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Course Code |
Course Name |
Program |
Course Content |
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BUS 101 |
Behavioral Sciences I |
BA |
Basic
concepts in behavioral sciences. The four basic disciplines
within the context of behavioral sciences. Behavioral sciences
that contribute to the study of organizations. The role and
significance of behavioral sciences in practice. Behavioral
approaches. The basic individual behavioral model. Needs as the
main cause of behaviors. Behavioral patterns. Status and role
behaviors. Place and importance of social institutions in human
behavior. Communication between people. Groups and culture.
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BUS 102 |
Behavioral Sciences II |
BA |
Perception: definition of
perception, formation process and organization of perception,
the factors affecting perception, individualism in perception
and perception errors, impact of perception on behaviors,
development of perception ability. Learning: Definition and
nature of learning, phases of learning, theories on learning,
principles of learning, application of behavioral learning
theories on organizations. Personality and ego: basic concepts
of personality, definition of personality, measurement and
assessment of personality types, the development and importance
of personality. Attitudes. |
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BUS 103 |
Introduction to Accounting |
BA |
Definition, basic concepts and principles of
accounting. Balance-sheet and the basic accounting equation.
Income statement. The concept of account and accounting
transactions. Accounting plans, books and documents.
Double-entry accounting method. An overview of accounting
process. Methods of recording merchandise inventory account:
Perpetual and periodic inventory methods. Accounts and operation
of value added tax.
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BUS 104 |
Financial Accounting |
BA |
Introduction to uniform accounting plan.
Asset accounts and records: current and fixed assets. Liability
accounts and records: Liabilities and shareholders' equity.
Income statement accounts: Income and expense accounts and
records. Inventory transactions. Closing the accounts.
Preparation of trial balance, balance-sheet and income
statement.
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BUS 201 |
Introduction to Business |
BA |
Basic topics and concepts.
Relations with the other scientific disciplines. Aims
and responsibilities of businesses. Forms of
businesses.. Establishment of businesses. Functions of
businesses: Production, Marketing, Human Resource
Management, Finance and Accounting, Research/
Development, and Public Relations. |
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BUS 202 |
Business Management |
BA |
Basic concepts of business management.
Management theories: Classical theory, Neoclassical theory and
Modern theory. Characteristics of management activities.
Management by objectives. Management by exceptions. Functions of
management: Planning, organising, execution, coordination,
decision and supervision. Current topics in the field of
management: lean organization, kaizen, learning organization
etc.
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BUS 207, BUS 209 |
Intoduction to Marketing |
BA |
Scope and nature of
marketing. Global Marketing Environment. Consumer
Behavior. Market segmentation. New product development.
Pricing Products. Distribution Channels. Retailing and
Wholesaling. Advertising. Direct and on-line Marketing. |
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BUS 208 |
Organizational Behavior |
BA |
Organizational Behavior Model. Decisions in
organizations: Decision making, types of decisions, conditions
for making effective decisions, and decisions by groups.
Conflicts in organizations: Definition and sources of conflicts,
importance of conflicts, sources and consequences of conflicts,
management of conflicts and emotional aspect of resolving
conflicts. Disappointment and satisfaction in organizations.
Stress in management of organizations: Individual and
organizational stresses, causes and consequences of stresses.
Groups and group behavior. Behavioral approaches to
individual-organization integration (Prerequisite: BUSS. 102
Behavioral Sciences II).
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BUS 210 |
Marketing Management |
BA |
Fundamentals of marketing management.
Strategic planning and market planning. Planning the marketing
organization. Competition analysis in marketing. Market
segmentation and market targeting. Growth strategies in
marketing. Competition strategies. Marketing mix decisions.
Developing marketing programs. Marketing control. Marketing
during periods of economic crisis. Discussions on case studies.
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BUS 211, BUS 213 |
Operations Research I |
BA |
The basic properties and
the application areas of operations research. The basic
elements of linear programming (LP) model. Solution
methods: The graphical method and the simplex method.
Technical difficulties encountered in LP models. Duality
and sensivity analysis. Applications on the real world
decision problems. |
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BUS 212, BUS 214 |
Operation Research II |
BA |
Integer programming model:
Positive and zero-one models. Solution methods. Goal
programming model. Network analysis. Dynamic
programming. Simulation. Applications on the real world
decision problems. |
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BUS 215 |
Law of Commerce I |
BA |
Commercial enterprise law:
the definition of commercial transactions, commercial
enterprise and merchant, principles relating to the
commercial register, commercial account books and
running accounts, the types of and provisions applicable
to merchant assistants and the intellectual assets of
the commercial enterprise. Law of negotiable instruments:
the definition of and principles applicable to
negotiable instruments, types of negotiable instruments
and the bills of exchange. |
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BUS 219 |
Financial Accounting
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BA |
End-of-period
tranactions: Inventory adjustment entries and valuation of
current assets, fixed assets, current liabilities, long-term
liabilities and shareholder's equity. Income and expense
accounts. Preparation of basic financial statements: Balance-sheet
and Income Statement. Commercial and fiscal profit. Exercises,
problems and cases.
Prerequisite: BUS 104 - Principles of Accounting II. |
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BUS 301 |
Production Management I |
BA |
Basic concepts of
production management. Production systems. Plant
location. Capacity planning. Plant layout. Inventory
management. |
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BUS 303, BUS 305 |
Corporate Finance |
BA |
Financial planning and
control. Financial statements and the techniques used in
financial analysis. Working capital managmenet. Capital
structure and weighted average cost of capital. An
analysis of a firm's financial condition. Capital
structure of a firm and WACC.
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BUS 304 -
BUS 306 |
Financial Management |
BA |
Investment policy of a firm. The management of fixed assets.
Capital budgeting methods: Average rate of return, payback
period, net present value, internal rate of return methods and
profitability index. Sources of long-term financing.
Evaluation of risky investment projects.
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BUS 307 |
Human Resource Management |
BA |
Management of human
resources in organizations, the concept and importance
of human resources management. Development and
organization of human resources management. Basic
functions of human resources management. Scientific
disciplines affecting human resources management.
Planning Human Resources, Job Analysis, Recruitment,
Selection, Orientation, Training and Development, Career
Development, Performance Evaluation, Compensation and
Benefits, Health and Safety, Communication, Discipline
and Industrial Relations.
Prerequisite: BUS 201 - Introduction to Business.
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BUS 311 -
BUS 313 |
Marketing Channels |
BA |
The nature of marketing channels. Intermediaries: Retailing and
wholesaling. Structures and types of marketing channels. Channel
design decisions. Management of marketing channels. Channel
cooperation, conflict and competition. Physical distribution:
Transportation, warehousing, inventory control and order
processing. (Prerequisite: BUSS. 207 Principles of Marketing or
BUSS. 209 Introduction to Marketing). |
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BUS 312 -
BUS 314 |
Promotion |
BA |
Promotional efforts and communication
process. Promotional budget. Promotion mix: Advertising,
personal selling, sales promotion, public relations and
publicity. Evaluating the effectiveness of promotional
activities. (Prerequisite: BUSS. 207 Principles of Marketing or
BUSS. 209 Introduction to Marketing).
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BUS 318 |
Capital Markets |
BA |
Financial markets. The
relationship between savings and investment. Financial
assets: Stocks, bonds, other financial securities. An
overview of capital markets: Primary markets, Secondary
markets, Intermediaries, Mutual funds, Investment
companies. Capital markets and the stock exchange in
Turkey. Defining and measuring risk. Capital asset
pricing model. Valuation of stocks. Valuation of bonds.
Financial Derivatives.
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BUS 401 -
BUS 403 |
Marketing Research |
BA |
Fundamental topics in marketing research.
Role of marketing research in managerial decision-making.
Application areas of marketing research. Marketing research
process. Determination of data sources and sampling techniques.
Data collection. Experimental design. Measurements and
measuring techniques. Data analysis: Hypothesis testing, cross
tabulation, chi-square analysis, regression and correlation.
Preparation of research reports. (Prerequisite: SRV. 207
Statistics I or SRV. 211 Statistics I and BUSS. 207 Principles
of Marketing or BUSS. 209 Introduction to Marketing). |
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BUS 404 -
BUS 406 |
International Marketing |
BA |
Application of marketing concepts and methods
to the international marketplace. Environmental factors in
international marketing. Export market selection. Entry
strategies. International marketing mix decisions. Export
documents and methods of payment for international operations.
(Prerequisite: BUSS. 207 Principles of Marketing or BUSS. 209
Introduction to Marketing).
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BUS 407 |
Consumer Behavior |
BA |
Introduction to consumer behavior. Market
segmentation. Psychological influences on consumer behavior:
Learning, motivation, perception, personality, attitudes and
attitude change strategies. Socio-cultural influences on
consumer behavior: Group dynamism and reference groups, family,
personal influences and diffusion process of innovations, social
classes and culture. Consumer’s purchasing decision process.
Society and consumer behavior. (Prerequisite: BUSS. 207
Principles of Marketing or BUSS. 209 Introduction to Marketing).
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BUS 411 |
Decision Theory |
BA |
An Overview of Decision
Problems, Decision Analysis, Probabilistic Dynamic
Programming, Multiobjective Linear Programming/Goal
Programming, Analytical Hierarchy Method, Data
Envelopment Analysis,Game Theory, Markov Processes. |
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BUS 413 |
Evaluation of Financial
Securities |
BA |
Factors that affect the
market value of common stocks and bonds. Theoretical and
practical methods used in security analysis. Price-earnings
ratio. Systematic and unsystematic risks. Portfolio
analysis and management. Capital asset pricing model.
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BUS 419 |
Investment Project
Analysis |
BA |
Definition of investment
and project. The importance of investment projects for
business firms and national economy. Factors that affect
the investment decision. Basic steps in preparation of
investment projects. Determining the total cost of the
project and estimating its working capital. Static and
dynamic approaches used in the evaluation of the
projects |
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ECON 201, ECON 207 |
Microeconomics I |
BA |
Definition and scope of Microeconomics.
Basic concepts. Consumption Theory: Utility
maximization, indifference theory, equilibrium of the
household, income and substitution effects, derivation
of the demand curve, movements along the demand curve,
shifts in the demand curve, consumers' surplus. A
general view of the price system: Demand, supply and
their elasticities. Production in the short-run: Total,
average and the marginal products, the firm's
equilibrium in the short-run, producers' surplus.
Production in the long-run: Derivation of isoquant
curves and isocost lines, the marginal rate of
substitution and elasticity of substitution, the firm's
equilibrium in the long-run, elasticity of substitution
and production functions. (Prerequisite: ECON. 101
Introduction to Economics I.) |
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ECON 202, ECON 208 |
Microeconomics II |
BA |
Production costs: Total, average and
marginal cost, derivation of long-run cost curves.
Competitive markets: Total, average and marginal
revenue, short-run and long-run equilibrium of a firm,
short-run and long-run industry equilibrium. Monopoly:
Costs and revenues, short-run and long-run monopoly
equilibrium, price discrimination. Noncollusive
oligopoly: The Cournot, Bertrand, Edgeworth, Stackelberg
and the Sweezy models of oligopoly. Collusive oligopoly:
Explicit cooperation and tacit cooperation. Distribution
of income: Firm's factor demand curve, supply of factors
and marginal productivity theory of income distribution.
(Prerequisite: ECON. 101 Introduction to Economics I). |
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ECON 203, ECON 209 |
Macroeconomics I |
BA |
Basic topics: Business
cycle, unemployment, inflation and national-income
accounting. Aggregate spending: Consumption, investment,
government and export spending, leakages and injections.
Potential instability: Equilibrium GDP, the multiplier
process, adjustment to recessionary and inflationary
gaps. Fiscal policy: Taxes and spending, deficits and
debt. Monetary policy: The money market, interest rates
and spending, policy constraints. The IS-LM model:
Derivation of the IS and LM curves, equilibrium in the
IS-LM model, shifts in the IS and the LM curves. The
policy effectiveness in IS-LM model: Expansionary fiscal
and monetary policies, contractionary fiscal and
monetary policies.
Prerequisite: ECON 102 - Introduction to Economics II. |
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ECON 204, ECON 210 |
Macroeconomics II |
BA |
Aggregate demand (AD) and aggregate
supply (AS): Derivation of the AD and AS curves, shifts
in the AD and AS curves. The policy effectiveness in
AS-AD model: The classical, Keynesian, monetarist, new
classical and the new Keynesian views of AS-AD.
Consumption: Absolute and relative income hypotheses,
intertemporal consumption choice, life-cycle and
permanent income hypotheses, random walk hypothesis.
Investment: The marginal productivity of capital,
accelerator model. The demand for money: The
Yale-Fisher, Cambridge, Keynesian, Baumol-Tobin and the
Friedman models of the demand for money. The supply of
money: Money and banks, the money multiplier. Growth
models: The Solow, Harrod-Domar and endogenous growth
models. (Prerequisite: ECO. 102 Introduction to
Economics II). |
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ECON 301 |
International Economics I |
BA |
Absolute Advantage and
Comparative Advantage, Production and Cost Relations:
Constant, Increasing and Decreasing Costs, Costs and
Production Possibility Curves,Supply and Demand Models,
National indifference Curves and International
Trade,International Trade As A result of Supply and
DemandDifferences,Heckher-OhlinTheory,Leontief'sFindings,International
Trade Theory and Economic Growth,Technical Change,
Growth, Prices and Welfare,Commercial
Policy,Tarifs,Non-Tariff Barriers.
Prerequisite: ECON 102- Introduction to Economics. |
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ECON 302 |
International Economics II |
BA |
International monetary relations: The
foreign exchange market, forward market, the balance of
payments, balance of payments adjustment, theories
explaining foreign exchange rate changes. Development
and foreign savings: International private capital
flows, direct foreign investments, international
technology transfer and international labor movements,
official credits. (Prerequisite: ECON 102 Introduction
to Economics II). |
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ECON 317 |
Industrial Economics |
BA |
Characteristics and scope of industrial economics. The
relations between economic sectors: Industry,
agriculture and services. Economic development and
industrialization. Economic development strategies.
General characteristics of and backward/forward
relations between the subsectors constituting the
industrial sector. Possible factors that might affect
firm’s size in an industry. Crowdedness in an industry.
The characteristics and problems of Turkish
manufacturing industry. |
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ECON 405, ECON 407 |
Introduction to
Econometrics I |
BA |
The Nature of Regression Analysis,
Two-Variable Regression Analysis: The Method of Ordinary
Least Squares, The Assumptions Underlying the Method of
Least Squares, Interpretation of Simple Regression
Equation, Variances and Standard Errors of Least-Squares
Estimators, The Gauss-Markov Theorem, A Measure of
Goodness of Fit R2, Numerical Examples, Interval
Estimation and Hypothesis Testing: Confidence Intervals
for Regression Coefficients, Testing the Significance of
Regression Coefficients: The t test, Functional Forms of
Regression Models: Log-Log, Double-Log, Log-Linear, or
Constant Elasticity Models. (Prerequisite: SRV.208
Statistics II or SRV.212 Statistics II).
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ECON 406, ECON 408 |
Introduction to
Econometrics II |
BA |
Multiple Regression Analysis: Matrix
Derivation of Normal Equations, The Meaning of Partial
Regression Coefficients, R2 and Adjusted R2, Testing the
Overall Significance of a Multiple Regression: The F
Test, Testing the Significance of Regression
Coefficients: The t test. Relaxing the Assumptions of
the Classical Model: Multicolinearity,
Heteroscedasticity, and Autocorrelation. Regression on
Dummy Variables. The computer applications: SPSS and
EXCELL. (Prerequisite: SRV.208 Statistics II or SRV.212
Statistics II).
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ECON 415, ECON 417 |
Exchange Markets |
BA |
Foreign exchange. Spot exchange market and its
characteristics. Banks and foreign exchange
transactions. Exchange rate. Arbitrage. Convertibility.
Forward exchange market. The relationship between spot
and forward exchange rates. Functions of forward
exchange market. Equilibrium at forward exchange market.
Government intervention in the forward exchange market.
Futures market. Foreign exchange options. International
monetary system and exchange market. The evolution,
significance, operation and effects of Eurodollar
market. Eurodollar market and domestic banking. |
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PFIN 307 |
Public Finance |
BA |
Definition and properties of fiscal
events. Content and definition of public finance and its
relationship with other disciplines. Relationship
between public sector and private sector. Aims and tools
in public sector. Organization of public sector.
Definition and functions of budget. Principles of budget
and the cases exemplifying deviations from these
principles. Budget process. Definition and
classification of public expenditures. Kinds of public
income. Tax theory: Fundamental concepts of taxation,
kinds of taxes, principles of taxation, tax burden and
response to taxation. Government debt and its economic
impacts.
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SRV 109,
SRV 111 |
Mathematics I |
BA |
The concept of set. The theory of numbers.
Equations and inequalities. Relations and functions. Linear,
exponential and logarithmic functions. Limit and continuity of
functions. Derivatives and determination of the critical points
of functions. Drawing graphs. Applications in the fields of
business and economy. |
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SRV 110, SRV 112 |
Mathematics II |
BA |
Calculation of indefinite and definite integrals'
areas. Consumers' and producers' surplus. Partial derivatives
and the critical points of multivariable functions. Constrained
optimization. Calculation of compound interest and present
value. Matrices and determinants. Inverse matrices. Solution of
the linear equation systems. Applications in the fields of
business and economy. |
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SRV 201 |
Translation into Turkish I |
BA |
Translation of short
passages taken from various English text books into
Turkish with the purpose of developing the reading
skills and enhancing the vocabulary of the students.
Prerequisite: SRV. 105 Advanced English I or SRV 106
Advanced English II |
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SRV 207, SRV 211 |
Statistics I |
BA |
Descriptive statistics. Probability theory.
Random variables. Binomial distribution. Normal and standard
normal distributions. Sampling theory. The distribution of
sample means. Central limit theorem. The student-t distribution.
The distribution of sample proportions.
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SRV 208,
SRV 212 |
Statistics II |
BA |
Statistical estimation: Point estimation,
interval estimation for means and proportions. Hypothesis
testing. Statistical inference. Linear regression analysis. Time
series. Indexes. Analysis of variance. Nonparametric tests.
Sampling techniques. |
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SRV 509 |
Professional English I |
MA |
Relative Clauses. Noun
Clauses More complex Usages of Relative and Noun Clauses.
Sentences with Comparative Structures. |
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SRV 510 |
Professional English II |
MA |
The course rests upon
reading and translating into Turkish the passages taken
from various text books. |
