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  2. Economics (English)
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  4. Introduction to Economics II
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Last Updated: 22/10/2025

Code - Course Title Compulsory/Elective Laboratory + Practice ECTS
İKT108U - Introduction to Economics II II. SEMESTER 0 +0 6.0
Language of Instruction İngilizce
Course Type Required Courses
Course Instructor(s) Prof. Dr. İlyas ŞIKLAR
Mode of Delivery Distance Education
Place of Delivery
Used Educational Platforms
Prerequisites There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
Courses Recomended There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
Recommended Resources Introduction to Economics II, OEF Publication No: 2510, Eskisehir, 2019.
Work Placement Not Applicable
Aims of the Course

Weeks Learning Outcomes Topics Teaching Methods
Week - 1 Birth of macroeconomics and its field of interest, Government and macro economy, Fiscal policy, Monetary policy and supply side policies.
Week - 2 Basic components of macroeconomics, National income accounting, Price changes and GDP, Limitations of GDP usage.
Week - 3 Consumption and saving, Investments, Government expenditures, Net export, Aggregate expenditure function.
Week - 4 Macroeconomic equilibrium, Determination of equilibrium income level, Expenditures and income, Leakages and injections, Saving paradox
Week - 5 Expenditure multiplier, Expenditure multiplier and equilibrium level of income, Algebraic derivation of multiplier, Full employment level of income, Deflationary gap, Inflationary gap.
Week - 6 Government in the economy, Fiscal policy and level of equilibrium income, Structure of fiscal policy, Fiscal policy and economic stability.
Week - 7 Midterm Exam
Week - 8 Functions of money, Types of money, Near (quasi) money, Official money stock definitions, Banking system and banks’ money creation.
Week - 9 Money supply, money demand, Money market equilibrium, Money and equilibrium level of income, Money and economic activities through direct channel, Central banking and implemention of monetary policy.
Week - 10 Aggregate demand curve, Aggregate expenditures and aggregate demand, Shifts in aggregate demand curve, Aggregate supply curve, Short-run aggregate supply curve, Shifts in aggregate supply curve in the short-run.
Week - 11 Determination of equilibrium price level, Changes in equilibrium price level, AD-AS analysis and economıc stabilization policies, Demand-pull inflation, Cost-push inflation, Money supply and inflation.
Week - 12 The importance and scope of international economics., International trade theory, International trade policy, Foreign exchange rates, Foreign exchange market, Foreign exchange eate systems, Balance of payments.
Week - 13 Definition and measurement of economic growth, Sources of economic growth and the growth models, Government policies to raise long-run living standards, Economic development.
Week - 14 Final exam

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Assessment Method and Passing Requirements
Quamtity Percentage (%)
1.Midterm Exam 1 30
Final Exam 1 70
Toplam (%) 100

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