Course Information

Course Information
Course Title Code Language Type Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
Micro Economics POLS101 English Compulsory 1. Semester 3 + 0 3.0 5.0
Prerequisite Courses
Course Level Undergraduate
Mode of delivery Face to Face
Course Coordinator Öğr. Gör. HASAN HARMANCI
Instructor(s) Öğr. Gör. HASAN HARMANCI (Güz)
Goals The aim of this course is to equip students with the fundamental concepts, analytical methods, and economic way of thinking in microeconomics. Students will gain the ability to evaluate economic phenomena from an analytical perspective by learning about the decision-making processes of individuals and firms, the functioning of the market mechanism, supply and demand relations, market equilibrium, and the concept of elasticity. In addition, the course aims to help students understand the effects of microeconomics on daily life and policy-making through topics such as international trade, government policies, and market efficiency.
Course Content Markets and prices; consumer behavior; individual and market demand; uncertainty and consumer behavior; cost of production; production; analysis of competitive markets; market power: monopoly and monopsony; factor input markets; investment, time, and capital markets; general equilibrium and economic efficiency; markets with asymmetric information; externalities and public goods.
Learning Outcomes
# Öğrenme Kazanımı
1 Learning the basic concepts and models of the economics discipline
2 Learning the basic concepts of Microeconomics
3 Explaining consumer behavior from a microeconomic perspective
4 Understanding the economic decision-making process of producers from a microeconomic perspective.
5 to explain production and costs in terms of microeconomics
6 Analyzing the structure of the perfect competition market from a microeconomic perspective
7 Analyzing the structure of monopoly and monopsony markets from a microeconomic perspective
8 Understanding the structure of factor markets from a microeconomic perspective
9 Understanding the concepts of general equilibrium and economic efficiency from a microeconomic perspective
10 Understanding the structure of markets with asymmetric information from a microeconomic perspective
Lesson Plan (Weekly Topics)
Week Topics/Applications Method
1. Week Introduction to the Course Class Hours
2. Week Principles of Economics Preparation, After Class Study Class Hours
3. Week Introduction to Microeconomics Class Hours Preparation, After Class Study
4. Week Interdependence and Gains from Trade Preparation, After Class Study Class Hours
5. Week Quiz-1-Market Forces: Demand Other Activities Class Hours Preparation, After Class Study
6. Week Market Forces: Supply and Market Equilibrium Class Hours Preparation, After Class Study
7. Week Quiz-2- Solving Example Questions Class Hours Preparation, After Class Study Other Activities
8. Week Elasticity and Its Applications-1 Preparation, After Class Study Class Hours Other Activities
9. Week Elasticity and Its Applications-2 Other Activities Preparation, After Class Study Class Hours
10. Week Supply, Demand, and Government Policies Preparation, After Class Study Class Hours
11. Week Quiz-3- Solving Example Question Class Hours Other Activities Preparation, After Class Study
12. Week Consumers, Producers, and the Efficiency of Markets Preparation, After Class Study Other Activities Class Hours
13. Week The Costs of Taxation Preparation, After Class Study Other Activities Class Hours
14. Week Uluslararası Ticaret Other Activities Preparation, After Class Study Class Hours
*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 DK7 DK8 DK9 DK10
Recommended Sources
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Diğer Kaynaklar
  • Pindyck & Rubinfeld; Microeconomics, Eighth ed., Pearson, 2013
  • Lecture Notes
Evaluation Method
Güz Dönemi
Responsible Personnel Grup Evaluation Method Percentage
Öğr. Gör. HASAN HARMANCI Vize 35.00
Öğr. Gör. HASAN HARMANCI Final 50.00
Öğr. Gör. HASAN HARMANCI Devam 15.00
Toplam 100.00
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 1 15.5 15.5
Research 13 2 26
Other Activities 13 2 26
Sınavlar
Midterm 1 1 1 1
Quiz 1 1 1 1
Quiz 2 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
Practice 3 3 9
Classroom Activities 5 1 5
Total Workload 127.5
*AKTS = (Total Workload) / 25,5 ECTS Credit of the Course 5.0