ECONOMICS
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
BA4214	E-Business and Internet Marketing	Spring	3	0	3	6

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 :	Prof. Dr. ELİF OKAN
Recommended Optional Program Components:	None
Course Objectives:	The purpose of the e-Business and Internet Marketing class is to give you a fundamental understanding about planning and managing of different marketing activities on the web.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
The students who have succeeded in this course;
1 Identify problems and opportunities regarding e-business
2 Take a critical point of view
3 Create new ideas
4 Evaluate these ideas
5 Familiarize with e-marketing strategies
6 Describe in a professional way how the idea can be implemented and turned to a e-business.
7 Build marketing strategies for different types of e-businesses.

Course Content

Topics include internet basics, digital marketing, webpage design, search engine optimization, social media usage, viral marketing.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Introduction to Internet Marketing
2)	History of the www, Internet Basics
3)	Digital Business Models
4)	Marketing Mix & Digital Media
5)	Services Industries at the www
6)	e- Commerce, Payments, Security, Legal and Ethical Issues
7)	Review
8)	Principles of Webpage Design
9)	Changing Rules of Marketing, Advertising and PR
10)	E-Mails, Spams, Types of Banner & Popup Advertising, Media Rich Advertising, Video Ads at Media Share Sites, Advertising Games
11)	Blogs, Microblogs, Forums, Wikies, Podcasting
12)	Search Engine Optimization
13)	Mobile Marketing
14)	The Future of e-Business

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	"Social Media Marketing", Melissa and Donald Barker & Nicholas Bormann, Cengage Learning, 2013.
References:	eMarketing eXcellence, Dave Chaffey & PR Smith, Elsevier Publishing, 2009

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Attendance	14	% 15
Project	1	% 30
Midterms	1	% 25
Final	1	% 30
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 40
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 60
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Workload
Course Hours	14	41
Study Hours Out of Class	15	71
Total Workload		112

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)	As a world citizen, she is aware of global economic, political, social and ecological developments and trends.
2)	He/she is equipped to closely follow the technological progress required by global and local dynamics and to continue learning.
3)	Absorbs basic economic principles and analysis methods and uses them to evaluate daily events.
4)	Uses quantitative and statistical tools to identify economic problems, analyze them, and share their findings with relevant stakeholders.
5)	Understands the decision-making stages of economic units under existing constraints and incentives, examines the interactions and possible future effects of these decisions.
6)	Comprehends new ways of doing business using digital technologies. and new market structures.
7)	Takes critical approach to economic and social problems and develops analytical solutions.
8)	Has the necessary mathematical equipment to produce analytical solutions and use quantitative research methods.
9)	In the works he/she contributes, observes individual and social welfare together and with an ethical perspective.
10)	Deals with economic problems with an interdisciplinary approach and seeks solutions by making use of different disciplines.
11)	Generates original and innovative ideas in the works she/he contributes as part of a team.