ECTS - Introduction to Economics
Introduction to Economics (TOUR122) Course Detail
Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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Introduction to Economics | TOUR122 | 2. Semester | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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N/A |
Course Language | English |
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Course Type | Compulsory Departmental Courses |
Course Level | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery | Face To Face |
Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture, Discussion. |
Course Lecturer(s) |
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Course Objectives | The principal objective of this course is to introduce students microeconomics. This course focuses on development of basic theory of demand, supply, and market price and explores applications of selected microeconomic problems, such as basic monopoly and competition, and other issues that relate to the role of the pricing system in resource allocation and income distribution. |
Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Content | Focuses on development of basic theory of demand, supply, and market price. Explores applications to selected microeconomic problems, such as basic monopoly and competition, and other issues that relate to the role of the pricing system in resource allocation and income distribution. |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
Week | Subjects | Preparation |
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1 | To analysis at collected level the economic life,general concepts, economic activity and its actors, scarcity law, behavior of homoeconomicus. | Chapter 1 |
2 | Market, demand and elements affecting demand,Supply and elemets affecting supply, market equilibrium, changes in market balance | Chapter 2 |
3 | Elasticity, supply and demand elasticities, calculation forms and Its comments | Chapter 3 |
4 | Market Analyses: Taxes, Subsidies, Price Flooring and Price Ceilings | Chapter 4 |
5 | Consumers Optimal Choice: Utility analysis, indifference curves, and budget line, determination of consumer balance | Chapter 5 |
6 | Production theory: law of diminishing returns, isoquant curve, cost line, determination of long run production cost | Chapter 6 |
7 | Markets: Perfect Competition and Imperfect Competition. | Chapter 7 |
8 | Mid Term Exam | Mid Term Exam |
9 | Macroeconomics: GDP, Growth, Unemployment and Inflation calculations and their implications | Chapter 8 |
10 | Keynesian Macroeconomics: GDP Multiplier | Chapter 9 |
11 | Fiscal Policy in Open and Closed Economies | Chapter 10 |
12 | Money , Banking System, Monetary Theory and Policy | Chapter 11 |
13 | AS-AD Analysis | Chapter 12 |
14 | International Economics: Trade Theory and Policy | Chapter 13 |
15 | Review | Review |
16 | Final Exam | Final Exam |
Sources
Course Book | 1. 1.Case, Karl E. and Fair, Ray C., Principles of Economics, 7th or 8th Edition, Pearson/Prentice Hall. |
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Evaluation System
Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
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Attendance/Participation | 1 | 20 |
Laboratory | - | - |
Application | - | - |
Field Work | - | - |
Special Course Internship | - | - |
Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
Homework Assignments | - | - |
Presentation | - | - |
Project | - | - |
Report | - | - |
Seminar | - | - |
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | 1 | 35 |
Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 45 |
Toplam | 3 | 100 |
Percentage of Semester Work | 55 |
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Percentage of Final Work | 45 |
Total | 100 |
Course Category
Core Courses | X |
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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 | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
1 | The skills of understanding, explaining, and using the fundamental concepts of tourism management | X | ||||
2 | Analyzing and designing management techniques and practices in tourism organizations | X | ||||
3 | Understanding the planning, organizing, executing, coordinating and control functions of tourism management, along with explanation and implementation of them | X | ||||
4 | Understanding the strategic, tactical and operational dimensions of the tourism management | X | ||||
5 | Ability to use the modern techniques and technological devices of tourism industry | X | ||||
6 | Improving the ability to effectively implement the knowledge and skills in alternative tourism areas | X | ||||
7 | Concentrating practice along with theoretical frame of tourism management | X | ||||
8 | Developing the skills of communication | X | ||||
9 | Understanding the trends in the tourism industry | X | ||||
10 | Having the quality consciousness in the tourism industry | X | ||||
11 | Adopting work ethic and social responsibility in the tourism industry | X | ||||
12 | Ability to effectively implement the business knowledge and skills in at least one of the following fields: service, marketing, finance, human resources and accounting in tourism management | X |
ECTS/Workload Table
Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload |
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Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | 16 | 6 | 96 |
Laboratory | |||
Application | |||
Special Course Internship | |||
Field Work | |||
Study Hours Out of Class | 16 | 5 | 80 |
Presentation/Seminar Prepration | |||
Project | |||
Report | |||
Homework Assignments | |||
Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | |||
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | |||
Total Workload | 176 |