DESCRIPTION OF COURSES

 

INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS

Introduces Economic Concepts and Analysis/ Supply and Demand Analysis/ Theories of the Firm and of Individual Behavior/ Competition and Monopoly/ Welfare Economics/ Application to Problems of Current Economic Policy/ The Determination of Output/ Employment/ Unemployment/ Interest Rates and Inflation/ Devaluation and Revaluation/ Exchange Markets/ Economic Development Concepts/ International Monetary Systems/ Models of Economic Development/ Monetary and Fiscal Policies are discussed as well as International Economic Issues/ Introduces Basic Models of Macroeconomics and illustrates principles with the experience of Turkish and Foreign Economies.

 

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION I

Basic Business Concepts/ Decisions on Size and Location of Business Entity/ Classification of Business/ Primary Business Functions/ Management Function/ Production Function/ Marketing Function/ Finance Function/ Human Resources/ Research and Development.

 

COMPUTER SKILLS

Using Input Devices/ Peripheral Devices/ Using Windows/ Working with Graphics/ Spreadsheets/ Databases/ Maintaining a Hard Drive/ Managing Files and Folders/ Installing and Uninstalling Software.  

 

 

FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF LAW

Social Behavioral Rules/ The differences between private law and public law/ Institutions of legal trials/ Variations of Justice/ Legal Sanctions/ Legal Interpretations.

 

PRINCIPLES OF ATATURK AND HISTORY OF THE TURKISH REVOLUTION 

Social Sciences and the Importance of History as a Social Science/ Basic Political Concepts in Political Science (Nation/ State/ Sovereignty/ Law/ Economics and Classes/ Revolution)/ The Importance Turkish Revolution as a Political Science Act/ Basic18th and 19th Century Political History of the World/ Basic 18th and 19th Century Political History of the Ottoman Empire.

 

BASIC MATHEMATICS

Functions [Domain/ Linear Functions and Straight Lines/ Quadratic Functions (Parabola)/ Additional Elementary Functions (Polynomial and Rational/ Exponential and Logarithmic)/ Applications in Economics and  Business]/ Analytical Geometry/ Limits and Continuity (Limit of   a Polynomial Functions/ One-sided limits and Limits at Infinity)/ Differentiation [The Derivative/ Techniques of Differentiation/ The Derivative  as a rate of change/ The Chain Rule/ Implicit  Differentiation/ Higher-Order Derivatives Applications in Economics and  Business (Marginal  Analysis)]/ Graphing and Optimization (Asymptotes/ The First Derivative Test).              

 

 

 

TURKISH LANGUAGE I

Introduction to Turkish Language Course and its characteristics/ aims and evaluation techniques. The position and the importance of the Turkish Language Course among the other courses. What is language? Colloquial language/ literary language and others. Birth of the languages/ theories and opinions about languages. The importance of the language for the life of people and society; love and respect for the language. All the languages in the world and the position of Turkish Language. Important studies about Turkish Language. Properties and beauties of Turkish Language. Historical development and periods of Turkish Language. Word wealth and variety of a mature language/ branches of a mature language and dialect/ accent/ regional accent of Turkish Language. Classification of Turkish colloquial language/ Turkish literature with general properties/ Turkish prose/ Turkish poem/ main alphabets that are used throughout Turkish Language history. The situation of Turkish Language today and spread areas. Parts of grammar/ voice/ formation of human voice/ properties and classification of vocalic and consonants/ voice and basic voice events in Turkish; accent/ liaison/ words artistic quality and diction in Turkish Language. Summary and summarizing; petition/ letter/ telegraph etc.

 

FINE ARTS

Anatolian Civilizations: Pre-History and Hitite Art/ Early Iron Age and Late Hitite Greec and Roman Art/ Byzantine Art in Istanbul/ Early Islamic Art/ Saljukid Architecture/ Architecture of Turcoman Principalities/ Early Ottoman Art/ Classical Ottoman Art/ Late Ottoman Architecture/ Ottoman Palaces/ (Traditional Turkish Art; Miniatures/ Art of the Book Illumination Art/ etc.).

 

ACADEMIC ENGLISH I

Economic Activity/ The Science of Economics/ Different Economic Systems/ The Limits of Economic Freedom/ Central Control of the Economy/ Mixed Economies/ Utility and Prices/ Supply and Demand/ Some Economic Laws/ Labour and Capital/ Markets and Monopolies The Open Market/ Money and Banking.

 

MICROECONOMIC THEORY

Consumer Behaviors and Utility/ Consumer Equilibrium/ Profit Max. / Price Consumption Curve and Demand/ Demand Elasticity/ Producer Behaviours/ Producer Equilibrium/ Productivity Analysis and Produce Curve/ Price Theory/ Markets/ Monopoly/ Monopoly and Price Discrimination/ Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly.

 

FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING

Accounting As an Information System/ Measuring and Recording Business Transactions/ Recording Transactions: Account / Debit and Credit Rules/ The Double- Entry System/ Basic Accounting Equation/ The Trial Balance/ Financial Statements: Balance Sheet and Income Statement/ Recording Sales and Purchases of Inventory for A Merchandising Firm/ Current Assets/ Fixed Assets/ Current Liabilities/ Bonds/ Stockholders’ Equity: Capital Stock/ Retained Earnings/ Reserves/ Revaluation Fund. 

 

 

 

LAW OF OBLIGATIONS

The concept of agreement and kinds of agreements/ contractual obligation/ contractual liability/ dissolution of contracts/ torts/ unjust wealth and property/ special debt relations/ and transfer and assignment of debts are studied in the course.

 

 

INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

International System/ Actors in the International System/ States in the International Politics/ Strategies of States in the International Politics/ Basic Theoretical Approaches in International Relations/ Realism-Neorealism/ Idealism-Neoidealism/ Constructionalism/ Globalism.

 

BUSINESS MATHEMATICS

Problems about Percentages/ Calculation of Profit/ Cost and Sales Prices/ Averages/ Interest Problems/ Discount Problems/ Problems of Deposits.

 

 

PRINCIPLES OF ATATURK AND HISTORY OF THE TURKISH REVOLUTION II

The Political Thought in the Ottoman Empire in the 19th Century/ History of the War of Turkish Liberation (Both in terms of military acts/ foreign and domestic policy from 1918-1923)/ History of the Turkish Revolution (Both in terms of foreign and domestic policy from 1923-1938)/ Modernization and Effects (cultural/ education and social)/ Modern Turkey’s Politics.

 

TURKISH LANGUAGE II

Orthography and punctuations. The ways of composing an idea/ composition and its varieties/ points to be noticed in oral and written composition/ ways of expression and developing an idea/ direct and indirect expressions. Expression mistakes. The sentence/ the Turkish sentence mechanism and its varieties; sentences with missing components. Concept of word and Turkish words according to their meanings/ duties and characteristics. The suffix/ root/ main/ construction and inflection addings and all types of addings in Turkish Language of Turkey. The varieties and properties of written expressions in prose and poem. The word groups/ sentences and the sentence analysis in Turkish Language. Studies on national and international literature. Oral and written expression exercises.

 

FINE ARTS II

Western Art; Mediaeval Art/ Renaissance Art in Italy/ Renaissance Art in Other Countries in Europe Maniherist Art/ Baroque Art/ Art in the 18th.and 19th.Centuries/ Art in the 20th.Century.

 

 

ACADEMIC ENGLISH II

Basic factors in business/ Legal forms of organization/ Production/ Factory layout/ Personal.

 

 

MACROECONOMICS I

Introduction to Macroeconomics/ National Income Accounting (Gross Domestic Product and Net Domestic Product/ Real and Nominal GDP/ Price Indexes)/ Consumption and Saving (The life-cycle theory of consumption and saving/ Permanent-income theory of consumption)/ Investment Spending/ The Demand for Money (The functions of money/ The demand for money: Theory/ The income velocity of money and the quantity theory)/ The Labor Market.

 

MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION

Basic Terms and Definitions/ Foundations of Management Understanding (Classical Perspective/ Humanistic Perspective/ Management Science Perspective/ Contemporary Approaches/ Recent Trends)/ The Environment of Management (Managing in a Global Environment/ Managerial Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility)/ Functions of Management (Planning/ Organizing/ Leading/ Control).

 

STATISTICS

Measures of Location and Dispersion (Arithmetic Mean/ Geometric Mean/ Harmonic Mean/ Median/ Mode/ Variance)/ Types of Data/ Plots/ Frequency Distributions/ Introduction to Probability/ Conditional Probability/ Bayes Theorem/ Special Probability Distributions/ Samples and Populations/ Hypothesis Testing.

 

INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY

Some Basic Sociological Concepts/ Social Structure/Social Status/Social Change/Social Development/ Socialization/Family/Education/ The Difference between Neoclassical Economics and Economic Sociology/ The Foundational Concepts of Social Embeddednes/ Karl Polanyi/ The Concepts of Homo-economicus/ Rationality/ Bounded Rationality /Max Weber/ Industrialization/ It’s Social Effects and Economic Development/ Capitalism and It’s Stages/ Market Economy/ The Rise of  Consumption Society/ The Sociological Theories of Consumption/ Economic Inequality- Poverty/ Social Capital/  Globalization.

COMMERCIAL LAW
General Principles of Commercial Law/ Commercial Enterprise/ Merchant/ Negotiable Instruments as a Concept/ Variety of Negotiable Instruments/ Bill of Exchange/ Promissory Notes and Checks.  

 

INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING

Financial Statements/ Valuation Concepts and Methods/ Valuation of Assets (Cash and Cash Equivalents/ Marketable Securities/ Receivables/ Inventories/ Tangible Assets/ Intangible Assets)/ Valuation of Liabilities (Payables/ Bonds)/ Leasing/ Consolidation of Financial Statements.

 

SPEAKING AND READING IN ENGLISH

Basic factors in business/ Legal forms of organization/ Production/ Factory layout/ Personnel.
 

MACROECONOMICS II

Central Banking/ Money/ Interest and Income (The Goods Market and the IS curve/ The Assets Markets and the LM Curve)/ International Linkages (The Balance of Payments and Exchange Rates/ Exchange Rate Regimes/ Capital Mobility/ The Mundell-Fleming Model)/ Aggregate Demand and Supply/ Monetary and Fiscal Policy/ The Dynamics of Inflation and Unemployment (The Trade offs between Inflation and Unemployment/ The Costs of Inflation and Unemployment/ Alternative Strategies to reduce Inflation).

 

COST ACCOUNTING

Cost Concepts/ Cost Allocation/ Job Order Costing/ Process Costing/ Joint Costing/ New Manufacturing Environment and Cost Management.

 

ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR

The behavioral aspect of organizations and behavior in management/ Role area/ role behavior/ social institutions/ Perception/ Attitudes/ Personality/ Learning/ Groups/ Leadership/ Decision-making/ Communication/ Motivation.

 

NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS

Negotiable instruments as a concept/ Variety of negotiable instruments/ Lost and annulment of a negotiable instrument/ Validity of bill of exchange/ promisory note and checks/ How to give these negotiable instruments someone else/ The result of to pay and not to pay the money these instruments include.

 

 

PUBLIC FINANCE

The Rationale of Governmental Activity/ Public Expenditures/ Public Revenues/ Budget Systems/ Intergovernmental Fiscal Relationships.

 

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Meaning and Importance of Human Resource Management/ The Basic Concepts in Human Resource Management/ Job Analysis/ Human Resource Planning/ Recruitment and Placement/ Training and Development/ Performance Appraisal Systems/ Career Management and Planning/ Compensation/ Job Evaluation/ Information Systems of Human Resource Management.

 

ACADEMIC ENGLISH III

Marketing/ Distribution/ Promotion/ Financial Statements/ International Business/ Computers.