COMMUNICATION AND DESIGN | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
ECO1212 | Introduction to Economics II | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester. |
Language of instruction: | English |
Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery: | Hybrid |
Course Coordinator : | Assoc. Prof. ÇAĞLAR YURTSEVEN |
Course Lecturer(s): |
Assoc. Prof. ÇAĞLAR YURTSEVEN Assoc. Prof. EMİN KÖKSAL Prof. Dr. NECİP ÇAKIR Prof. Dr. İPEK ALTINBAŞAK FARİNA |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
Course Objectives: | This course intends to give a comprehensive understanding of macroeconomics. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; 1. Use the basic concepts of economics to explain everyday life. 2. Explain the behavior of buyers and sellers in the market using basic economic theories. 3. Explain the role of government in influencing buyer and seller behavior in the market. 4. Explain the role of profits in a market economy. 5. Identify firm behaviors in different market structures. |
National Income Accounts, Cost Of Living and Inflation, Output, Economic Growth and Well Being, Financial Markets and the way They Function, Employment, Unemployment and Economic Performance, Monetary Economics and Policy, Macroeconomics for Open Economies, Open Economy in the short and medium runs, Monetary anf Fiscal Policies, Phillips Curve and Inflation |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Measuring a Nation’s Income | |
2) | Measuring the Cost of Living | |
3) | Production and Growth | |
4) | Saving, Investment, and the Financial System | |
5) | Unemployment and Its Natural Rates | |
6) | The Monetary System | |
7) | Money Growth and Inflation | |
8) | Review | |
9) | Open-Economy Macroeconomics: Basic Concepts | |
10) | Macroeconomic Theory of the Open Economy | |
11) | Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply | |
12) | The Influence of Monetary and Fiscal Policy on Aggregate Demand | |
13) | The Short-Run Tradeoff between Inflation and Unemployment | |
14) | Course review |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Principles of Economis, N. Gregory Mankiw, South-Western College Pub; 6 edition |
References: |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Midterms | 1 | % 50 |
Final | 1 | % 50 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 50 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 50 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
Course Hours | 3 | 16 | 48 |
Application | 13 | 1 | 13 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 13 | 10 | 130 |
Midterms | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Final | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Total Workload | 195 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Create design oriented application for the visual communication design field. | |
2) | Resolve visual communication problems via concept based designs and an integrated perspective in the visual communication design field. | |
3) | Qualify in design directing through analysis and design processes. | |
4) | Display creative thinking, approach and production process skills. | |
5) | Integrate basic fields of visual communication; print, time-based and interactive media, through mastering each one of these fields individually. | |
6) | Identify complementary design solutions in the visual field in order to solve communication problems. | |
7) | Perform necessary operational skills in order to finalize products in the visual communication design field. | |
8) | Evaluate recent design trends and the evolving aesthetic perspectives. | |
9) | Use recent design softwares that coincide with the developing information technologies and communication channels. | |
10) | Interpret theoretical, historical and intellectual roots of the visual communication design field. | |
11) | Perform necessary time management in order to complete a visual communication design project. | |
12) | Demonstrate leadership qualities in a design team as well as individual skills during the progress of a visual communication design project. | |
13) | Display compositional solutions and aesthetic skills to fulfill design needs in a visual communication design work. | |
14) | Develop academical, intellectual and critical point of view for global, local and individual visual communication design works. | 3 |