Financial Economics (ECON512) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Financial Economics ECON512 Area Elective 3 0 0 3 5
Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A
Course Language Turkish
Course Type Elective Courses
Course Level Social Sciences Master's Degree
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
  • Prof. Dr. Doğan Cansızlar
Course Assistants
Course Objectives The goal of the course is to let the student comprehend the main principles and institurions of the financial markets. AMong the topics to be covered are: the mechanism and working principles of the financial system, financial tools, and valuation (stocks, bond, forward, futures, options) time value of money, risk managemnet,financing alternative,s capital budgeting, international finance, economic crises, real economy, macroeconomic activities, monetary policy, banking sector relations, modern portfolio management.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • By the end of the course, the student will be able to follow the financial markets (money and capital markets) and comment on them
Course Content 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

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Financial Economics and Financial Markets (Money and Capital markets) 1-12
2 Stocks- Pricing of bonds-Efficient markets hypothesis 13-45
3 Time value of money (interest rate) 47-100
4 Cost of Capital 101-114
5 BAnking System and Money Creation Process of the Banks 115-136
6 Banking: Loans, Deposits, Management and Performance Evaluation 137-195
7 The Central Bank and Monetary Policy-REserves 196-260
8 Midterm exam
9 Foreign Exchange Markets, Foreign exchange rate 267-300
10 Exchange Rate regimes, and the Turkish case 300-371
11 Foreign Trade and Foreign Exchange Rate Relationship 372-401
12 Imposibble Trinity 402-412
13 Risk and Risk Management ( Forward, Futures, Opsiyon, Swap ) 413-439
14 Financing Sources_ Economic Crisis 440-469
15 Modern Portfolio Management 470-500
16 Final Exam

Sources

Course Book 1. The Economics of Money, Banking and Financial Markets”, Frederic S.Mishkins, Pearson, 2013
Other Sources 2. Ders Notları

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation 1 5
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments - -
Presentation 1 10
Project - -
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury 1 30
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 55
Toplam 4 100
Percentage of Semester Work 45
Percentage of Final Work 55
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses
Major Area Courses X
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

# Program Qualifications / Competencies Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 Can compare basic microeconomic theories and approaches and evaluate them with a critical perspective"
2 Can compare basic macroeconomic theories and approaches and evaluate them with a critical perspective X
3 Applies mathematical modeling X
4 Analyzes economic phenomena using statistical and econometric methods X
5 Can analyze and interpret basic economic indicators X
6 Can access theoretical knowledge by conducting literature review and formulate an empirically verifiable hypothesis
7 Can design a research project and conduct the research within the specified time frame X
8 Can develop new approaches for solving complex problems in the field of applied economics X
9 Develops and can recommend appropriate policies based on academic research results X
10 Can evaluate by combining economic knowledge with information obtained from other disciplines to solve problems X
11 Can use information technology effectively
12 Acquires the ability to conduct independent research and learn X

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 16 3 48
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 16 4 64
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project
Report
Homework Assignments
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury 1 2 2
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 3 3
Total Workload 117