| Course Name | Introduction to Business |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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| GEEC 201 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Prerequisites | None | |||||
| Course Language | English | |||||
| Course Type | Service Course | |||||
| Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
| Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | DiscussionGroup WorkLecture / Presentation | |||||
| Course Coordinator | - | |||||
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| Course Objectives | The course examines the roles businesses play in the community, and their aims by focusing on the free market system and competition. It provides knowledge about what should a company do to provide its services or manufacture its products for the customers. The course aims to inform the students about fundamental issues of business like, managerial functions, marketing, finance, accounting and international business. |
| Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | This course has been designed to teach the students the types of business, basic functions of business and all the issues related to running a business. |
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| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | Welcome & Introduction to the Course | Readings provided by the instructor |
| 2 | Business and its Environment | Readings provided by the instructor |
| 3 | Organizational Structures & Functions | Readings provided by the instructor |
| 4 | Management of Processes | Readings provided by the instructor |
| 5 | Marketing Management | Readings provided by the instructor |
| 6 | Global Business & Trade | Readings provided by the instructor |
| 7 | Human Resources Management | Readings provided by the instructor |
| 8 | Mid-Term Exam | - |
| 9 | Economics & Business | Readings provided by the instructor |
| 10 | Social Responsibility, Ethics and Business Law | Readings provided by the instructor |
| 11 | Accounting and Finance | Readings provided by the instructor |
| 12 | Operations Management & Supply Chain Management | Readings provided by the instructor |
| 13 | Tutorial for the Individual Report | Readings provided by the instructor |
| 14 | Semester Wrap up | |
| 15 | Review of Semester | |
| 16 | Final Exam |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | Readings provided by the instructor |
| Suggested Readings/Materials | Bovee, C.L. and Thill, J.V., 2023. Business in action. Pearson Higher Ed.10th Edition
Ebert, R.J. and Griffin, R.W., 2018. Introduction to Business. Pearson. 13th Edition
Mirze, S. Kadri (2013). Introduction To Business. Literatür Yayıncılık https://www.nytimes.com/section/business https://www.ft.com/ https://www.bloomberg.com/businessweek |
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation | 1 | 30 |
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
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| Presentation / Jury | ||
| Project | ||
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exam | ||
| Midterm | 1 | 30 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 40 |
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 2 | 60 |
| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 40 |
| Total |
| 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 | 14 | 2 | 28 |
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| Oral Exam | |||
| Midterms | 1 | 20 | |
| Final Exams | 1 | 23 | |
| Total | 119 |
| # | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | To be able to perform, execute and manage the various responsibilities and duties of an interior architecture and environmental design professional | |||||
| 2 | To be able to recognize, analyze and integrate within their practice the particular local and regional needs and developments of their profession | |||||
| 3 | To be able to communicate and collaborate with other individuals and groups on a national and international level within their profession | |||||
| 4 | To be able to develop, integrate and promote independent critical approaches for their professional practice | |||||
| 5 | To be able to understand the social and environmental issues and responsibilities of their profession | |||||
| 6 | To be able identify, assess and utilize the most up to date research, innovations, trends and technologies | |||||
| 7 | To be able to consider the national and international standards and regulations of their field | |||||
| 8 | To be able to develop the abilities to communicate and present design ideas within visual, oral and textual formats | |||||
| 9 | To be able to adopt a multidisciplinary approach to design on a national and international level | |||||
| 10 | To be able to recognize their own strengths, and develop them within an environment | |||||
| 11 | To be able to collect data in the areas of interior architecture and environmental design and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language | |||||
| 12 | To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently | |||||
| 13 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise | |||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest
