COURSE INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

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Course Name

Code	Semester	Theory (hour/week)	Application/Lab (hour/week)	Local Credits	ECTS
	Spring

Prerequisites

	ECON 101	To succeed (To get a grade of at least DD)
and	ECON 102	To succeed (To get a grade of at least DD)

Course Language

Course Type

Required

Course Level

Mode of Delivery

Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course

Course Coordinator

Yrd. Doç. Dr. Sıdkı Değer ERYAR

Course Lecturer(s)

Assistant(s)

Course Objectives
Learning Outcomes	The students who succeeded in this course; Will be able to develop an advanced level research on a selected economic topic. Will be able to construct a proper framework for analyzing an economic phenomena. Will be able to implement the required literature review for a specific topic. Will be able to write a thesis/dissertation on a topic of their choice. Will be able to convey the findings of their researches to an audience on a professional level.
Course Description

Course Category	Core Courses	X
	Major Area Courses
	Supportive Courses
	Media and Managment Skills Courses
	Transferable Skill Courses

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week	Subjects	Required Materials
1	Course Introduction
2	Discuss questions from the syllabus; discuss potential topics
3	Develop research question and determine an appropriate anaytical framework
4	Submission of Assignment 1: Initial proposal	Assignment 1: proposal draft
5	No class meeting: continue research and writing
6	No class meeting: continue research and writing / Econometrics review session will be held.
7	Submission of Assignment 2: Expanded written proposal	Assignment 2: Expanded written proposal
8	No class meeting: continue research and writing / Econometrics review session will be held.
9	No class meeting: continue research and writing / Econometrics review session will be held.
10	Submission of Assignment 3: Complete Regression Analysis	Assignment 3: Complete Regression Analysis
11	No class meeting: continue research and writing
12	Submission of Assignment 4: Full Paper	Assignment 4: Full Paper
13	Formal presentation of seminar: 15 minutes, with 10 minutes for questions.	Presentations
14	Continue presentations if necessary	Presentations
15	Continue presentations if necessary	Presentations
16	Review of the Semester

Course Notes/Textbooks	Project specific readings that will be collected by the student and approved by the instructor.
Suggested Readings/Materials

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities	Number	Weigthing
Participation
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments	4	20
Presentation / Jury	1	30
Project	1	50
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterm
Final Exam
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade		100
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade		0
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities	Number	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours)	16	3	48
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours)	16
Study Hours Out of Class
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments	4	13
Presentation / Jury	1	10
Project	1	100
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterms
Final Exams
		Total	210

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#	Program Competencies/Outcomes	* Contribution Level
#	Program Competencies/Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
1	To have a sound knowledge of the quantitative and qualitative methods that will help to examine the premises of different theories for an applied subject so that a contribution to solving current economic problems can be made.					X
2	To have the experience of writing, using software, and doing presentations in the newspapers, magazines, meetings, panels, and in equivalent virtual platforms (internet), in order to share their accumulated knowledge and problem solving ability acquired during their education.					X
3	To be able to participate in academic, professional, regional, and global networks and to utilize these networks efficiently.				X
4	To have adequate social responsibility and awareness with regards to the needs of the society and to have sufficient experience and qualifications to organize and support the activities to influence the social dynamics in line with the social goals.
5	To be able to integrate the knowledge and training acquired during the university education with personal and work experience and produce a synthesis of knowledge she requires.
6	To have the ability to evaluate his/her advance (post graduate) level educational needs and do necessary planning to fulfill those needs through the acquired capability to think analytically and critically.					X
7	To have sufficient practical and theoretical knowledge base in order to define the economic agents and their interaction both in the national and global level, to process economic data and to implement scientific research for development of economic policies.				X
8	Keeping in mind that economics is a social science, to have the skills to integrate social dynamics into economic process both as an input and an output and to be open to theoretical innovations in this direction.			X
9	To associate accumulated knowledge acquired during the university education with historical and cultural qualities of the society and to convey it to different groups.
10	To be able to follow knowledge and change in economics and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language.			X
11	To possess social, scientific and ethical values at the data collection, interpretation and dissemination stages of economic analysis.				X
12	To have advanced level of speaking and writing skills of a second foreign language to support continuation of post graduate professional and individual development

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest