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Mersin Üniversitesi

Ders Bilgileri

INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS-I
Kodu Dönemi Teori Uygulama Ulusal Kredisi AKTS Kredisi
Saat / Hafta
EKO101 Fall 3 0 3 5
Ön Koşulu Olan Ders( ler ) None
Dili en
Türü Required
Seviyesi Bachelor's
Öğretim Elemanı( ları ) Prof.Dr. Hüseyin M. YÜCEOL
Öğretim Sistemi Face to Face
Önerilen Hususlar None
Staj Durumu None
Amacı Aim to discuss the economic life, understanding of economic consept used in actual life and learning of the concepts in economic decision processes.
İçeriği The principles of economics, demand, supply and market equilibrium, consumer equilibrium, producer equilibrium, competitive market, non-competitive market, factor and income distribution.

Dersin Öğrenim Çıktıları

# Öğrenim Çıktıları
1 Define the basic concepts and principles, which are required for economic analysis.
2 Define and interpret the demand and supply functions and the determinants of them.
3 Demonstrate the main effects of the changes in the demand and supply curves in order to analyse the market equilibrium.
4 Analyze the concept of elasticity, its measurement and economic effects.
5 Make analyses by using the approaches of marginal utility approach and indifference curves in order to demonstrate how the consumer equilibrium is achieved.
6 Analyze the concepts of marginal, average and total cost and the relations among them for achieving the firm equilibrium.
7 Interpret the differences between perfect competition and monopoly for classifying the markets. Define the monopolistic competition market and oligopoly market.
8 Explain the prices of the factors of production and the income distribution.

Haftalık Ayrıntılı Ders İçeriği

# Konular Öğretim Yöntem ve Teknikleri
1 The elements of economics, definition of economics, economic systems, the methods which used in economics Lectures, discussion
2 Economic problem, scarcity law, preferences, opportunity cost Lectures, discussion
3 Demand, supply and the market mechanism Lectures, discussion
4 Demand and supply laws; shifts in demand and supply Lectures, discussion
5 Elacticities of demand and supply; the price elasticity of demand, the income elasticity of demand, the cross-elasticity of demand Lectures, discussion
6 Price controls; the minimum price-the maximum price Lectures, discussion
7 Consumer theory: Utility analysis (ordinal-cardinal), diminishing law of utility, indifference curves, and budget line, determination of consumer balance Lectures, discussion
8 Mid-term exam Examination
9 Producer theory; production functions, total product, average product, marginal product, the law of diminishing returns, total cost in the short term, marginal cost Lectures, discussion
10 Production and cost in the long run; economies of scale, diseconomies of scale, externalities Lectures, discussion
11 Types of market; the competitive market, short term and long term firm balances Lectures, discussion
12 Types of market; the monopol, the monopolistic competition Lectures, discussion
13 Types of market; oligopoly, firm saturation, game theory Lectures, discussion
14 Production factors market and the income distribution Lectures, discussion
15 Income distribution in Turkey and the results Lectures, discussion
16 Final Exam Examination

Resources

# Malzeme / Kaynak Adı Kaynak Hakkında Bilgi Referans / Önerilen Kaynak
1 İktisada Giriş, Ed.Y. Bayraktutan, A.Kökocak, Lisans Yayınevi, İstanbul, 2010.
2 Ertek, Tümay, Temel Ekonomi, Beta Yayınevi, İstanbul, 2009.

Ölçme ve Değerlendirme Sistemi

# Ağırlık Çalışma Türü Çalışma Adı
1 0.4 1 1. Mid-Term Exam
2 0.6 5 Final Exam

Dersin Öğrenim Çıktıları ve Program Yeterlilikleri ile İlişkileri

# Öğrenim Çıktıları Program Çıktıları Ölçme ve Değerlendirme
1 Define the basic concepts and principles, which are required for economic analysis. 2͵4͵5͵8͵9 1͵2
2 Define and interpret the demand and supply functions and the determinants of them. 2͵4͵5͵8͵9 1͵2
3 Demonstrate the main effects of the changes in the demand and supply curves in order to analyse the market equilibrium. 2͵4͵5͵8͵9 1͵2
4 Analyze the concept of elasticity, its measurement and economic effects. 2͵4͵5͵8͵9 1͵2
5 Make analyses by using the approaches of marginal utility approach and indifference curves in order to demonstrate how the consumer equilibrium is achieved. 2͵4͵5͵8͵9 1͵2
6 Analyze the concepts of marginal, average and total cost and the relations among them for achieving the firm equilibrium. 2͵4͵5͵8͵9 1͵2
7 Interpret the differences between perfect competition and monopoly for classifying the markets. Define the monopolistic competition market and oligopoly market. 2͵4͵5͵8͵9 1͵2
8 Explain the prices of the factors of production and the income distribution. 2͵4͵5͵8͵9 1͵2

Not: Ölçme ve Değerlendirme sütununda belirtilen sayılar, bir üstte bulunan Ölçme ve Değerlerndirme Sistemi başlıklı tabloda belirtilen çalışmaları işaret etmektedir.

İş Yükü Detayları

# Etkinlik Adet Süre (Saat) İş Yükü
0 Course Duration 14 3 42
1 Course Duration Except Class (Preliminary Study, Enhancement) 14 2 28
2 Presentation and Seminar Preparation 0 0 0
3 Web Research, Library and Archival Work 14 1 14
4 Document/Information Listing 0 0 0
5 Workshop 0 0 0
6 Preparation for Midterm Exam 1 8 8
7 Midterm Exam 1 1 1
8 Quiz 0 0 0
9 Homework 0 0 0
10 Midterm Project 0 0 0
11 Midterm Exercise 0 0 0
12 Final Project 0 0 0
13 Final Exercise 0 0 0
14 Preparation for Final Exam 1 12 12
15 Final Exam 1 1 1
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