TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Master's Degree Without Thesis
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	10
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Learn the working forms and configurations of the Financial Sector in Turkey. 2) Learn the working forms and configurations of the Financial Sector in the World. 3) Know financial sector specific ethical rules 4) Learn Business Principles of Stock and Intermediary Institutions 5) Can read and interpret financial statistics of companies 6) Can generate financial statistical reports for the companies.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
COURSE DEFINITION	Banks, insurance firms, companies specialized in investment funds, financial leasing and factoring are the main players of financial sector. In our country, percentage of financial sector in overall economic activity has been increasing day by day. Banks? total assets covers 90% of the financial sector by the end of 2015. This course helps financial sector employees and managers gaining skills they need in order to improve their performance in highly competitive financial sector environment. With this reasoning, financial concepts and methods will be covered and there will also be real life cases and speakers from sector.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Banks and Financial Management 2nd Week Capital Markets 3rd Week Banking and Capital Markets 4th Week Derivatives 5th Week Macroeconomic Policy and Financial Markets 6th Week Microeconomic Principles and Policy 7th Week Finance in the Global Market 8th Week Midterm 9th Week International Finance 10th Week Monetary policy implementation 11th Week The International Monetary Fund and Economic Policy 12th Week Payment and securities clearing and settlement systems 13th Week Financial sector regulation, supervision and surveillance 14th Week Case Study
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Course Notes
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Case Study
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 30 Assignment 1 10 Total(%) 40 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 40 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 60 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 1 1 Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work 1 35 35 Preparation for Final exam 1 120 120 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 100 100 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 2 2 Homework Total Workload 300 Total Workload / 30 10 ECTS Credits of the Course 10
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No