Course Code	Semester	Course Name	LE/RC/LA	Course Type	Language of Instruction	ECTS
BUSYL0002		BEHAVIORAL FINANCE	3/0/0	DE	ENGLISH	6

Course Goals	Behavioral finance concept is introduced in this course. Persons can take heuristic actions based on prejudice. The main goal is to bring such kind of behaviors in decision taking to the classroom.
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Special Requisite(s)	The minimum qualifications that are expected from the students who want to attend the course.(Examples: Foreign language level, attendance, known theoretical pre-qualifications, etc.)
Instructor(s)	Arş. Gör. Taha Yusuf Çakarel
Course Assistant(s)
Schedule	This course was not opened in the 2022-2023 academic year...
Office Hour(s)	Instructor name, day, hours, XXX Campus, office number.
Teaching Methods and Techniques	Lecturing and discussions
Principle Sources	Murat Kıyılar, Murat Akkaya, Davranışsal Finans, Literatür Yayıncılık, 2016 Pernsteiner, Sumer,Ulusan Polat, Behavioral Finance, Linde, 2019
Other Sources	Ekrem Tufan,  Davranışsal Finans-Finansal Kararları Yönlendiren Sosyal Psikolojik Anomalilerin Davranışsal Finans Bağlamında İncelenmesi, 2008

Course Schedules
Week	Contents	Learning Methods
1. Week	Introduction to behavioral finance	Lecturing and discussions
2. Week	Basics of traditional finance theory	Lecturing and discussions
3. Week	Critics related to efficient markets	Lecturing and discussions
4. Week	Heuristics	Lecturing and discussions
5. Week	Biases	Lecturing and discussions
6. Week	Effects of heuristics and biases to financial decisions	Lecturing and discussions
7. Week	Behavioral approach to financal crises and speculative balloons	Lecturing and discussions
8. Week	Mid-term exam	Mid-term exam
9. Week	Behavioral finance	Lecturing and discussions
10. Week	Neurofinance	Lecturing and discussions
11. Week	Presentations by students	Discussions
12. Week	Presentations by students	Discussions
13. Week	Presentations by students	Discussions
14. Week	Overview	Discussions
15. Week
16. Week
17. Week

Assessments
Evaluation tools	Quantity	Weight(%)
Midterm(s)	1	30
Homework / Term Projects / Presentations	1	30
Final Exam	1	40

Program Outcomes PO-1 Students will gain the ability to apply, analyze and synthesize their mathematical and social knowledge to business problems. PO-2 Will be able to apply and adapt basic information about other disciplines (economics, sociology, psychology, numerical sciences, etc.) that form the basis of business management and make creative evaluations by using this information in the field of business. PO-3 Will have basic knowledge in the field of business functions and management (management, production, marketing, accounting, finance, HRM, behavior, etc.), will be able to criticize, interpret and adapt theoretical discussions covering the relations between actors and cultures in this field. PO-4 Will be able to design, create and evaluate a process related to business functions at every stage in line with a defined goal. PO-5 Will be able to define and evaluate activities and relationships in business-related fields; will be able to solve problems by defining, modeling and making comments, suggesting solutions and making necessary critical decisions. (critical thinking).

Learning Outcomes LO-1 1.Learning basic assumptions of financial theories and their reflection in real life LO-2 2.Comprehension of basics in behavioral finance LO-3 3.To understand psychological bias in decision taking LO-4 4.To understand anomalies in markets and in corporations LO-5 5.To learn investment and operational strategies and factors that reflect them

Course Assessment Matrix:

	PO 1	PO 2	PO 3	PO 4	PO 5