Course Code	Semester	Course Name	LE/RC/LA	Course Type	Language of Instruction	ECTS
IEF0036			3/0/0	DE		6

Course Goals	The aim of this course is to examine the dynamics underlying financial decision making.
Prerequisite(s)	-
Corequisite(s)	-
Special Requisite(s)	-
Instructor(s)	Assist. Prof. Dr. Gizem Turna Cebeci
Course Assistant(s)
Schedule	Thursday, 18:00-21:00, Online
Office Hour(s)	g.cebeci@iku.edu.tr Cats Chat Room
Teaching Methods and Techniques	-Oral Presentation, Discussion, Applying and Practice
Principle Sources	Pompian, M. M. (2011). Behavioral finance and wealth management: how to build investment strategies that account for investor biases. John Wiley & Sons. Pompian, M. M. (2012). Behavioral finance and investor types: managing behavior to make better investment decisions. John Wiley & Sons. Baker, H. K., & Nofsinger, J. R. (Eds.). (2010). Behavioral finance: investors, corporations, and markets (Vol. 6). John Wiley & Sons. Nofsinger, J. R. (2017). The psychology of investing. Routledge. Nofsinger, J. R. (2014). Çeviri: Sümeyra Gazel, Yatırım Psikolojisi, 5. Baskı, Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık Eğitim Danışmanlık. Ankara.
Other Sources	-Lecture Notes

Course Schedules
Week	Contents	Learning Methods
1. Week	Introduction to Behavioral Finance	Oral Presentation and Discussion
2. Week	Financial Market Anomalies - Prospect Theory	Oral Presentation and Discussion
3. Week	Financial Biases: Overconfidence and Representativeness	Oral Presentation and Discussion
4. Week	Anchoring and Adjustment - Cognitive Dissonance	Oral Presentation and Discussion
5. Week	Availability - Self- Attribution	Oral Presentation and Discussion
6. Week	Illusion of Control - Conservatism	Oral Presentation and Discussion
7. Week	Ambiguity Aversion - Endowment	Oral Presentation and Discussion
8. Week	Ambiguity Aversion - Endowment
9. Week	Self-Control - Optimism
10. Week	Self-Control - Optimism	Oral Presentation and Discussion
11. Week	Mental Accounting - Confirmation	Oral Presentation and Discussion
12. Week	Hindsight – Affinity - Outcome	Oral Presentation and Discussion
13. Week	Loss Aversion - Recency	Oral Presentation and Discussion
14. Week	Regret Aversion - Framing - Status Quo	Oral Presentation and Discussion
15. Week	Final	Assessment
16. Week	Final	Assessment
17. Week

Assessments
Evaluation tools	Quantity	Weight(%)
Midterm(s)	1	40
Final Exam	1	60

Program Outcomes PO-1 A student who successfully completes the program will be able To expand and deepen his/her international economics and finance knowledge at the level of expertise with the undergraduate qualifications he/she has acquired and to follow current issues. PO-2 To use the knowledge gained in the field theoretically and practically. PO-3 To evaluate information regarding the fields of International Economics and Finance from a critical perspective and to work independently in these fields. PO-4 To understand the interaction between different disciplines related to the fields of International Economics and Finance, to make connections and to use them in academic studies. PO-5 To have sufficient social responsibility and awareness about social needs, to have the experience and ability to organize activities that can affect social dynamics. PO-6 To gain model development, technical analysis and policy making skills in the field of economics and finance. PO-7 To independently comprehend and evaluate any event or problem in his/her field and produce solutions to the problems that arise. PO-8 To evaluate the problems related to the field analytically and to suggest economic and financial policies suitable for solving the problems. PO-9 To have the ability to adapt the theoretical knowledge acquired to working life. PO-10 To develop original approaches and to take responsibility in extraordinary situations encountered in his/her field. PO-11 To act in accordance with social, rational, scientific and ethical values during the collection, interpretation and announcement of data related to the field of International Economics and Finance and to carry out the thesis within the framework of these principles.

Learning Outcomes

Course Assessment Matrix:

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