SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
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
IF1512	Introduction to Finance	Spring	3	0	3	8

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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 :	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi BAHAR KÖSEOĞLU
Course Lecturer(s):	Prof. Dr. NİYAZİ BERK
Recommended Optional Program Components:	None
Course Objectives:	This is the first course in finance in the department of international finance. This course aims to provide a fundamental background for the future finance courses. This course is an introduction to capital markets and corporate finance. The objective is to introduce the student to basic concepts of financial management of a corporation and capital markets. Upon completion of this course, the student is expected to learn the major concepts of finance and most importantly to think logically and systematically in financial terms.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
I.to be able to learn organization of a firm.
to be able to identify shareholder wealth maximization, principal agent problem
II.to be able to understand how financial markets work
III.to be able to establish basic concepts of financial markets and institutions
IV.to be able to learn time value of money, present value and future value.
V. to be able to understand how securities are priced in financial markets.
VI.to be able to learn the major concepts of finance

Course Content

organization of a firm, principal agent problem, financial markets work, financial markets and institutions, time value of money, pricing

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Types of Business Entity, Organization of Corporate Firm, The Role of Financial Management, Financial Management Decisions
2)	The Goals of the Firm, Profit Maximization and Shareholder Wealth Maximization, Principal-agent Problem, Agency Costs, Asymmetry of Information, Shareholder, Stakeholder.
3)	Financial Environment: Markets, Institutions, and Interest Rates
4)	Financial System, Capital Markets, Money Markets, Primary versus Secondary Markets, Financial Institutions, Financial Instruments.
5)	Basic Financial Statements of a Firm: Balance Sheet Identity, Assets, Liabilities, Equity
6)	Overview of Income Statement, Concepts of EBIT and Net Profit.
7)	Interest Rates, Real versus Nominal Rates, Simple Interest Rates, Compunded Interest Rates.
8)	Time Value of Money, Opprtunity Cost, Present and Future Value
9)	Annuity and Perpetuity, Compounding, Concepts of Risk, Rate of Return and Discount Factor.
10)	More on Annuity and Perpetuity, Annuity Tables, Finding the Number of Periods.
11)	Characteristics of Bills, How Bills are Bought and Sold, The Valuation of Bills
12)	Features of Bonds, How Bonds are Bought and Sold, Pricing of Bonds. The Relationship Between Bond Prices and Interest Rates.
13)	Characteristics of Stocks, Capital Gain, Dividend Gain, Common Stocks, Preferred Stocks.
14)	How Common Stocks Are Traded, Logic Behind The Pricing of Stocks, Capitalization Rate.

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	Essentials of Corporate Finance by Ross, Westerfield and Jordan, Sixth Edition.
References:	Mevcut değil

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Homework Assignments	1	% 10
Midterms	2	% 40
Final	1	% 50
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 50
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 50
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours	14	3	42
Homework Assignments	1	30	30
Midterms	2	40	80
Final	1	40	40
Total Workload			192

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)	Be able to specify functional and non-functional attributes of software projects, processes and products.
2)	Be able to design software architecture, components, interfaces and subcomponents of a system for complex engineering problems.
3)	Be able to develop a complex software system with in terms of code development, verification, testing and debugging.
4)	Be able to verify software by testing its program behavior through expected results for a complex engineering problem.
5)	Be able to maintain a complex software system due to working environment changes, new user demands and software errors that occur during operation.
6)	Be able to monitor and control changes in the complex software system, to integrate the software with other systems, and to plan and manage new releases systematically.
7)	Be able to identify, evaluate, measure, manage and apply complex software system life cycle processes in software development by working within and interdisciplinary teams.
8)	Be able to use various tools and methods to collect software requirements, design, develop, test and maintain software under realistic constraints and conditions in complex engineering problems.
9)	Be able to define basic quality metrics, apply software life cycle processes, measure software quality, identify quality model characteristics, apply standards and be able to use them to analyze, design, develop, verify and test complex software system.
10)	Be able to gain technical information about other disciplines such as sustainable development that have common boundaries with software engineering such as mathematics, science, computer engineering, industrial engineering, systems engineering, economics, management and be able to create innovative ideas in entrepreneurship activities.
11)	Be able to grasp software engineering culture and concept of ethics and have the basic information of applying them in the software engineering and learn and successfully apply necessary technical skills through professional life.
12)	Be able to write active reports using foreign languages and Turkish, understand written reports, prepare design and production reports, make effective presentations, give clear and understandable instructions.
13)	Be able to have knowledge about the effects of engineering applications on health, environment and security in universal and societal dimensions and the problems of engineering in the era and the legal consequences of engineering solutions.