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| IKT6011 | Selected Topics in Macroeconomics-I | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Third Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of ECONOMICS | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Seyfettin ARTAN | | Co-Lecturer | | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | To develop skills of the students in understanding and analyzing graduate topics on macroeconomics. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | students will be able to understand the implications of openness and the integration of modern economies with world goods and financial markets. | 3,4 | 1,3 | | PO - 2 : | students will be able to calculate, analyze and interpret different of economic and financial data to extract useful information for optimal decision-making. | 3,4 | 1,3 | | PO - 3 : | students will be able to analyze the developments in theoretical research in macroeconomics. | 3,4 | 1,3 | | PO - 4 : | students will be able to apply key concepts in modern macroeconomics and use them in their own research. | 3,4 | 1,3 | | PO - 5 : | students will be able to examine the links between markets, sectors and economies. | 3,4 | 1,3 | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Consumption, investment, savings, schools of economics, monetary policy, fiscal policy, stabilizations policies, business cycles, growth theories
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Scope and method of macroeconomics | | | Week 2 | macroeconomics schools of thought:an overview | | | Week 3 | Consumption, investment, savings | | | Week 4 | Money, inflation and interest rates | | | Week 5 | Central banks and monetary policy | | | Week 6 | Stabilization policies | | | Week 7 | Expectations and the Phillip's Curve | | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 9 | Inflation and unemployment I: the tradeoffs | | | Week 10 | Inflation and unemployment II:the role of stabilization policies | | | Week 11 | Fiscal policy, deficits and debt | | | Week 12 | Business cycles I: facts and measurement | | | Week 13 | Business cycles I: models and advances | | | Week 14 | Growth theories I: exogenous growth | | | Week 15 | Growth theories II: endogenous growth | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Mankiw, N.G. 2003; Macroeconomics, Worth Publisher, New York | | | 2 | Froyen, T.F. 1999; Macroeconomics: Theories and Policies, Practise Hall, New Jersey | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 17/11/2024 | 2 | 30 | | Quiz | 15 | 21/12/2024 | 2 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 10/01/2025 | 2 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 8 | 14 | 112 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 12 | 2 | 24 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Ödev | 3 | 2 | 6 | | Kısa sınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 12 | 3 | 36 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 225 |
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