PUBLIC RELATIONS AND PUBLICITY
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
BA3567	Principles of Marketing	Spring Fall	3	0	3	5

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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 :	Prof. Dr. ELİF OKAN
Course Lecturer(s):	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi GÜLBERK GÜLTEKİN SALMAN Prof. Dr. İPEK ALTINBAŞAK FARİNA Prof. Dr. ELİF OKAN
Recommended Optional Program Components:	None
Course Objectives:	The objective of the course is to introduce the participants with the marketing concepts and theories in order to develop, evaluate and implement marketing management strategies in complex environments.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
The students who have succeeded in this course;
1. Explains the basic concepts and theories of the marketing discipline with an interdisciplinary perspective.
2. Understands the interaction between market and customer within the marketing system.
3. Knows the importance of marketing information and market research methods
4. Can explain why and how consumer behavior occurs
5. Knows market segmentation, targeting and positioning
6. Knows the elements of the marketing mix
7. Understands competitive analysis and marketing strategies on a global and local scale

Course Content

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Understanding Marketingin Creating and Capturing Customer Value and how companies can use their marketing strategies with Partnering to Build Customer Relationships
2)	Analyzing the Marketing Environment And Managing Marketing Information to Gain Customer Insights
3)	Understanding Consumer Markets and Consumer Buyer Behavior
4)	Analyzing Business Markets and Business Buyer Behavior
5)	Knowing how to create Customer-Driven Marketing Strategy: Creating Value for Target Customers
6)	Understanding the strategies associated with Products, Services, and Brands: Building Customer Value
7)	Identifying the process of developing New Products and Managing the Product Life Cycle
8)	Learning to design Pricing Strategies in order to Understand and Capture Customer Value
9)	Identifying the ways to design Marketing Channels: Delivering Customer Value and the roles / functions of Retailing and Wholesaling
10)	Learning to Communicate Customer Value through the use of Advertising and Public Relations
11)	Understanding the effective use of Personal Selling,Sales Promotion ;Direct and Online Marketing in Building Direct Customer Relationships
12)	Finding ways in Creating Competitive Advantage
13)	Getting acquianted with The Global Marketplace
14)	Understanding the importance of Sustainable Marketing: Social Responsibility and Ethics

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	Principles of Marketing, 14/E Kotler & Armstrong 2012 \| Prentice Hall \| Published: 01/27/2011 ISBN-10: 0132167123 \| ISBN-13: 9780132167123
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Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Attendance	14	% 5
Quizzes	3	% 5
Homework Assignments	7	% 10
Presentation	3	% 15
Project	2	% 20
Midterms	20	% 20
Final	25	% 25
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 55
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 45
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Workload
Course Hours	14	42
Presentations / Seminar	7	7
Midterms	13	13
Final	16	66
Total Workload		128

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 prepare the students to become communication professionals by focusing on strategic thinking, professional writing, ethical practice and innovative use of traditional and new media
2)	To be able to create effective public relations plans using fundamental planning components that include situation analysis, public profile, objectives, strategies and tactics.
3)	To be able to apply theoretical concepts related to mass communication, consumer behavior, psychology, persuasion,sociology, marketing, and other related fields to understand how public realtions works.
4)	To be able to have the ability to explain and identify problems associated with the relationships between events and facts in the areas of public relations, persuasive communication, communication management, corporate communications.
5)	To be able to analyze primary and secondary research data in the fields of perception and reputation management and corporate communication practices.
6)	To be able to search, write, and design articles, newsletters, and fliers, brochures, and announcements, in styles and formats appropraite various audiences, mediums and settings.
7)	To be able to apply the underlying theories of communication and the necessities of work safety to different types of public relations processes and campaigns.
8)	To be able to develop creative and persuasive management skills in terms of reputation, employee relations, leadership and similar corporate practices.
9)	To be able to take responsibility in an individual capacity or as a team in generating solutions to given scenarios which can occur in public relations processes.
10)	To be able to understand how an organizational culture works and how employees and leaders create messages as a communication tool.
11)	To be able to critically discuss and interpret theories, concepts, methods, tools and ideas in the field of public relations.
12)	To be able to to use information, communication technologies and computer software with the required level of public relations, marketing communication, persuasive communication, communication management, corporate communications.
13)	To be able to explain and describe business marketing activities, economics, business law and global business practices.
14)	To be able to recognize national and international, social and cultural dimensions of public relations.