MATHEMATICS (TURKISH, PHD)
PhD TR-NQF-HE: Level 8 QF-EHEA: Third Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 8

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code Course Name Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
ADV4649 Neuromarketing and Sensory Branding Fall 3 0 3 5
The course opens with the approval of the Department at the beginning of each semester

Basic information

Language of instruction: En
Type of course: Departmental Elective
Course Level:
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Dr. Öğr. Üyesi HANDE BİLSEL
Course Objectives: The aim of the course is to describe Neuromarketing and related concepts that emerged with developing technology and measurement techniques. It is to deal with neuromarketing with the consumer mind and emotion. Another aim is to examine the effects of sensory branding on consumer decision making processes

Learning Outputs

The students who have succeeded in this course;
The students who have succeeded in this course will be able,
1) to know key methods and reasons for employing neuroscience to study consumers and communication effects
2) to know key concepts in attention and consciousness
3) to understand how senses affect consumer
4) to understand what are emotions and feelings
5) to introduce multiple kinds of memory and how memory effects can be measured

Course Content

How do we make decisions as consumers? What do we pay attention to, and how do our initial responses predict our final choices? To what extent are these processes unconscious and cannot be reflected directly and overtly? This course will provide students with an introduction to some of the most basic methods in the emerging fields of consumer neuroscience and neuromarketing. Students will learn about the methods employed and what they mean in terms of marketing. You will learn about the basic brain mechanisms in consumer choice, and how to stay updated on these topics. The course will give an overview of the current and future uses of neuroscience in business and consumer analyses.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Neuromarketing Term
2) Attention and Consciousness
3) Sensory Neuromarketing
4) Emotions & Feelings, Wanting & Liking
5) Learning & Memory
6) Midterm
7) Neuroethics and Consumer Aberrations
8) Mirror Neurons and Social Behavior
9) Techniques for Evaluating Neuro-Marketing
10) Successes and Failures of Neuro-Marketing
11) The Consumers Brain
12) Presentations
13) Presentations
14) Presentations

Sources

Course Notes:
References: "M. Cerf, Consumer Neuroscience, MIT press, 2017 C. Morin, R. Penvoise, The Persuasion Code: How Neuromarketing Can Help You Persuade Anyone, Anywhere, Anytime, Wiley books, 2018 M. Lindstrom, Brand Sense, Free Press, 2010"

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance % 0
Laboratory % 0
Application % 0
Field Work % 0
Special Course Internship (Work Placement) % 0
Quizzes % 0
Homework Assignments % 0
Presentation % 0
Project % 0
Seminar % 0
Midterms 1 % 30
Preliminary Jury % 0
Final 1 % 70
Paper Submission % 0
Jury % 0
Bütünleme % 0
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 30
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 70
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours 13 3 39
Laboratory 0 0 0
Application 0 0 0
Special Course Internship (Work Placement) 0 0 0
Field Work 0 0 0
Study Hours Out of Class 15 6 90
Presentations / Seminar 0 0 0
Project 0 0 0
Homework Assignments 0 0 0
Quizzes 0 0 0
Preliminary Jury 0 0 0
Midterms 1 4 4
Paper Submission 0 0 0
Jury 0 0 0
Final 1 4 4
Total Workload 137

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Low 3 Average 4 High 5 Highest
           
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution