ECTS - - Master’s Program in Applied Economics (with Thesis)

Compulsory Departmental Courses

ECON500 - Seminar (0 + 0) 5

Thesis preparation methods, guidelines of writing a thesis, presentation of the thesis.

ECON503 - Microeconomics (3 + 0) 5

Theory of resource allocation and price system; theory of demand, production, and distribution; market structure and performance.

ECON505 - Macroeconomics (3 + 0) 5

National income accounting, aggregate supply and demand, first models, behavioral foundations.

ECON599 - Thesis (0 + 0) 80

Making academic research, writing a thesis.

ISL555 - Research Methods (3 + 0) 5

Research designs, probability theories, hypothesis tests, reliability and validity of measurement, model construction, multiple regression, multivariate variance analyses, correlation, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis and econometric models.

SBE-ECON-GE1FA1 - Non-Departmental Elective (0 + 0) 5

SBE-ECON-GE1FA2 - Non-Departmental Elective (0 + 0) 5

Elective Courses

AB503 - Political Integration of the EU (3 + 0) 5

The historical development and the theoretical background of European integration, European Historical Development, EU`s participation suspension, EU membership, the EU`s democratic structure, European citizenship, fundamental rights and civil society, European corporate structure, EU`s decision making process, new EU treaty, European treaty on the

AB505 - Economic Integration of the European Union (3 + 0) 5

The economic integration of the EU.

ECON501 - Economic Theory (3 + 0) 5

Supply and demand, consumer producer surplus, market response, elasticity, taxes, decision making, rational consumer, production decision, market structure.

ECON504 - Applied Microeconomics (3 + 0) 5

Introduction to Stata, applied analyses in regression models, applied analyses in qualitative information, applied analyses in heterosckedasticity, basic regression analysis with time series data, serial correlation in time series regressions, applications of simple panel data methods, applications of advanced panel data methods.

ECON506 - Applied Macroeconomics (3 + 0) 5

Modern and traditional schools in macroeconomics, economic growth models, growth accounting, production function, Okun`s law, Phillips curve, consumption, investment and saving behavior and macroeconomic applications, money demand theory and its applications, public budget constraint; deficit, debts, balance of payments and current deficit problems

ECON509 - International Economics (3 + 0) 5

Labor productivity and comparative advantage: the Ricardian model, resources, comparative advantage and income distribution, the standard trade model, economies of scale, imperfect competition, and international trade, international factor movements, the instruments of trade policy, the political economy of trade policy, trade policy in developing

ECON510 - Public Economics (3 + 0) 5

Relation between the state and the public economics in capitalism; linkage between welfare economics and public economics; efficient resource allocation criteria and the relative models; externalities; regulation, deregulation and privatization; social cost-benefit analysis; public choice; bureaucratic production of services; justice and efficiency

ECON511 - Economic Policy (3 + 0) 5

Economic policy in historical perspective, monetary policy, fiscal policy, globalization, tax policy and environmental policy.

ECON512 - Financial Economics (3 + 0) 5

Functions and structure of the financial system, the role and function of financial instruments, the elementary valuation of financial instruments, primarily stocks, bonds, futures, and options, the role of risk and how markets manage and control risk, issues in corporate finance and capital budgeting, issues in international finance and the inter

ECON515 - Globalization and Regionalization (3 + 0) 5

Globalization and its aspects, financial globalization, foreign direct investment, multinational companies, globalization and economic development, from restricted free trade to conditional free trade, new industrialized countries, integration theory, economic unions, EU experience, impact of globalization and regionalization on economy, regional u

ECON516 - Applied Time Series Analysis (3 + 0) 5

Stationarity, unit root tests, unit root tests with structural break, concept of cointegration, cointegration tests, non-linear time series models.

ECON521 - Applied Econometrics (3 + 0) 5

Modeling linear regressions, bivariate and multivariate regression techniques and their applications, model specification problems, parameter estimation problems, nonlinear regression models, data handling problems, simultenaous equation models, restricted regression models, time series, nonstationary series and autocorrelation and panel data.

ECON522 - Economic Growth and Development (3 + 0) 5

Basic facts about economic development, economic growth, development and inequality, economics of health, economics of education, gender and family, aid and development, corruption, microcredit, credit, savings and insurance, land, agriculture, incentives, urbanization, environment and development.

ECON523 - Turkish Economy (3 + 0) 5

The economic implications of the Treaty of Lausanne and İzmir Economic Congress, economic recovery: openness of the economy, outcomes of economic recovery and the conditions preparing the etatist period, import substituting industrialization under protective foreign trade regime, fracture: World War II, liberal economic policies: a new attempt of

ECON524 - Fiscal Policy (3 + 0) 5

Definition of fiscal policy, its aims, bound, and tools; evaluating efficiency of fiscal policy according to different perspectives; measuring the effects of fiscal policy; method to apply fiscal policy; inflation, stagflation and dealing with such issues, budget deficit and financing budget deficit.

ECON526  - Money and Monetary Policy (3 + 0) 5

Survey of development and use of money and credit, analysis of the demand and supply of money, monetary theory and policy tools and their use for economic stabilization, current issues in monetary theory and policy, special applications to Turkey.

ECON551 - Analysis and Design of Algorithms for Social Sciences (3 + 0) 5

Review of algorithm analysis; divide and conquer algorithms; graphs; dynamic programming; greedy algorithms; randomized algorithms; P and NP; approximate algorithms for NP-hard problems or polynomial algorithms for subproblems of NP-hard problems; partial recursive functions; computations and undecidable problems.

ECON552 - Advance Data Modeling (3 + 0) 5

Statistical inference, regression, generalized least squares, instrumental variables, simultaneous equations models, and evaluation of policies and programs.

ECON553 - Multi Dimensional Data Modeling (3 + 0) 5

Multivariate statistics, factor analysis, principal component analysis, bootstrapping, state space analysis and Kalman Filter, Markov Chain Models, smooth transition, frequency domain, functional regression analysis.

ECON554 - Stochastic Process for Data Science (3 + 0) 5

Essentials of stochastic integrals and stochastic differential equations; probability distributions and heavy tails, ordering of risks, aggregate claim amount distributions, risk processes, renewal processes and random walks, Markov chains, continuous Markov models, Martingale techniques and Brownian motion, point processes, diffusion models, and applications in various subject related data science.

ECON555 - Machine Learning (3 + 0) 5

Supervised learning, unsupervised learning; learning theory; reinforcement learning and adaptive control; recent applications of machine learning, such as robotic control, data mining, autonomous navigation, bioinformatics, speech recognition, and text and web data processing and evaluation of policies and programs.

ECON556 - Introduction to Database Systems for Social Sciences (3 + 0) 5

Çeşitli tahmin tekniklerine giriş, enflasyon, büyüme veya tüketim gibi çeşitli değişkenlerin önceden tahmin edilmesi ve istatistiksel modeller kurularak bu modellerin iktisadi politika tepkilerini tahmin etmek için kullanılması; çeşitli ülkelerin veri setlerinin kullanılarak model kurma, tahmin ve politika analizi gibi konuların uygulamalı olarak gösterilmesi.

FNCE504 - Financial Management (3 + 0) 5

Methods for optimal decisions on the main issues of finance namely, investments, capital structure and working capital management, firm value maximization.

FNCE507 - International Finance (3 + 0) 5

Investment, financing and risk management, international investment and financing techniques, management of exchange rate risk and interest rate risk and the instruments.

FNCE508 - Financial Analysis (3 + 0) 5

Analysis and interpretation of financial statements and financial analysis techniques such as comparative analysis, vertical analysis, trend analysis and ratio analysis.

FNCE513 - Risk Management (3 + 0) 5

Financial risk and the sources of risk, calculation and management of portfolio risk, exchange rate, interest rate and credit risk, traditional risk management methods, risk management instruments.

FNCE514 - Accounting Theories and Standards (3 + 0) 5

The appropriate accounting system, book keeping systems, the contents and the format of the financial statements, the valuation problems, comparison of various accounting standards.

FNCE518 - Financial Econometrics (3 + 0) 5

The use of statistical techniques and econometric theory in the solution of financial problems, building financial models, estimation of volatility, capital asset pricing, portfolio allocation, risk adjusted returns.

ISL501 - Contemporary Management (3 + 0) 5

Business start-up strategies, process of business foundation from both the practical and theoretical aspects of contemporary management theory.

ISL502 - Marketing Management (3 + 0) 5

Strategic planning and marketing process, marketing strategy; defining targeting audience and target growth in marketing mix, macro and micro environments of marketing, market segmentation, consumer and industrial markets and different aspects of those markets, consumer behavior, product, price, promotion and distribution.

ISL503 - Accounting (3 + 0) 5

General accounting, recording of the accounts within basic terms of accounting and unified accounting system by analysing the balance sheet and the income statement of a firm and preparing basic financial statements that measure the financial position of a firm.

KAM503 - Political Theory (3 + 0) 5

Liberalism; conservatism; socialism; Islamism; fascism; totalitarianism; democracy.

KAM515 - Political Thought in Turkey (3 + 0) 5

The Ottoman Empire-Turkish Republic continuity; strong state; liberalism; Kemalism; nationalism; military; leftist thought; political Islam; conservatism.

KAM519 - Turkey`s Political Structure (3 + 0) 5

Social classes and layers; ethnic groups; civil and military bureaucracies.

KAM521 - Globalization Debates (3 + 0) 5

Trans-national political and social developments; multi-national corporations; nation-states.

LOJ501 - International Marketing and Strategies (3 + 0) 5

The dynamics of international markets, international marketing strategies, market entry methods, international product, distribution, promotion, pricing strategies.

LOJ506 - International Financial Markets and Institutions (3 + 0) 5

Financial system, interest rates, financial institutions, monetary policy, money markets, bond, stock, mortgage and foriegn exchange markets.

LOJ508 - Basic Accounting and Financial Statements (3 + 0) 5

Basic concepts of accounting and finance, tax liabilities, basic financial statements: balance sheets, income statement, owner`s equity statement, cash flow statement, vertical, horizontal and ratio analysis.

LOJ517 - International Entrepreneurship (3 + 0) 5

Definition of entrepreneurship and logistics in international scope, types of firm and entrepreneurial characteristics of SME`s and current statistics about entreprising SME`s.

LOJ521 - International Trade (3 + 0) 5

International personalities, dispute settlement methods, history of international trade relations, WTO, GATT, multilateral trade agreements.

SBE-ECON-AE1FA1 - Departmental Elective (0 + 0) 5

SBE-ECON-AE1FA2 - Departmental Elective (0 + 0) 5

SBE-ECON-AE1FA3 - Departmental Elective (0 + 0) 5

SBE-ECON-AE1FA4 - Departmental Elective (0 + 0) 5

SY502 - Health Policy and Planning (3 + 0) 5

Development and transformation of health policy historically in public policy process, the health policy, the components and critical issues in the health service planning.

SY505 - Health Economics (3 + 0) 5

Supply and demand, consumer producer surplus, market response, elasticity, taxes, decision making, rational consumer, production decision, market structure.

UI514 - Energy Geopolitics (3 + 0) 5

The course focuses on the geopolitics of energy issues and link those vvith Turkey.