Course Descriptions

Definitions of microeconomics and macroeconomics. Essentials of microeconomics. Operations of markets. Scarcity and resource allocation. Demand and supply analysis and elasticities. Market efficiency and welfare. Consumer and producer surplus. Cost analysis of firms. Perfect competition and imperfect competition. Monopoly, oligopoly and monopolistic competition. Externalities and internalities. Economics of factor markets.

English Speaking Skills

Introduction to Computing

Sets of real numbers. Functions, special functions. Symmetry, translations and reflections. Lines. Systems of equations. Exponential and logarithmic functions, properties of logarithms. Limits and continuity. The derivative., Rules for differentiation, Derivatives of logarithmic and exponential functions. Implicit differentiation. Logarithmic differentiation. Local and absolute extrema. Concavity. Asymptotes.

Nature and methodology of political science, basic concepts, political institutions and political behavior, political parties and pressure groups, political participation, elections and voting behavior, state and bureaucracy.

Explanation of communication, explanation of language and its relationship with the thinking proces, culture, society and literature; written and oral communication; main characterisrics of the Turkish language; phrases and types of narration; expressional failure.

Essentials of macroeconomics. Measuring a nation's income and cost of living. Inflation, unemployment, investment and saving. Money and banking. Open economy macroeconomics. International integrations. Introduction to economic growth and development.

Academic writing and speaking skills with a focus on organizing a research project involving a proposal, preliminary and ongoing research, annotations, thesis proposal, works cited and an interview to demonstrate the results of their work. Critical thinking, reasoning, logical argumentation, and presentation skills.

Sociological Method. Individual as the Sociological Unit of Analysis. Groups, organizations and society. Structures of Power and Inequality. Ethnicity, aging and gender. Government and political power. Social institutions: Work and family; media and religion. Social change. Globalization.

General principles, major topics and essential terminology of the over-expanding area of business; issues of general management; the dynamics of Turkey and actual Turkish business cases.

Indefinite integrals, definite integral and its applications. Functions of several variables, partial derivative and its applications. Matrix algebra, systems of linear equations.

Illustration of “narration” and its types; writing and communication modes; exemplified by masterspieces chosen from Turkish and world literature; exercises in effective writing and public speech.

The themes of microeconomics. The basics of supply and demand. Consumer behavior. Individual and market demand. Uncertainty and consumer behavior. The cost of production. Profit maximization and competitive supply. Market power, monopoly and monopsony. Pricing with market power. Monopolistic competition and oligopoly. Game theory and competitive strategy. Markets for factor inputs. General equilibrium and economic efficiency. Markets with asymmetric information. Investment and capital markets. Externalities and public goods.

This course aims to discuss political, social, cultural and economic transformations in the 19th century in their relation with the formation of the Republican Turkey and focuses on the modernization process in the early republican period until 1945.

The agricultural revolution, the rise of civilizations in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. Classical Greece and the Hellenistic world, Rome and its empire. The spread of civilizations and the movement of peoples. Byzantium and Europe. The rise and spread of Islam, African civilizations, Western civilization.

Introduction to accounting principles and concepts, the recording process, adjusting the accounts and preparing the statements, completion of accounting cycle, accounting for a merchandising operations, and internal control and cash account.

Origins and development of law, basic concepts in law, the hierarchy of law, the making of law, legislative, executive, and judiciary powers in a state, laws and constitution, rights and freedom of citizens.

Statistics is the science of collecting, organizing, analyzing, and interpreting data in order to make decisions. In the course, a basic understanding of data analysis and statistical concepts is taught. Giving the ability to think critically about the quantitative information is aimed. The basic ideas and methods of probability that are required for statistics is introduced in the course.

National income and wealth. Macroeconomic stability and instability. Business cycles. Unemployment and inflation. The self-correcting economy. Causes of unemployment. Classical economics. Income and employment determination. Fiscal policy and national debt. Monetary economics and macroeconomic equilibrium. Central banking. Modern quantity theory. Monetarism and new classical economics. Rational expectations. Philips curve analysis. The open economy macroeconomics.

Political, social and cultural development of Turkey since WWII. Transition to multi-party system, social transformation in 1960s and 1970s, as well as the demographical change, industrialization and new social movements. The coup d'état of 1980 and its aftermath, political and social polarization in 2000s.

Middle Ages, Renaissance, Enlightenment period, the French and the Industrial revolutions. The world economy, the rise of Russia, industrialization outside of the West, The world war I, second global conflict, globalization: world history 1990- 2004.

Accounting for notes and accounts receivables, inventory and cost of goods sold, depreciation and amortization of tangible and intangible assets, current and long term liabilities, financial statement analysis, accounting for manufacturing corporations.

Legal transactions, classification of contracts, formation of contracts, offer and acceptance, contractual capacity, reality of consent, fictitious transactions; voidable contracts: mistake, fraud, duress, unconscionable bargain; subject matter of contracts.

Introduce how to conduct statistical models and various inferential statistical tests, to gain hands on practice in order to apply them and interpret the test results

Complementary Elective-I

HSS Elective-II

Finance and the financial manager; present value and the opportunity cost of capital, calculation of present values, annuity and perpetuity formulas, introduction to valuation of bonds and common stocks, capital budgeting, NPV and its competitors, risk and return, capital budgeting and risk, corporate financing and market efficiency, issuing corporation securities.

Behavior of people in organizational environments, leadership and motivation, communication and decision-making in organizations formation and behavior of groups within organizations.

Marketing strategy of the firm, selection of target markets and the design of the marketing mix, market segmentation and market coverage strategies.

Introduction to operations management, competitiveness, strategy, and productivity concepts, forecasting, product and service design, strategic capacity planning for products and services, process selection and facility layout, location planning and analysis, management of quality, quality control.

Departmental Elective-I

Dividend policy; debt policy; financing and valuation, understanding options, valuing options, real options, debt financing, risk management, financial analysis and planning.

Managing the human resources of the organization, manpower, planning, selection and training of personnel evaluation and rewarding, career development programs.

The concepts of creativity and new product, a detailed analysis of alternative new product strategies, introducing a feasible new product development process, step-by-step analysis, project study.

Introduction to research, defining the research problem, research design, qualitative research, quantitative research, experimental designs, measurement and scaling, questionnaire design, sampling procedure, data collection methods, data preparation and analysis, research report preparation and presentation.

Complementary Elective-II

Complementary Elective-III

Departmental Elective-II

Free Elective-I

Ethics in the world of business, ethical principles, ethics and morality, types of ethical theories, ethical analysis application: corporate and personal decision making, corporate social responsibility corporate codes of conduct, ethics and human resources management, ethics and marketing, advertising and product safety, ethics and international business.

Complementary Elective-IV

Complementary Elective-V

Departmental Elective-III

Free Elective-II

Project selection, role of the project manager, project organization, project planning, budgeting and cost estimation, scheduling, resource allocation, monitoring and tracking projects using information systems, project control, audit and termination. Exploration of basic tools and techniques. Special emphasis on project leadership, conflict resolution and communication skills, risk analysis and problem solving in team-based projects.

Fundamental business concepts and terminology. Academic English skills necessary for academic and professional life.

Computer Literacy

HSS Elective-I

Management programs curricula and intended student skills and qualifications . University and faculty rules and regulations. Information about opportunities and resources available to students during their education. History of business administration education. Introduction to sub- disciplines of business administration.

Data description. Text analysis. Summary and paraphrase of simplified research articles and data charts. IMRAD Summary. Critical thinking and logical argumentation skills to express an informed opinion. Presentation of information to an audience in an academic setting.

Critical thinking and logical argumentation. Academic research. Annotations, citations, quotations. Identification of arguments, reasoning, logical cohesion. Debates. Evaluative summary. Interview.

The themes of microeconomics. The basics of supply and demand. Consumer behavior. Individual and market demand. Uncertainty and consumer behavior. The cost of production. Profit maximization and competitive supply. Market power, monopoly and monopsony. Pricing with market power. Monopolistic competition and oligopoly. Game theory and competitive strategy. Markets for factor inputs. General equilibrium and economic efficiency. Markets with asymmetric information. Investment and capital markets. Externalities and public goods.

Introduction to academic genres. Key figures in particular areas of academic life. Synthesizing different sources. Key scientific figure. Reading about and listening to a scientific process. Choosing and describing a scientific process in speech and writing. Reports of different research methods. Lab report or literature search. Passive voice, adverbial clauses and adjective clauses. Understanding and using key vocabulary from a particular domain.

Introduction to the use of statistics in economics and administrative science analysis. Basic statistical concepts used by social scientists. Displaying data. Measures of central tendency and variability. Frequency distributions. Normal distribution. Basic concepts of probability. Sampling distribution and hypothesis testing. One-sample hypothesis testing in social research.

General Elective-I

National income and wealth. Macroeconomic stability and instability. Business cycles. Unemployment and inflation. The self-correcting economy. Causes of unemployment. Classical economics. Introduction to Keynesian economics. Income and employment determination. Fiscal policy and national debt. Monetary economics and macroeconomic equilibrium. Central banking. Modern quantity theory. Monetarism and new classical economics. Rational expectations. Philips curve analysis. The open economy macroeconomics.

Correlation and regression for social research in the fields of economics and administrative sciences. Multiple regression analysis. Two-sample hypothesis testing. Analysis of variance. Application of Chi-square test in social sciences.

Finance and the financial manager. Present value and the opportunity cost of capital. Calculation of present values. Annuity and perpetuity formulas. Introduction to valuation of bonds and common stocks. Capital budgeting. NPV and its competitors. Risk and return. Capital budgeting and risk. Corporate financing and market efficiency. Issuing corporation securities.

Area Elective-I

The importance of consumer behavior in marketing science. Decision process of buyers. Economic, sociological, and psychological factors affecting purchase decisions. Consumer needs and wants. Behavior models. Customer satisfaction. Usage and disposal. Relevant marketing strategies.

Area Elective-II

The basic theories in Ethics (the Philosophy of Morality). The practical implications of these theories in particular professions and areas such as engineering, medicine, pharmacology, genetics, technological innovation, artificial intelligence and robotology, management, marketing, international relations, public services, media and law. The meaning and significance of virtue and values. Moral principles within particular professions and their foundation in Ethics.

Area Elective-III

Area Elective-IV

Area Elective-V

General Elective-II

General Elective-III

Running a business as a member of middle to high ranked functional management team. Defining and implementing strategies and applying strategic concepts, developing tools and techniques within a practical simulated business like decision based platform. Observing how a firms entire value chain functions, and how key decisions influence business performance within a competitive market.

Linear programming models.Linear programming computer applications.Sensitivity analysis.Transportation.Assignment and network models.Integer. Goal. and nonlinear programming.Project management.Decision theory.Queuing models.Simulation modeling.Forecasting models and inventory control models.

Area Elective-VI

Area Elective-VII

General Elective-IV

General Elective-V