GZT107 Introduction to Economy

4 ECTS - 2-0 Duration (T+A)- 1. Semester- 2 National Credit

Information

Unit FACULTY OF COMMUNICATION
JOURNALISM PR.
Code GZT107
Name Introduction to Economy
Term 2018-2019 Academic Year
Semester 1. Semester
Duration (T+A) 2-0 (T-A) (17 Week)
ECTS 4 ECTS
National Credit 2 National Credit
Teaching Language Türkçe
Level Lisans Dersi
Type Normal
Label C Compulsory
Mode of study Yüz Yüze Öğretim
Catalog Information Coordinator Doç. Dr. ERHAN İŞCAN
Course Instructor Prof. Dr. HAKKI ÇİFTÇİ (Güz) (A Group) (Ins. in Charge)


Course Goal / Objective

This is a two-term cource in economics. We will try to understand the basic concepts and definations os economics, its relations with other sciences such as sociology, law, mathematics. Its two basic subjects are microeconomics and macroeconomics. We shall begin with microeconomics in the fall term.

Course Content

It deals with micro units in economics such as individual or households, firms (big or small), and the relationships between them. As we learned about supply, demand, scarcity, efficiency and productivity, the price system, households, firms, markets (perfectly competitive or imperfectly competitive or factors of production) , we will be understand the way we get rational decisions, and rational choice.

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Course Learning Outcomes

Order Course Learning Outcomes
LO01 Recognizes of the main concepts and key issues related to the science of economics
LO02 Recognizes of the main concepts and key issues related to the science of economics
LO03 Learns the basic branches of economics, macro-micro level
LO04 Understands the Price theory, characteristics and properties of supply and demand law
LO05 Has a comprehensive understanding of consumer theory and producer theory


Relation with Program Learning Outcome

Order Type Program Learning Outcomes Level
PLO01 - Knows theoretical approaches in the field of media and communication, and gains ability of development of new approaches in these fields 0
PLO02 - Knows communication models, and interpreting these models in terms of sociology, psychology, economics etc., puts particular contributions to these models 0
PLO03 - Gains competent, mainly in social and humanities sciences, in some kind of sciences, does multidisciplinary science research, and analyses these kinds of studies/research 0
PLO04 - Recognizing news production models, leads to new models and approaches. 0
PLO05 - Protuces, edits and directs news/reporting in any kind of media (newspaper, magazine, web site, radia, television etc.). 0
PLO06 - Takes photograph, mainly in the field of press photo, in some kind of photography fields 0
PLO07 - Uses communication technologies effectively, and gains production ability of appropriate contents for increasingly developing new communication technologies 0
PLO08 - Works as press adviser, communication coordinator and maneger, and so on in some state and private institutions 0
PLO09 - Learning relevant concepts and notions of, notably in journalism field, communication and mess media, make some contributions to these fields as new concepts and notions 0
PLO10 - Reaches at a consciousness level in which synthesises society, culture and communication concepts each other 0
PLO11 - Gains empathy ability to recognize both individual and societal processes 0
PLO12 - Getting effective communication ability, learns basic dynamics of communication processes, and goes into action in this direction 0
PLO13 - Evaluating contents of media organisations, finds out actual issues and lacks, and has a part to come over these problems 0
PLO14 - Supports peace and consensus of a society, and taking over a mediator mechanism role in any conflicts, sees communication right as primary, and tries to figure out the issues in peaceful and humanitarian ways 0
PLO15 - Works in any national and international medya organisations such as newspaper, magazine, web site, radio, television etc 0
PLO16 - Together with gaining individual/free working ability, be able to be a part of any kind of collective institutions, and be successful to adapts to grups 0
PLO17 - Has self-confidence both to decision making and to participate in decision making process, and takes responsibility while any issue occured 0
PLO18 - Recognizes new missions and works easly, and easly adapts to new trends and movements in the developing and changing world and professional life. 0
PLO19 - Tends to events by professional ways, and considering rational mind and knowledge, tries to figure out issues and facts on the line of scientific 0
PLO20 - Has an high conciseness on society and collectivism, and as be able to be successful in personal life, takes the responsibilities belonging to himself/herself in a social system. 0
PLO21 - Approaches to personal, interpersonal and mess communication processes, knowing what communication and its aims are; and takes an opinion leader role in the communication processes. 0
PLO22 - Lerans a foreign language, at least, at a good level, and in the international area, participates in news/reporting flows and so on. 0
PLO23 - Grasps the field of media and communication, and making in his/her actions through dynamics of these fields, contributes to development of a good communication environment. 0
PLO24 - Conceders social utilities in his/her works and productions, and in these directions, develops communication strategies, and pays attention to humanitarian values as primarily in producing news, reporting, photo, video, graphics etc. 0
PLO25 - Enables society to recognize role of media, and gains depth about such particular subjects as media literacy, new media and social media and so on. 0
PLO26 - Tends to contents in related to general public interests in the media and communication environments such as newspaper, magazine, radio, television, blogs and web sides etc. 0
PLO27 - Since absorbs ethics values of vocation, doesn’t allows to any discriminating or othering content in either his/her professional life or in contents produced by him/her, and finally tries to prevent such kind of discourses. 0


Week Plan

Week Topic Preparation Methods
1 Introduction to Main Concepts and Price Theory Reading course book
2 Supply and Demand Reading course book
3 Partial Market Equilibrium, Factors Affecting Supply and Demand Reading course book
4 Elasticity Practices and Consumer Theory Reading course book
5 Utility (Cardinal Approach), Utility (Ordinal Approach) Reading course book
6 Consumer Equilibrium, Producer Theory and Production Function Reading course book
7 Optimal Factor Composition, Cost Analysis and Price Theory Reading course book
8 Mid-Term Exam Reading course book
9 Profit Maximization, Perfect Competition Market and Imperfect Competitive Market Reading course book
10 Monopoly, Monopsony, Bilateral Monopoly, Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly Reading course book
11 Production Factors Price Analysis and Pricing of Production Factors Reading course book
12 Labor and Wages; Land and Rant Reading course book
13 Capital and Interest Rate; Enterprise and Profit Reading course book
14 Distribution of Income, Urbanization and Environmental Economics Reading course book
15 Revision Reading course book
16 Term Exams Reading course book
17 Term Exams Reading course book


Assessment (Exam) Methods and Criteria

Assessment Type Midterm / Year Impact End of Term / End of Year Impact
1. Midterm Exam 100 40
General Assessment
Midterm / Year Total 100 40
1. Final Exam - 60
Grand Total - 100


Student Workload - ECTS

Works Number Time (Hour) Workload (Hour)
Course Related Works
Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) 14 2 28
Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 14 2 28
Assesment Related Works
Homeworks, Projects, Others 1 0 0
Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 8 8
Final Exam 1 24 24
Total Workload (Hour) 88
Total Workload / 25 (h) 3,52
ECTS 4 ECTS

Update Time: 09.05.2025 05:07