personal selling. | |
14) | Objectives and budgeting for promotional program. |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Ders notları haftalık olarak verilecektir. / Will be given weekly. |
References: | Ders notları haftalık olarak verilecektir. Course notes will be given weekly. |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 14 | % 10 |
Presentation | 1 | % 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 |
Presentations / Seminar | 5 | 35 |
Midterms | 7 | 35 |
Final | 7 | 60 |
Total Workload | 172 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Build up a body of knowledge in mathematics and statistics, to use them, to understand how the mechanism of economy –both at micro and macro levels – works. | 3 |
2) | Understand the common as well as distinctive characters of the markets, industries, market regulations and policies. | 2 |
3) | Develop an awareness of different approaches to the economic events and why and how those approaches have been formed through the Economic History and understand the differences among those approaches by noticing at what extent they could explain the economic events. | 1 |
4) | Analyze the interventions of politics to the economics and vice versa. | 3 |
5) | Apply the economic analysis to everyday economic problems and evaluate the policy proposals for those problems by comparing opposite approaches. | 2 |
6) | Understand current and new economic events and how the new approaches to the economics are formed and evaluating. | 2 |
7) | Develop the communicative skills in order to explain the specific economic issues/events written, spoken and graphical form. | 3 |
8) | Know how to formulate the economics problems and issues and define the solutions in a well-formed written form, which includes the hypothesis, literature, methodology and results / empirical evidence. | 2 |
9) | Demonstrate the quantitative and qualitative capabilities and provide evidence for the hypotheses and economic arguments. | 2 |
10) | Understand the information and changes related to the economy by using a foreign language and communicate with colleagues. | 3 |