Personnel
| Instructor: | Shihomi
Ara-Aksoy (Office: İİBF, İktisat Bölümü, Email:  )
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Course Information
| Schedule: | Wednesdays 9:00-11:45, D10 (Computer Engineering) |
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| Office hours: | Mondays 16:00-17:00,
Tuesdays 13:00-14:00 Or By Appointment |
| Course description /objective: |
The objective of this course is to
introduce the basic concepts and tools used in economic analysis.
In this course, the structures of Microeconomics will be
mainly discussed. Students are expected to learn “economic” ways of thinking
and understand the economic events in our economy and society by using the
learned economic concepts. A brief introduction to
Macroeconomics will also be given. |
Texts
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Karl E. Case, Ray C. Fair, Principles of Economics, 8th edition, Prentice Hall International Editions
Course Syllabus
Lecture Schedule
Week |
Contents |
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Week 1(Sep. 24) |
Topics:
Readings:
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Week 2(Oct. 1) |
No Class
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Week 3(Oct. 8) |
Topics:
Readings:
Additional material for understanding PPF
Homework: Questions 4,6,8 (pp43-44), Read Economic Systems (p39) |
Week 4(Oct. 15) |
Topics:
Readings:
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Week 5(Oct. 22) |
Topics:
Readings:
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Week 6(Oct. 29) |
No Class
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Week 7(Nov.5) |
Topics:
Readings:
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Week 8(Nov. 12) |
Practice Session
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Week 9(Nov. 19) |
Midterm Exam Coverage: Ch1 - Ch5 Bring Calculator Midterm Result |
Week 10(Nov. 26) |
Topics:
Readings:
Topics:
Readings:
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Week 11(Dec. 3) |
Topics:
Readings:
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Week 12(Dec. 10) |
No Class
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Week 13(Dec. 17) |
Topics:
Readings:
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Week 14(Dec. 24) |
Topics:
Readings:
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Final Exam(TBA) |
Exams
- Midterm exam: to be announced (1st week of November)
- Final exam date: to be announced
Grading Policy
| Midterm Exam | 50% |
| Final Exam | 50% |