Course Information

Course Information
Course Title Code Language Type Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
Marketing TOY207 Turkish Compulsory 3. Semester 3 + 0 3.0 4.0
Prerequisite Courses
Course Level Undergraduate
Mode of delivery Lecturing - Question Answer Technique - Giving Examples
Course Coordinator Doç. Dr. Yıldırım YILDIRIM, Doç. Dr. Yıldırım YILDIRIM
Instructor(s) Doç. Dr. Yıldırım YILDIRIM (Güz)
Goals To give students the ability to interpret the changing and developing events in their environment, to look at them from the point of view of the business and from the point of view of the customer, and to turn this into a competitive advantage
Course Content Defining the concept of demand and need and the concepts of consumer and customer, explaining the difference between them The stages of historical development of marketing Characteristics of marketing problems and trends affecting marketing Marketing environment - macro and micro environment Market segmentation and Target market selection strategies Classification of products and product life cycle New product development process Brand decisions, the brand's benefits to consumers, intermediaries and manufacturers a good brand name features Related concepts with brand (brand value, brand personality, brand identity, generic brand, brand loyalty) Packaging decisions, packaging functions Service marketing and its features Price concept, pricing purposes, pricing targets and strategies The concept of promotion, advertising, personal sales, sales development
Learning Outcomes
# Öğrenme Kazanımı
1 To realize the importance of marketing for businesses
2 Understanding the market segmentation process
3 Understanding the new product development process
4 Understanding marketing strategies
5 To be able to look at the advertisements watched on television from a critical point of view
6 To have knowledge about marketing-environment relationship and strategic plan, marketing information system and consumer behavior
Lesson Plan (Weekly Topics)
Week Topics/Applications Method
1. Week Defining the concept of demand and need and the concepts of consumer and customer, explaining the difference between them
2. Week The stages of historical development of marketing
3. Week Characteristics of marketing problems and trends affecting marketing
4. Week Marketing environment - macro and micro environment
5. Week Market segmentation and Target market selection strategies
6. Week Classification of products and product life cycle
7. Week New product development process
8. Week Mid-term
9. Week Brand decisions, the brand's benefits to consumers, intermediaries and manufacturers a good brand name features
10. Week Related concepts with brand (brand value, brand personality, brand identity, generic brand, brand loyalty)
11. Week Packaging decisions, packaging functions
12. Week Service marketing and its features
13. Week Price concept, pricing purposes, pricing targets and strategies
14. Week The concept of promotion, advertising, personal sales, sales development
*Midterm and final exam dates are not specified in the 14-week course operation plan. Midterm and final exam dates are held on the dates specified in the academic calendar with the decision of the University Senate.
Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program Requirements DK1 DK2 DK3 DK4 DK5 DK6
Recommended Sources
Ders Kitabı veya Notu
Diğer Kaynaklar
  • İsmet MUCUK, Marketing Principles, 15th. Editiom, Türkmen Books
  • Yıldırım Yıldırım, Marketing Course Notes
  • Philip Kotler Gary Armstrong, Principles Of Marketing, International Edition, Prentice Hall International Inc. New Jersey, 2006
ECTS credits and course workload
ECTS credits and course workload Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Ders İçi
Class Hours 14 3 42
Ders Dışı
Preparation, After Class Study 5 3 15
Research 5 3 15
Other Activities 5 2 10
Sınavlar
Midterm 1 1 1 1
Homework 1 1 3 3
Homework 2 1 3 3
Final 1 1 1
Classroom Activities 12 2 24
Total Workload 114
*AKTS = (Total Workload) / 25,5 ECTS Credit of the Course 4.0