This course examines how households and firms make economic decisions and how these decisions determine the prices and the quantities of goods and services and also the allocation of resources. This course also provides information about how economic agents interact in different ways.
Prerequisite(s)
Corequisite(s)
Special Requisite(s)
Instructor(s)
Assist. Prof. Dr. Nazlı Şahanoğulları
Course Assistant(s)
Schedule
Thursday, 18:00-21:00, Online, CATS
Office Hour(s)
Tuesday, 13:00-15:00, Online
Teaching Methods and Techniques
Oral and Written Presentation
Principle Sources
- Varian Hal R., Intermediate Microeconomics: A Modern Approach, W. W. Norton & Company; Eighth Edition, 2009
- Pindyck Robert S., Daniel L. Rubinfield, Microeconomics, 8th Edition, Pearson Series in Economics, 2013
Other Sources
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Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Mathematical Review
Oral and written presentation
2. Week
Introduction to Consumer Theory: Budget Constraint
Oral and written presentation
3. Week
Preferences and Utility
Oral and written presentation
4. Week
Consumer Choice
Oral and written presentation
5. Week
Consumer’s Demand, Slutsky Equation
Oral and written presentation
6. Week
Introduction to Producer Theory: Technology
Oral and written presentation
7. Week
Profit Maximization and Cost Minimization
Oral and written presentation
8. Week
Perfectly Competitive Market
Oral and written presentation
9. Week
Midterm
Evaluation
10. Week
Monopoly
Oral and written presentation
11. Week
Monopolistic Behavior
Oral and written presentation
12. Week
Introduction to Game Theory
Oral and written presentation
13. Week
Game Applications
Oral and written presentation
14. Week
Review
Oral and written presentation, discussion
15. Week
Final
Evaluation
16. Week
Final
Evaluation
17. Week
Final
Evaluation
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Midterm(s)
1
40
Final Exam
1
60
Program Outcomes
PO-1
Extend and deepen the international economics and finance knowledge acquired at the level of expertise.
PO-2
Be able to use the knowledge gained in the field of International Economics and Finance theoretically and practically.
PO-3
Evaluate the information on International Economics and Finance from a critical perspective and study independently.
PO-4
Understand and examine the interaction between different disciplines and fields related to International Economics and Finance.
PO-5
Have sufficient social responsibility and awareness about social needs and gain the experience and competence to organize activities that may affect social dynamics when necessary.
PO-6
Gain skills in model development, technical analysis and policy making in the field of economics and finance.
PO-7
Understand and evaluate any problem in the field of International Economics and Finance independently, generate solutions to these problems.
PO-8
Analyze the problems related to the field of International Economics and Finance analytically, propose economic and financial policies suitable for the solution of the problems.
PO-9
Adapt the theoretical knowledge to the professional business career.
PO-10
Develop original approaches and take responsibility in critical situations encountered in the fields of International Economics and Finance.
PO-11
In the process of collecting, interpreting and announcing the data related to the field of International Economics and Finance, be able to supervise and transfer them by considering social, rational, scientific and ethical values.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
To solve and interpret problems based on microeconomic models with graphical and analytical approaches.
LO-2
To analyze learned models of microeconomic events and make policy assessments.
LO-3
To explain models and basic concepts in microeconomics
LO-4
To define and explain the concepts, hypotheses and the relationship between them in microeconomic theory
