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 | |||||
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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. |
Related Sustainable Development Goals |
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Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
Transferable Skill Courses |
Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
1 | Welcome Session, Classroom Rules, Lecturer’s Expectations, Students’ Expectations, The Importance of Businesses | Readings provided by the instructor |
2 | Business | Readings provided by the instructor |
3 | Forming a Business | Readings provided by the instructor |
4 | Global and International Business & Trade | Readings provided by the instructor |
5 | Management | Readings provided by the instructor |
6 | Human Resources Management | Readings provided by the instructor |
7 | Human Resources Management | Readings provided by the instructor |
8 | Accounting and Finance | Readings provided by the instructor |
9 | Production and Operations Management | Readings provided by the instructor |
10 | Midterm | |
11 | Marketing | Readings provided by the instructor |
12 | Economics and Business | Readings provided by the instructor |
13 | Social Responsibility, Ethics and Business Law | Readings provided by the instructor |
14 | New Concerns in Business | Readings provided by the instructor |
15 | Review of Semester | |
16 | Final Exam |
Course Notes/Textbooks | Readings provided by the instructor |
Suggested Readings/Materials | Readings provided by the instructor https://www.nytimes.com/section/business https://www.ft.com/ https://www.bloomberg.com/businessweek |
Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
Participation | ||
Laboratory / Application | ||
Field Work | ||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
Portfolio | ||
Homework / Assignments | ||
Presentation / Jury | 1 | 40 |
Project | ||
Seminar / Workshop | ||
Oral Exam | 1 | 20 |
Midterm | ||
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 |
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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 |
Field Work | |||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
Portfolio | |||
Homework / Assignments | |||
Presentation / Jury | 1 | 15 | |
Project | |||
Seminar / Workshop | |||
Oral Exam | 1 | 8 | |
Midterms | |||
Final Exams | 1 | 20 | |
Total | 119 |
# | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
1 | To be able to critically discuss and interpret the theories, concepts and ideas that form the basis of the discipline of new media and communication. | |||||
2 | To be able to critically interpret theoretical debates concerning the relations between the forms, agents, and factors that play a role in the field of new media and communication. | |||||
3 | To have the fundamental knowledge and ability to use the technical equipment and software programs required by the new media production processes. | |||||
4 | To be able to gather, scrutinize and scientifically investigate data in the processes of production and distribution. | |||||
5 | To be able to use the acquired theoretical knowledge in practice. | |||||
6 | To be able to take responsibility both individually and as a member of a group to develop solutions to problems encountered in the field of new media and communication. | |||||
7 | To be informed about national, regional, and global issues and problems; to be able to generate problem-solving methods depending on the quality of evidence and research, and to acquire the ability to report the conclusions of those methods to the public. | |||||
8 | To be able to critically discuss and draw on theories, concepts and ideas that form the basis of other disciplines complementing the field of new media and communication studies. | |||||
9 | To be able to develop and use knowledge and skills towards personal and social goals in a lifelong process. | |||||
10 | To be able to apply social, scientific and professional ethical values in the field of new media and communication. | |||||
11 | To be able to collect datain the areas of new media and communication and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1). | |||||
12 | To be able to speak a second foreign language 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. |
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