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FACULTY OF ECONOMICS & ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES / BF 104 - BANKING AND FINANCE

Code: BF 104 Course Title: INTRODUCTION TO MACROECONOMICS Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 4
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Spring 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
The aim of this course is to teach students basic macroeconomic concepts.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 can explain concept of inflation. 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 can explain types of unemployment. 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 can explain IS-LM model. 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
To understand and to be able to use basic knowledge in economic-social and financial issues, to assess and interpret them, to analyze economic, social and financial developments, to have options and represent them in economic issues, to acquire the ability to create solution to varius economic problems; to have the basic theoretical knowledge of economics and the ability to perform analyses.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Introduction Explanation and Discussion
2 National Income Explanation and Discussion
3 Inflation Explanation and Discussion
4 Unemployment Explanation and Discussion
5 Money and Banking Explanation and Discussion
6 Interest Rates and Money Markets Explanation and Discussion
7 Exchange Rates Explanation and Discussion
8 mid-term exam
9 İncome-Expenditiure Equilibrium Explanation and Discussion
10 Open Economy Income Equilibrium Explanation and Discussion
11 Aggregated Demand and Aggregated Supply Explanation and Discussion
12 Fiscal Policy Explanation and Discussion
13 Monetary Policy Explanation and Discussion
14 Phillips Curve Explanation and Discussion
15 Long-Term Economic Growth ----- History of Macroeconomic Thoughts Explanation and Discussion
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Yalta, A. Yasemin, and Abdullah Talha Yalta. "Modern Makroekonomiye Giriş." (2019).
Required Course instruments and materials
Book

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 8 24
       b) Search in internet/Library 1 8 8
       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 7 21
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 4 6 24
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 121