FILM AND TELEVISION
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
BA1011	Introduction to Business	Fall	3	0	3	8

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 :	Assoc. Prof. HAVVA PINAR İMER
Course Lecturer(s):	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi AYLA ESEN Assoc. Prof. HAVVA PINAR İMER Prof. Dr. AHMET ERKUŞ Dr. Öğr. Üyesi GÜLBERK GÜLTEKİN SALMAN
Recommended Optional Program Components:	None
Course Objectives:	The objective of this course is to develop an understanding of the roles, responsibilities, and skills required of individuals (managers and non-managers) in today’s changing organizations by analyzing the characteristics of successful managers and organizations. This process will also develop an awareness of the environmental conditions and pressures facing today’s managers and organizations. Specifically, students will become acquainted with the language of business management and the application of key concepts and theories to the “real world.”

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
Upon the completion of the course, students will learn:
1. the basic business terminology
2. the dynamics in the environment within which a business operates
3. social and ethical responsibility of businesses
4. the ownership of businesses and business structures
5. the role of management in a business setting and its functions
6. the major business functions including operations, marketing and finance

Course Content

The course will be carried out by examining the relationships between the businesses (including their management and structures) and their owners, employees, customers, as well as the global economic environment, the governments and the community. In this sense, in addition to reviewing the general business concepts, and economic environment; we will be focusing on the main functional areas of businesses and make the students understand how business dynamics interact.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Introduction to the course
2)	The Business Environment	Ebert & Griffin, Ch.1
3)	Business Ethics and Social Responsibility	Ebert & Griffin, Ch.2
4)	Entrepreneurship, New Ventures and Business Ownership	Ebert & Griffin Ch.3
5)	The Global Context of Business	Ebert & Griffin, Ch.4
6)	Business Management	Ebert & Griffin, Ch.5
7)	Organizing the Business	Ebert & Griffin, Ch.6
8)	Midterm Exam
9)	Operations Management and Quality	Ebert & Griffin, Ch.7
10)	Employee Behavior and Motivation	Ebert & Griffin, Ch.8
11)	Leadership and Decision Making	Ebert & Griffin, Ch.9
12)	Marketing Processes and Consumer Behavior	Ebert & Griffin, Ch.11
13)	Marketing, Distributing and Promoting Products	Ebert & Griffin, Chs.12 & 13
14)	Finance and Businesses	Ebert & Griffin, Chs. 16 & 17

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	Business Essentials (2017, 11th Global Edition) by Ebert, R. & Griffin, R., Pearson Education.
References:	Contemporary Management (2019, 11th Edition) by Gareth R. Jones & Jennifer M. George, McGraw-Hill Education. İşletme Yöneticiliği (2018), Tamer Koçel, 17. Baskı, Beta Yayıncılık. The Financial Times, New York Times, Fortune, Business Week, The Economist, Harvard Business Review, Business Strategy Review and other business periodicals.

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Homework Assignments	2	% 20
Midterms	1	% 30
Final	1	% 50
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 50
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 50
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Workload
Course Hours	14	40
Study Hours Out of Class	15	48
Homework Assignments	14	29
Final	14	63
Total Workload		180

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)	Being familiar to the main concepts and methods of the social sciences and the fine arts devoted to understanding the world and the society	4
2)	Having comprehensive knowledge regarding different media and branches of art	3
3)	Knowing the historical background of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey and keeping pace with the new developments in the area	1
4)	Having a good command of the language and the aesthetics of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey	1
5)	Being able to create a narrative that could be used in a fiction or a non-fiction audio-visual moving image product	2
6)	Being able to write a script ready to be shot	2
7)	Having the skills to produce the photoboard of a script in hand and to shoot the film using the camera, the lights and other necessary equipment
8)	Being able to transfer the footage of a film to the digital medium, to edit and do other post-production operations
9)	Being able to create a documentary audio visual moving image from the preliminary sketch stage to shooting, editing and post-production stages
10)	Being able to produce an audio visual moving image for television and audio products for radio from preliminary stages through shooting and editing to the post-production stage
11)	Being culturally and theoretically equipped to make sense of an audio-visual moving image, to approach it critically with regard to its language and narration and being able to express his/her approach in black and white	3
12)	Having ethical values and a sense of social responsibility	5