Course Information

Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
Scientific Principles of Technology POL4101 4. Semester 3 + 0 3.0 3.0
Prerequisite Courses None
Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Associate
Course Type
Mode of delivery Face to face
Course Coordinator Prof. Dr. Haydar GÖKSU
Instructor(s) HAKAN ÖZTÜRK
Assistants
Goals Explanation of the basic rules for examining and interpreting economic events, examining the price mechanism and the formation of prices. Examination of enterprise and its types with production, costs and production factors. Analysis of money and bank issues and some current developments. To inform international economics, multinational corporations, foreign capital related students.
Course Content Introduction to economy; Basic economics concepts; The functioning of the Fiat mechanism; Demand, Supply, Supply and Factors Determining Supply; Market balance; Supply and demand elasticities; Temporary and short and long-lasting balance; Demand and utility return; Consumer balance; Company balances by market conditions.
Learning Outcomes - • Understand the basic principles of economic science and the rationale of economic thought
- • To express the price mechanism and the formation of prices
- • To examine the enterprise and its types with production, costs and production factors
- • Information on international economic issues, multinational corporations, foreign capital, stock exchange and Turkey applications
Lesson Plan (Weekly Topics)
Week Topics/Applications Method
1. Week Economic concepts: Needs, goods and services. Classification of goods Course Hours Research Visual Presentation Preparation, After Class Study Practice Verbal Expression
2. Week Economic concepts: Needs, goods and services. Classification of goods Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study Research Practice Visual Presentation Verbal Expression
3. Week Economic systems, Population problems, Economic growth Course Hours Visual Presentation Research Verbal Expression Preparation, After Class Study
4. Week Production Factors, Nature, Labor, Capital wages and productivity Other Activities Visual Presentation Preparation, After Class Study Course Hours Verbal Expression
5. Week Talebin definition, Demand Law, Consumer demand and marginal utility Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study Visual Presentation Verbal Expression
6. Week Definition of supply, factors determining supply, Supply elasticity and supply-demand balance Visual Presentation Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study Verbal Expression
7. Week Market equilibrium Verbal Expression Preparation, After Class Study Course Hours Visual Presentation
8. Week Market shapes Verbal Expression Course Hours Visual Presentation Research Preparation, After Class Study
9. Week Market forms Course Hours Research Visual Presentation Preparation, After Class Study Verbal Expression
10. Week Market shapes Preparation, After Class Study Course Hours Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Research
11. Week Enterprise, Private-Public Enterprises, Cartel, Trust, Monopoly Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Course Hours Research Preparation, After Class Study
12. Week Labor and unemployment problems. International labor movements Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Research
13. Week Money and its functions, Money related events, Inflation, Deflation and Devaluation Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study Visual Presentation Verbal Expression
14. Week Foreign Economic Relations Visual Presentation Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study Verbal Expression
Recommended Sources
• Prof.Dr. Erol MANİSALI İktisada Giriş, Der Yayınları,2010 • Prof.Dr.Gülden ÜLGEN, İktisat Bilimine Giriş, Der Yayınları,2010 • Halil Seyidoglu, Iktisat Biliminin Temelleri, 2006 • Tümay Ertek, Mikroekonomiye Giris, Makroekonomiye Giris, 2005
Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program Requirements Contribution Level DK1 DK2 DK3 DK4 Measurement Method
PY2 4 4 4 4 4 -
PY5 3 3 3 4 3 -
*DK = Course's Contrubution.
0 1 2 3 4 5
Course's Level of contribution None Very Low Low Fair High Very High
Method of assessment/evaluation Written exam Oral Exams Assignment/Project Laboratory work Presentation/Seminar
ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Hours 14 3 42
Preparation, After Class Study 1 7 7
Research 1 10 10
Other Activities 1 5 5
Practice 1 0.5 0.5
Midterm 1 1 1 1
Homework 1 1 10 10
Final 1 1 1
Total Workload 76.5
ECTS Credit of the Course 3.0