Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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FACULTY OF ECONOMICS & ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES / İKT323 - ECONOMICS

Code: İKT323 Course Title: PUBLIC FINANCE Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 4
Year/Semester of Study 3 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department ECONOMICS
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer AYSUN ÖZEN (aysun@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
To explain basic principles and content of public finance and public economy.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Can define basic concepts of public finance PO-1 have information about basic economic topics and indicators.
Examination
LO-2 Can explain, sorts of government expenditures and incomes. PO-15 can work, take initiative and lead within the teams which consisted different disciplines.
 		Examination
LO-3 Can discuss different economic and social effects of government expenditures and incomes. PO-18 can refresh information and ability, global economic developments demand, recognizing his/her professional ethic and responsibilities.
 		Examination
LO-4 Can interpret the results of government budget applications. PO-18 can refresh information and ability, global economic developments demand, recognizing his/her professional ethic and responsibilities.
 		Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Principles of public finance, public economy, government expenditures, government revenues (The tax theory), government debts, budget, fiscal policy.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Principles of public finance Explaining, discussion and question-answer
2 Public economy: Causes and types of government intervention to economy, features of public economy, public goods Explaining, discussion and question-answer
3 Government expenditures: Definition and sorts of government expenditures, features of government expenditures, classification and effects of government expenditure Explaining, discussion and question-answer
4 Government revenues (The tax theory): Sorts of government revenues. Basic concepts about taxation. Explaining, discussion and question-answer
5 Classification of taxes, principles of taxation, measurement of tax base. Explaining, discussion and question-answer
6 Methods of tax levy and payment, tax burden, tax incidence, responses to taxes, limits of taxation. Explaining, discussion and question-answer
7 Income taxes. Explaining, discussion and question-answer
8 mid-term exam
9 Expenditure taxes and property taxes. Explaining, discussion and question-answer
10 Government debts: General explanations, classification of government debts, Explaining, discussion and question-answer
11 Borrowing technics and debt management. Explaining, discussion and question-answer
12 Budget theories and principles. Explaining, discussion and question-answer
13 Systems and sorts of budget. Explaining, discussion and question-answer
14 Fiscal policy: Definition, purposes and instruments. Explaining, discussion and question-answer
15 Purpose-instrument conflict in fiscal policy Explaining, discussion and question-answer
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 M. Erdem, D. Şenyüz ve İ. Tatlıoğlu, Kamu Maliyesi, Ekin Yayınevi, Bursa.
Required Course instruments and materials
Book, additional course notes

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 3 12 36
       b) Search in internet/Library 0
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 5 5 25
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 4 5 20
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 125