| Academic Unit: |
Department of Economics |
| Mode of Delivery: |
Face to face |
| Prerequisites: |
None |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Course Unit: |
Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: |
- - |
| Course Objectives: |
1. To recognize the essential elements and terminology of economics.
2. To identify the basic economic problems households, companies, and countries face.
3. To evaluate potential solutions to these problems by applying the key economic principles. |
| Course Contents: |
This course emphasizes the microeconomics approach concerning households, firms, and market structures, focusing on price determination. The course also discusses issues related to international trade and labor markets. |
| Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit (LO): |
- 1- Interpret and apply principles, theories, concepts, and analytical methods of economics.
- 2- Analyze economic data using quantitative skills.
- 3- Understand economic policies' significance and critically evaluate their use.
- 4- Make alternative policy recommendations.
- 5- Work in groups
- 6- Appreciate ethical aspects of economics within the broader social sciences.
- 7- Interpret graphs, tables, and diagrams.
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| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods: |
Face to face. |
| Week | Subjects | Related Preperation |
| 1 |
What is Capitalism? |
Chapter 1, CORE |
| 2 |
Prosperity, inequality, and planetary limits |
Chapter 1, CORE |
| 3 |
Technology and incentives |
Chapter 2, CORE |
| 4 |
Doing the best you can: Scarcity, well-being, and working hours |
Chapter 3, CORE |
| 5 |
Strategic interactions and social dilemmas |
Chapter 4, CORE |
| 6 |
Strategic interactions and social dilemmas |
Chapter 4, CORE |
| 7 |
The rules of the game: Who gets what and why |
Chapter 5, CORE |
| 8 |
The firm and its employees |
Chapter 6, CORE |
| 9 |
The firm and its employees |
Chapter 6, CORE |
| 10 |
The firm and its customers |
Chapter 7, CORE |
| 11 |
Supply and demand: Markets with many buyers and sellers |
Chapter 8, CORE |
| 12 |
Supply and demand: Markets with many buyers and sellers |
Chapter 8, CORE |
| 13 |
Lenders, borrowers, and differences in wealth |
Chapter 9, CORE |
| 14 |
Market successes and failures: The societal effects of private decisions |
Chapter 10, CORE |
At Kadir Has University, a Semester is 14 weeks; The weeks 15 and 16 are reserved for final exams.
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO) AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS (PQ)
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Contribution: 1 Low, 2 Average, 3 High
