COURSE INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Course Name
Introduction to Business
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
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 Discussion
Group Work
Lecture / Presentation
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
Assistant(s)
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;
  • Identify the basic functions of an enterprise like management, marketing, finance, manufacturing, accounting.
  • Explain the fundamental ethical isssues and corporate responsibility dimensions of a business
  • Explain the alternative organizational structures, team work and communication styles which can improve the competitive power of a business.
  • Learn the principals of international business and the importance of innovation abd creativity in interational competition.
  • Conceptualize the importance of organizational growth
  • Follow the rule that all academic work necessitates academic honesty
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

 



Course Category

 Core Courses
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

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 

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

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

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
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

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#
 Program Competencies/Outcomes
* Contribution Level
1
2
3
4
5
1

To be able to develop and design a collection independently.
2

To be able to do maintain a design research individually or as a team.
3

To be able to develop entrepreneurship- and managerial skills for a future professional practice.
4

To be able to understand, interpret and apply theoretical knowledge in fashion and textile design.
5

To be able to analyze and integrate the particular local and regional needs and of their profession.
6

To be able to obtain a multidisciplinary point of view, follow and analyze the new issues, changes and trends in contemporary design and art in such a way that they can be integrated into design practice.
7

To be able to apply industrial requirements, knowledge of material & usage and know-how knowledge in the creation of high quality fashion products.
8

To be able to use digital information and communication technologies at a level that is adequate to the discipline of fashion and textile design.
9

To be able to develop an ongoing analytical and professional approach to academic and design research.
10

To be able to recognize the need and importance of a personal lifelong learning attitude towards their chosen area of interest.
11

To be able to collect data in the areas of fashion and textile design and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1).
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