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Course Unit Title Course Unit Code Type of Course Unit Level of Course Unit Year of Study Semester ECTS Credits
Micro Economy HUI105 Compulsory Bachelor's degree 1 Fall 4

Name of Lecturer(s)

Assistant Prof. Dr. Hakkı Cenk ERKİN
Assistant Prof. Dr. Hakan RODOPLU

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1) Applies the supply-demand analysis.
2) Explains producer and consumer behaviors.
3) Analyze perfect competititon and imperfect competition.
4) Evaluates all kinds of elasticities.

Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation

  Program Competencies
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Learning Outcomes
1 Low Low High High High High Middle Middle
2 Low Low High High High High Middle No relation
3 Low Low High High High High Middle Middle
4 Low Low High High High High Middle Middle

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Prerequisites and Co-Requisites

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Not Required

Course Contents

Consumer behavior theory and demand analysis, production, costs, and firm’s supply, industry structure, competition and pricing strategies, impact of government intervention in the market on a firm, asymmetric information, moral hazard and adverse selection problems.

Weekly Schedule

1) Microeconomics defined
2) The fundamental nature of supply and demand
3) Demand and supply elasticities
4) Cardinal and marginal utility theory
5) Producer theory
6) Cost analysis
7) Profit maximization and supply
8) Midterm exam
9) Perfect competiton
10) Monopoly
11) Oligopoly
12) Monopolistic competiton
13) Factor markets and labor supply
14) General equilibrium and economic efficiency
15) Market failure and role of government
16) Final exam

Recommended or Required Reading

1- Krugman and Wells, Mikro İktisat
2- Dinler, Zeynel, İktisada Giriş

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion


Assessment Methods and Criteria

Contribution of Midterm Examination to Course Grade

40%

Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade

60%

Total

100%

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Not Required