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Subject |
Related Preparation |
| 1) |
Ten Principles of Economics: Trade-offs, Costs, Rationality, Opportunity Cost, Market Economies, Government Interventions, Inflation |
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| 2) |
Thinking like an Economist: Economics as a Science, Assumptions and Models, Micro and Macroeconomics, Positive and Normative Analysis. |
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| 3) |
Interdependence and Gains From Trade: Production Possibilities, Absolute And Comparative Advantages |
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| 4) |
The Market Forces of Demand and Supply: The Nature of a Competitive Market, Individual and Market Demand, Individual and Market Supply, Equilibrium and Changes in Equilibrium |
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| 5) |
Elasticity and its Applications: Price Elasticity of Demand and its Computation, Total Revenue and Elasticity of Demand, Price Elasticity of Supply and its Computation |
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| 6) |
Supply, Demand and Government Policy: Price Controls, Price Floors & Ceilings, Taxes |
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| 7) |
Review |
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| 8) |
Consumers, Producers and the Efficiency : Consumer & Producer Surplus, Market Efficiency |
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| 9) |
The Costs of Taxation: The Deadweight Loss of Taxation, the Determinants of the Deadweight Loss, Tax Revenue, Laffer Curve |
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| 10) |
International Trade: The Determinants of Trade, Effects of Tariff and Quota |
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| 11) |
Externalities & Public Goods: Externality, Internalizing Externality, Transaction Costs, Public Goods, Private Goods, Common Resources, Free Rider |
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| 12) |
The Costs of Production: Total Revenue, Total Cost and Profit, Production Function, Fixed and Variable Costs, Average and Marginal Costs, Cost Curves, Costs in the Short Run and in the Long Run |
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| 13) |
Firms in Competitive Markets: Profit Maximization & the Competitive Firm’s Supply |
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| 14) |
Monopoly: Monopolies’ Production and Pricing Decisions, Profit Maximization, Monopolies’ Profit, Welfare Cost of Monopoly, Public Policy Toward Monopolies, Price Discrimination, Oligopoly: Game Theory and the Economics of Cooperation, Public Policy Toward Oligopolies |
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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. |
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| 2) |
To be able to identify the basic methodological approaches in building sociological and anthropological knowledge at local and global levels |
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| 3) |
To be able to use theoretical and applied knowledge acquired in the fields of statistics in social sciences. |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 8) |
To have knowledge of how sociology is positioned as a scientific discipline from a philosophical and historical perspective |
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| 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 |
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| 10) |
To have the awareness of social issues and global societal processes and to apply sociological analysis to development and social responsibility projects |
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| 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. |
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| 12) |
To be able to transfer the knowledge gained in the areas of sociology to the level of secondary school. |
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BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY BİLGİ PAKETİ / DERS KATALOĞU
