FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

Department of Physics

GEEC 203 | Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Name
Principles of Economics
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
GEEC 203
Fall/Spring
3
0
3
6

Prerequisites
None
Course Language
English
Course Type
Service Course
Course Level
First Cycle
Mode of Delivery -
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course -
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
Assistant(s)
Course Objectives This course provides basic knowledge of micro and macroeconomics. The overall purpose of this course is to introduce the student to the concept of a market economy and to investigate how scarce resources are allocated under a price mechanism.Microeconomics topics such as market economies, demand, supply, consumer theory, the theory of the firm, perfect competition; and basic topics in macroeconomics such as national income, employment, unemployment, inflation and economic growth are analyzed.
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Will be able to express what economists mean by the concept of scarcity.
  • Will be able to define basic economic concepts such as opportunity cost, elasticity, economic profit and marginal analysis.
  • Will be able to identify the determinants of demand and supply.
  • Will be able to predict a change in market outcomes given a change in supply or demand.
  • Will be able to explain the concept of market equilibrium.
  • Will be able to analyze firm behavior under perfect competition.
  • Will be able to measure key macroeconomic variables.
  • Will be able to find out basic relationships between the variables such as national income, unemployment, budget deficit, money supply, interest rate, inflation rate, exchange rate, and trade deficit.
Course Description This course provides an introduction to basic models and concepts in microeconomics and macroeconomics. Basic topics in microeconomics analyzed in this course include an introduction to market economies, supply and demand, consumer theory, the theory of the firm, perfect competition. Basic topics in macroeconomics analyzed in this course include national income, employment, unemployment, inflation, and economic growth.

 



Course Category

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

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Related Preparation
1 Introduction: What is Economy -
2 Capitalist Revolution The Economy, The Core Project, Unit 1
3 Technology and Population The Economy, The Core Project, Unit 2
4 Scarcity, Work and Choice The Economy, The Core Project, Unit 3
5 The Firm: Owners, Managers and Employees The Economy, The Core Project, Unit 6
6 The Firm and Its Customers The Economy, The Core Project, Unit 7
7 Supply and Demand: Price Taking and Competitive Markets The Economy, The Core Project, Unit 8
8 Supply and Demand: Price Taking and Competitive Markets The Economy, The Core Project, Unit 8
9 Midterm
10 Economic Fluctuations and Unemployment The Economy, The Core Project, Unit 13
11 Unemployment and Fiscal Policy The Economy, The Core Project, Unit 14
12 Unemployment and Fiscal Policy The Economy, The Core Project, Unit 14
13 Inflation and Monetary Policy The Economy, The Core Project, Unit 15
14 Technological Progress, Unemployment and Living Standards In the Long-Run The Economy, The Core Project, Unit 16
15 Review of the Semester  
16 Review of the Semester  

 

Course Notes/Textbooks

The Economy, Econ Core Project http://www.core-econ.org A free open-source textbook with additional materials. Please get registestered on the book website.

Suggested Readings/Materials

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
16
10
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
4
20
Presentation / Jury
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exams
Midterm
1
30
Final Exam
1
40
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
21
60
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
1
40
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
Theoretical Course Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
3
48
Laboratory / Application Hours
(Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours)
16
0
Study Hours Out of Class
15
2
30
Field Work
0
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
0
Portfolio
0
Homework / Assignments
4
12
48
Presentation / Jury
0
Project
0
Seminar / Workshop
0
Oral Exam
0
Midterms
1
12
12
Final Exam
1
30
30
    Total
168

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

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

To be able master and use fundamental phenomenological and applied physical laws and applications,

2

To be able to identify the problems, analyze them and produce solutions based on scientific method,

3

To be able to collect necessary knowledge, able to model and self-improve in almost any area where physics is applicable and able to criticize and reestablish his/her developed models and solutions,

4

To be able to communicate his/her theoretical and technical knowledge both in detail to the experts and in a simple and understandable manner to the non-experts comfortably,

5

To be familiar with software used in area of physics extensively and able to actively use at least one of the advanced level programs in European Computer Usage License,

6

To be able to develop and apply projects in accordance with sensitivities of society and behave according to societies, scientific and ethical values in every stage of the project that he/she is part in,

7

To be able to evaluate every all stages effectively bestowed with universal knowledge and consciousness and has the necessary consciousness in the subject of quality governance,

8

To be able to master abstract ideas, to be able to connect with concreate events and carry out solutions, devising experiments and collecting data, to be able to analyze and comment the results,

9

To be able to refresh his/her gained knowledge and capabilities lifelong, have the consciousness to learn in his/her whole life,

10

To be able to conduct a study both solo and in a group, to be effective actively in every all stages of independent study, join in decision making stage, able to plan and conduct using time effectively.

11

To be able to collect data in the areas of Physics 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

 


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