ECTS - Monetary Theory and Policy

Monetary Theory and Policy (ECON303) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Monetary Theory and Policy ECON303 General Elective 3 0 0 3 6
Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A
Course Language English
Course Type Elective Courses
Course Level Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture, Demonstration.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
  • Instructor Dr. Esra ŞENGÖR ŞENALP
Course Assistants
Course Objectives This course focuses on the study of money, financial markets and the conduct of monetary policy.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Gain a basic understanding of financial systems, how they operate and why they play a central role in the economy
  • Learn the aims, conduct, influence and limitations of monetary policy.
  • Learn to critically assess the various viewpoints on the conduct monetary policy
  • Gain experience in understanding, using and applying economic models
Course Content Money and credit, behaviour and structure of interest rates, financial systems, money demand and supply, analysis of competing monetary theories and the use of monetary policy tools in economic stabilization; current issues in monetary theory and policy, inflation targeting.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Why Study Money, Banking, and Financial Markets? An Overview of the Financial System Mishkin, Chapters 1-2.
2 What is Money? Understanding Interest Rates Mishkin, Chapters 3-4.
3 The Behavior of Interest Rates; The Risk and Term Structure of Interest Rates Mishkin, Chapters 5-6.
4 An Economic Analysis of Financial Structure; Banking and the Management of Financial Institutions Mishkin, Chapters 8-9.
5 Banking Industry: Structure and Competition; Economic Analysis of Banking Regulation Mishkin, Chapters 10-11.
6 Structure of Central Banks and the Federal Reserve System; Multiple Deposit Creation and the Money Supply Process Mishkin, Chapters 12-13
7 Mid-term Exam
8 Determinants of the Money Supply; Tools of Monetary Policy; What Should Central Banks Do? Monetary Policy Goals, Strategy and Tactics Mishkin, Chapters 14-15-16
9 The Foreign Exchange Market; The International Financial System Mishkin, Chapters 17-18
10 The Demand for Money; The ISLM Model Mishkin, Chapters 19-20
11 Monetary and Fiscal Policy in the ISLM Model Mishkin, Chapters 21
12 Aggregate Demand and Supply Analysis Mishkin, Chapters 22
13 Transmission Mechanisms of Monetary Policy: The Evidence Mishkin, Chapters 23
14 Money and Inflation Mishkin, Chapters 24
15 General Review
16 Final Exam

Sources

Course Book 1. Mishkin, Frederic S. (2007) The Economics of Money, Banking and Financial Markets, 8th International Edition, Boston: Addison-Wesley.
Other Sources 2. Aren, Sadun (2007) 100 Soruda Para ve Para Politikası, İmge Kitabevi.

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation 1 10
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments 2 10
Presentation - -
Project - -
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury 1 30
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 50
Toplam 5 100
Percentage of Semester Work 50
Percentage of Final Work 50
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses X
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

# Program Qualifications / Competencies Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 Has the ability to apply scientific knowledge gained in the undergraduate education and to expand and extend knowledge in the same or in a different area
2 Can apply gained knowledge and problem solving abilities in inter-disciplinary research
3 Has the ability to work independently within research area, to state the problem, to develop solution techniques, to solve the problem, to evaluate the obtained results and to apply them when necessary
4 Takes responsibility individually and as a team member to improve systematic approaches to produce solutions in unexpected complicated situations related to the area of study
5 Can develop strategies, implement plans and principles on the area of study and can evaluate obtained results within the framework
6 Can develop and extend the knowledge in the area and to use them with scientific, social and ethical responsibility
7 Has the ability to follow recent developments within the area of research, to support research with scientific arguments and data, to communicate the information on the area of expertise in a systematically by means of written report and oral/visual presentation
8 To have an oral and written communication ability in at least one of the common foreign languages ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B2)
9 Has software and hardware knowledge in the area of expertise, and has proficient information and communication technology knowledge
10 Follows scientific, cultural, and ethical criteria in collecting, interpreting and announcing data in the research area and has the ability to teach.
11 Has professional ethical consciousness and responsibility which takes into account the universal and social dimensions in the process of data collection, interpretation, implementation and declaration of results in mathematics and its applications.

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 16 3 48
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 16 6 96
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project
Report
Homework Assignments 2 5 10
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury 1 2 2
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 2 2
Total Workload 158