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FACULTY OF ECONOMICS & ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES / BF 109 - BANKING AND FINANCE

Code: BF 109 Course Title: MATHEMATICS I Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 5
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 EBRUCAN İSLAMOĞLU (ebrucanislamoglu@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The course is designed to provide a mathematical foundation. In this course, some basic mathematical concepts and theoretical background will be introduced so that the students will be ready to tackle some problems they encounter in later courses of their field.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Can explain basic mathematical concepts and principles. PO-13 Become skilful at maths, econometrics and statistics, making more effective decisions with econometric and statistical analysis. Furthermore, they are capable of predicting the outcomes of these decisions and interpreting the cause and effect relation.
PO-19 Uses contemporary methods and technologies of business administration, especially information technologies and analytical thinking.
Examination
LO-2 Can establish mathematical background to support other quantitative courses. PO-13 Become skilful at maths, econometrics and statistics, making more effective decisions with econometric and statistical analysis. Furthermore, they are capable of predicting the outcomes of these decisions and interpreting the cause and effect relation.
PO-19 Uses contemporary methods and technologies of business administration, especially information technologies and analytical thinking.
Examination
LO-3 Can improve his or her analytical thinking skills PO-3 Have sufficient knowledge about performing financial management functions (analysis, planning/budgeting, investment, financing, and auditing), preparing investment projects, evaluating, managing, and developing investment strategies.
PO-11 Have advanced level of knowledge on new concepts, techniques, and applications emerged in recent years in the field of organizational behaviour along with topics such as human and human behaviour in organizations, perception, attitude and personality.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Basic concepts of set theory, numbers, exponents and the radicals are reviewed. Notions of equation and the inequality are presented, the solution of equations and the inequalities are discussed and a number of relevant examples solved. Theoretical basics of derivative and the limit are discussed and the derivative of linear, exponential and logarithmic functions are presented and some related problem sets solved. Limit and continuity, critical points and graphing one variable functions are lectured. Some business and the field applications are discussed and related problems solved.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Set Theory and Numbers Lecturing Problem solving method
2 Linear and Quadratic Equations Lecturing Problem solving method
3 Linear and Quadratic Inequalities Lecturing Problem solving method
4 Functions Lecturing Problem solving method
5 Sketching the Graph of Functions Lecturing Problem solving method
6 Exponential and the Logarithmic Functions Lecturing Problem solving method
7 Limit and the Continuity Lecturing Problem solving method
8 mid-term exam
9 Limit and the Continuity Lecturing Problem solving method
10 Derivative (Definition of Derivative) Lecturing Problem solving method
11 Derivative (Derivative of Some Special Functions) Lecturing Problem solving method
12 Derivative (Higher-degree Derivatives) Lecturing Problem solving method
13 Derivative Applications(First-degree Derivative Applications) Lecturing Problem solving method
14 Derivative Applications(Second-degree Derivative Applications) Lecturing Problem solving method
15 Derivative Applications (Sketching the Graph of Functions) Lecturing Problem solving method
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Unutulmaz, Osman; Uygulamalı Temel Matematik–1, 3. Baskı, Detay Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2011.
2 Aytaç, Mustafa; Mustafa Sevüktekin ve Erkan Işığıçok; Sosyal Bilimlerde Matematik, 2. Baskı, Ezgi Kitabevi, 2013.
3 Hoffman, Laurence D.; Gerald L. Bradley; Calculus For Business, Economics, and The Social and Life Sciences, McGraw- Hill Inc., New York, 1992.
4 Dowling, Edward T.; İşletme ve İktisat İçin Matematiksel Yöntemler, Schaum's Outlines, (Çeviri: Ömer Faruk Çolak ve Murat Yıldırımoğlu), 1. Baskı, Nobel Yayıncılık, 2000.
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 3 14 42
       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 3 10 30
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 3 15 45
final exam 2 1 2
0
0
Total work load; 162