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FACULTY OF ECONOMICS & ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES / BF 103 - BANKING AND FINANCE

Code: BF 103 Course Title: INTRODUCTION TO MICROECONOMICS Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 3
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Compulsory
Department BANKING AND FINANCE
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer ANIL BÖLÜKOĞLU (anil.bolukoglu@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
This course aims to teach students basic subjects of microeconomics detailed, behaviours of consumers and firms and to understand the results of basic markets in terms of consumer and society welfare.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Be able to express what economists mean by the concept of scarcity. PO-15 Gains knowledge of basic concepts and economic indicators in economic issues.
PO-16 Have the theoretical and practical level of knowledge necessary to analyze how decision units, consumers, and companies in an economy make decisions and how they affect each other in the market.
PO-17 Have basic information about the rules of economic relations between individuals, markets, and countries.
Examination
LO-2 Be able to identify the determinants of demand and supply. PO-15 Gains knowledge of basic concepts and economic indicators in economic issues.
PO-16 Have the theoretical and practical level of knowledge necessary to analyze how decision units, consumers, and companies in an economy make decisions and how they affect each other in the market.
PO-17 Have basic information about the rules of economic relations between individuals, markets, and countries.
Examination
LO-3 Be able to apply the knowledge of basic economic concepts such as opportunity cost, elasticity, economic profit and marginal analysis. PO-15 Gains knowledge of basic concepts and economic indicators in economic issues.
PO-16 Have the theoretical and practical level of knowledge necessary to analyze how decision units, consumers, and companies in an economy make decisions and how they affect each other in the market.
PO-17 Have basic information about the rules of economic relations between individuals, markets, and countries.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Supply and Demand, Elasticities of Supply and Demand, Price-Output-Market Equilibrium, Market Intervention, Consumer Choices, Consumer Behaviours and Individual Demand, Production Theory, Cost Theory
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Introduction Oral, graphical and mathematical lecturing
2 Market Equilibrium Oral, graphical and mathematical lecturing
3 Elasticity Oral, graphical and mathematical lecturing
4 Economic Efficiency and Role of Government Oral, graphical and mathematical lecturing
5 Consumption Theory Oral, graphical and mathematical lecturing
6 Production Theory Oral, graphical and mathematical lecturing
7 Production Expenditures Oral, graphical and mathematical lecturing
8 mid-term exam
9 Perfect Equilibrium Oral, graphical and mathematical lecturing
10 Monopoly Oral, graphical and mathematical lecturing
11 Monopolistic Competition Oral, graphical and mathematical lecturing
12 Oligopoly Oral, graphical and mathematical lecturing
13 Factor Markets Oral, graphical and mathematical lecturing
14 Market Failures Oral, graphical and mathematical lecturing
15 Income Distribution Oral, graphical and mathematical lecturing
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Yalta, A. Yasemin, and Abdullah Talha Yalta. "Modern Mikroekonomiye Giriş." (2019).
Required Course instruments and materials

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 2 5 10
       b) Search in internet/Library 1 5 5
       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 4 5 20
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 4 5 20
final exam 2 1 2
0
0
Total work load; 100