Course Descriptions

İki dönemden oluşan Modern Türkiye Tarihi dersi, bugünün Türkiye’sinin oluşumunda rol oynayan siyasal, ekonomik, toplumsal ve kültürel süreçlere ışık tutmayı amaçlamaktadır. Dersin ikinci döneminde, öncelikle Millî Mücadele, Osmanlı İmparatorluğu’ndan Türkiye Cumhuriyeti’ne geçiş süreci ve bu sürece eşlik eden inkılaplar kapsamlı bir şekilde tartışılmaktadır. Daha sonra inkılapların yarattığı toplumsal, ekonomik ve siyasal sonuçlar, Cumhuriyet’in kurumsallaşması ve çok partili sistemin temel dinamikleri ele alınmaktadır. Bir yandan demokrasinin gelişimi diğer yandan da demokratikleşme sürecini sekteye uğratan ekonomik çalkantılar, siyasal istikrarsızlıklar ve askeri müdahaleler incelenmektedir. Cumhuriyet tarihinde ortaya çıkan göç ve kentleşme olguları, toplumsal hareketler ve kültürel değişim bu dönem tartışılan önemli konular arasında yer almaktadır.

Osmanlı döneminden başlayarak Türkiye Cumhuriyeti’nin kuruluşuna kadar olan süreçte modernleşme hareketleri. Edebiyatımıza yansıması. Seçilmiş düşünce metinleri ve kurmaca metinler ile incelenmesi.

Oryantasyon dersi öğrencilere üniversite hayatına uyum sürecinde ihtiyaç duyacakları akademik ve sosyal yetkinlikleri kazandırmayı hedeflemektedir. Dersi tamamlayan öğrencilerin iletişim, sosyal, profesyonel ve etik sorumluluklar gibi ilerleyen dönemlerde ve profesyonel hayatta faydalı olacak kazanımları edinmelerinin yanında, 21. Yüzyıl yetkinlikleri olarak tanımlanan yetkinlikler hakkında farkındalık kazanmaları amaçlanmaktadır. Ders, birinci sınıf bahar döneminde okutulması planlanan Kariyer Planlama dersi için giriş dersi niteliği de taşımaktadır.

The objective of this course is to introduce students to the nature and historical development of science, to develop their ability to distinguish science from pseudoscience, and to build foundational scientific literacy in areas such as physics, the universe, climate change, waves, energy, cell biology, evolution, basic chemistry, and the role of water in life.

The objective of this course is to provide students with an understanding of the history of mathematics, the emergence and development of mathematical concepts, and the relationship between these developments and mathematics today. The course also offers a general introduction to topics such as infinity, proof techniques, the role of mathematics in nature and art, basic cryptographic methods, the axiomatic structure of mathematics, and mathematical reasoning.

Bu ders, çeşitli tarihsel dönemlerden sanat eserlerinin, nesnelerinin ve işlerinin incelenmesi yoluyla sanatın anlamı, dönüşümü ve işlevini öğrenciye aktarmayı ve sanat tarihine kısa bir giriş yapmayı amaçlamaktadır. Resim, heykel, mimarlık, tasarım, baskı, fotoğraf, enstalasyon, performans, reklamlar ve hareketli görüntü gibi çok çeşitli medya ve mecra aracılığıyla görsel kültürün nesneleri ve pratiklerini tartışmaya açarak, ders öğrencilere sanatsal üretimin sosyal kültürel ve tarihsel koşullarına dair kapsamlı, disiplinlerarası ve yaratıcı bir bakış açısı kazandıracaktır.

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.

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.

Introduction to basic IT theory and terminology. Basic skills in a word processor programs, such as MS Word to create documents, format text, apply styles. Basic skills in a spreadsheet program, such as MS Excel, to create and format spreadsheets, including the use of mathematical formulas and to summarize given data in the form of graphics.

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.

İki dönemden oluşan Modern Türkiye Tarihi dersi, bugünün Türkiye’sinin oluşumunda rol oynayan siyasal, ekonomik, toplumsal ve kültürel süreçlere ışık tutmayı amaçlamaktadır. Dersin ikinci döneminde, öncelikle Millî Mücadele, Osmanlı İmparatorluğu’ndan Türkiye Cumhuriyeti’ne geçiş süreci ve bu sürece eşlik eden inkılaplar kapsamlı bir şekilde tartışılmaktadır. Daha sonra inkılapların yarattığı toplumsal, ekonomik ve siyasal sonuçlar, Cumhuriyet’in kurumsallaşması ve çok partili sistemin temel dinamikleri ele alınmaktadır. Bir yandan demokrasinin gelişimi diğer yandan da demokratikleşme sürecini sekteye uğratan ekonomik çalkantılar, siyasal istikrarsızlıklar ve askeri müdahaleler incelenmektedir. Cumhuriyet tarihinde ortaya çıkan göç ve kentleşme olguları, toplumsal hareketler ve kültürel değişim bu dönem tartışılan önemli konular arasında yer almaktadır.

Osmanlı İmparatorluğu’nun son günleri ile ülkemizin işgal yıllarından başlayarak Milli Mücadele yılları, Bağımsızlık Savaşımızın kazanılması, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti’nin kuruluşundan günümüze kadar olan süreçte modernleşme hareketleri. Edebiyatımıza yansıması. Seçilmiş düşünce metinleri ve kurmaca metinler ile incelenmesi.

The objective of this course is to create career awareness, to enable students to have information about different sectors, to recognize the tools they can use for their own development, and to direct stu-dents to areas where they will be productive.

The objective of this course is to deepen students' scientific literacy through advanced applications and the history of science, building foundational knowledge in areas such as nanoscience and quantum computing, conservation laws and thermodynamics, materials science, genetics and biotechnology, everyday and historical chemistry, and spacetime.

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.

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

Sets of real numbers. Functions. Special functions. Symmetry, translations and reflections. Lines. Quadratic functions. Systems of equations. Exponential and logarithmic functions. Properties of logarithms. Limits and continuity. The derivative. Rules for differentiation. The chain rule. Derivatives of logarithmic and exponential functions. Implicit differentiation. Logarithmic differentiation. Higher order derivatives. Relative extrema. Absolute extrema on a closed interval. Concavity. The second derivative test. Asymptotes.

The objective of this course is to provide students with a foundational level of skills and competencies to solve complex problems through an interdisciplinary approach and creative thinking methods.

Bu ders edebiyat, sinema, sanat, mimarlık, mühendislik, matematik, felsefe, siyaset, ekonomi ve benzerleri gibi alanlardaki önemli eserlerin akademik çalışmasında temel derstir. Ders, öğrencilerin dönem boyunca bu derste sunulan başlıca eserlerle tanışmalarına ve farklı alanlardaki bu önemli eserlerle kendi görüş, bakış açısı ve zevklerini geliştirmelerine yardımcı olmayı amaçlamaktadır. Öğrencilerin dönem sonunda bu farklı alanlarda ve önemli çalışmaları hakkında bağımsız, analitik ve eleştirel düşünmeyi geliştirecek akademik araçlarla donatılması beklenmektedir.

Toplum, Bilim ve İnsan dersinin başlıca amacı, öğrencileri insan ve toplum arasındaki ilişki hakkında kapsamlı, disiplinlerarası, analitik ve eleştirel bir anlayış geliştirmek üzere özendirmek ve yönlendirmektir. Öğrencilere bireyler ve sosyal dünyaları hakkındaki belli başlı bazı kavramları, yaklaşımları ve konuları tanıtmayı hedefleyen dersi tamamlayan öğrencilerin ,sosyal bilimlerin diğer disiplinler ile benzerliklerini ve farklılıklarını kavramaları, insanoğlunun bir canlı türü olarak evrimi ile ilgili eleştirel bir anlayış geliştirmeleri, insanların sosyal çevreleri ile ilişkilerinin farklı yönleri hakkında bilgi edinmeleri, insanların çeşitli gruplar, kurumlar ve sosyal yapılar ile bu ilişkileri neden ve nasıl geliştirdiğini açıklayabilmeleri hedeflenmektedir.

Bu dersin amacı: Ahlaklı bir hayat nasıl tanımlanır? İyi ve erdemli birey kimdir? “İyi” ve “kötü”, “doğru” ve “yanlış” arasındaki çizgiyi kim belirler? İyi yurttaş kimdir? Bir yurttaş olarak, kadın/erkek olarak, toplum üyesi olarak hayatlarımızı nasıl yaşamamız gerekir? Modern birey kimdir? Teknoloji, ahlaki yargılarımızı nasıl etkiler? Etik, hukuk, ahlak ve kültürel alanları ilgilendiren bu tarz sorgulamaları günlük hayatımızda sıklıkla yapmaktayız. Bu ders, bu tür soruları tartışmak amacıyla birey ve yurttaş olmanın anlamlarına değinmekte; toplumsal hayatın düzenleyici bileşenlerini ahlak, hukuk, etik ve normlar ile ilişkilendirerek tartışmakta; birey ve iktidar arasındaki ilişkiyi devlet, toplumsal cinsiyet, aile, din ve gözetim gibi konular üzerinden ele almaktadır. Ayrıca, modernleşme kavramını merkeze alarak, değer yargılarının “evrensel” boyuttaki inşasını Doğu ve Batı kültürleri arasındaki iktidar ilişkileri bağlamında sorgulamaktadır.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Nature of regression analysis. Two variable regression analysis. Ordinary least squares method. Standard errors of least-square estimates. Interval estimation model and hypothesis testing. Correlation. Multiple regression analysis. Forecasting via standard deviations. Problems and issues in estimation of regression coefficient parameters. Partial regression and correlation.

Introduction to game theory. Basic definitions and concepts. Dominant strategy. Nash equilibrium. Cooperation and coordination. Static games in perfect information. Dynamic games in perfect information. Static games in imperfect information. Dynamic games in imperfect information. Repeating games. Economic contracts. Stable macroeconomic policy and Coase theorem. Cournot and Bertrand duopoly. Strategic trade policy. Limit pricing. Cartel.

The importance of international economics. Modern international trade theory. Application of macroeconomic and microeconomic analysis to international trade. International trade and national income. International trade and economic growth. Balance of payments analysis, foreign exchange markets and exchange rates. Trade policies. Trade barriers and liberalization of trade. International factor mobility and multinational companies. International monetary system.

The economic role of government. Social goods and market failure. Public provision for social goods. Efficient provision of social goods. Fiscal instruments of distribution policy. Budget process and budget program. Public expenditures: structure and growth. Public budgets and efficiency: expenditure evaluation principles. Principles of taxation. Taxation and equity. Principles of tax incidence and general equilibrium. Personal income tax and taxable income. Corporate income tax and tax base. Consumption and sales taxes. Value added taxation. Property and wealth taxes. Turkish taxation system. Fiscal policy and stabilization. Policy mix and crowding-out. Fiscal stabilization in the open economy. Economics of the public debt.

Principles of economic model construction and the econometric techniques used in estimation of behaviorial relationships. Econometric description and inference. Statistics for cross-section samples. Probability. Discrete and continious probability distributions. Random variables. Estimators and sampling distributions. Confidence intervals and tests of hypotheses. Simple linear regression for normal and non-normal populations.

Actors of financial sectors. Central Banks and Federal Reserve System. Commercial banks. Bank and non-bank financial institutions. Theories of money. Analysis of money supply and demand. Definition and calculation of money supply. Reserve money. Monetary base and central bank money. Calculation of money stock. Money demand. Theories of money demand. Money market equilibrium. Interest rates formation. Interest rate and financial analysis. Money and income. Monetary transmission mechanism.

Designing growth models for a small open economy. Theories of economic growth and development. Labor supply and population dynamics in growth models. Incorporating income distribution into growth models. The diffusion of technology in growth models. Location and economic growth. Planning strategies. Trade and planning models. Stable and unstable growth. Post World War II growth. The relevance of growth theories for economies in transition. Survey of classical and contemporary theories of development. Development theories. Different models of development. Major problems of economic development and structural change.

Analysis of the links between economic issues and politics. Meaning of globalization. Technological advancement and globalization. Challanges and opportunities of globalization for countries, firms and supra-national organizations. Costs and benefits of globalization. The challanging role of nation states in a global world. Global trade and multinational investments. Regionalism and globalization. Sustainability as a global issue. Turkey and globalization.

The intersection of politics and economics. Political and market solutions to collective problems. The politics of economic crises. Corporations and labor in the political economy. Regulation. Monetary policy. Fiscal policy. Current and recent real-world macroeconomics events and conditions.

Research methods in economics. Literature review. Reporting.

Area Elective-I

Area Elective-II

Area Elective-III

General Elective-I

General Elective-II

Historical development of the Turkish economy. Liberal economic policy era. Etatist policy era. The structure of Turkish economy and industrialization policy. Planned economic development era: five-year development plans. Industrialization policy in the post-1980s. Monetary and fiscal policies in Turkey between 1980 and 2000. The role and growth of public sector in Turkey. External trade policy and Turkey’s economic relations with foreign countries. Macroeconomic performance in Turkey; Budget deficit and inflation. Recent economic developments in Turkey.

Independent research. Data analysis. Reporting.

Area Elective-IV

General Elective-III

General Elective-IV

Area Elective-V

Area Elective

English Speaking Skills

Introduction to Computing

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.

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

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.

HSS Elective-II

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.

Departmental Elective-I

Departmental Elective-IV

HSS Elective-III

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

Departmental Elective-II

Free Elective-I

Complementary Elective-II

Departmental Elective-III

Free Elective-II

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.

The history of the European integration. Basic institutions of the EU and their functions. The role of the EU in the world economy. Common policies of the EU. Widening and deepening of the European integration. Principles of subsidiarity and the EU. The Copenhagen and Maastricht criteria and Lisbon strategies of the EU. The EU enlargement to the south and the east. Accession protocols and membership negotiations. The history of the EU-Turkey relations. Reforms, and accession strategies to be followed by Turkey.

Mercantilism. Physiocracy. Theories of Smith, Ricardo, Malthus and Mill. Marxism. Marginalists and Neoclassicals. Marshall. Walras. Keynesian Economics. Cambridge controversies and calculation debate. Post-Keynesian economics. Monetarists. New Keynesians versus New Classicals. Heterodox approaches. Discussion of Walras and the emergence of general equilibrium theory.

Complementary Elective-III

Free Elective-III

Complementary Elective-IV

Free Elective-IV

Free Elective-V

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

HSS Elective-I

Economic data analysis using EXCEL. Data sources. Reporting.

Dividend policy. Debt policy. Financing and valuation. Understanding options. Valuing options. Real options. Debt financing. Risk management. Financial analysis and planning.

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.

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.

General Elective-V