Ekonomi (İngilizce) Lisans Diploması

ISCO 08

ISCO 08

The main objective of the B.A in Economics program is to provide students with strong analytical skills and a solid foundation in the discipline of economics as well as problem solving and analytical skills to be able to analyze how economic agents make choices and understand societal, business related and global issues; to provide the background for diverse career options by emphasizing the understanding of modern tools of economic analysis and their application to contemporary policy issues.

Education and instruction are carried out in the form of formal education. Laboratories and workshops are available within the university for practical courses.

• Explain the fundamental concepts from the core business domain
• Explain how knowledge and information interact across business domains
• Use statistical techniques to analyze business problems
• Carry out the process of identifying, gathering, and managing the data/information needed to analyze the situation at hand
• Evaluate business problems from various perspectives
• Analyze business problems and opportunities
• Construct solutions to business problems
• Design novel combinations to address business challenges
• Discuss ethical implications and consequences of business conduct
• Explain stakeholder interests along social responsibility and sustainability dimensions
• Deliver a presentation and write a report in English
• Work in teams
• Use economic concepts to analyze choices made individually or in a group and the implications of these choices
• Choose and apply appropriate mathematical and empirical tools to evaluate given economic issues

The holder has the key competencies below at an advanced level:

• Communication competency
• Teamwork competency
• Awareness in Social Responsibility and Sustainability
• Lifelong learning competency
• Digital competency
• Awareness in various sectors
• Ethical behavior competency
• Entrepreneurship competency
• Data analysis competency
• Competency in the analysis and solution of business problems

1. Different methods such as homework, project, practice, midterm exams, and final exams are used in measurement and evaluation.

2. Letter-based grading systems are used to evaluate student success. Courses are graded using a catalog or a bell curve, depending on the program's preference. The final grades that contribute to the Grade Point Average (GPA) and their corresponding coefficients are shown below. The minimum passing grade is “D”, while “F” is a fail grade.

The final grades that do not contribute to the Grade Point Average (GPA) are listed below. Among these grades, S is a passing grade, while U denotes that the course is failed.

In order to monitor the quality of higher education programs;

• YÖK is responsible for planning, organizing, managing and supervising education, training and other activities in higher education institutions.

• "University Monitoring and Evaluation Reports" of higher education institutions, prepared within the framework of the criteria determined by YÖK, are published every year. Reports prepared according to these reports, containing quantitative and qualitative evaluations for higher education institutions, are shared with the public by YÖK.

• The "Foundation Higher Education Institutions Report", which includes academic, administrative and financial data of foundation higher education institutions, is published every year by YÖK. These reports, which include quantitative and qualitative evaluations of foundation higher education institutions, are shared with the public by YÖK. Quality assurance of undergraduate programs in higher education is provided according to the "Procedures and Principles for Providing Quality Assurance of Higher Education Diploma Programs":

1. Creation and Approval of Curriculum: YÖK determines the minimum standards and criteria required for the opening of undergraduate departments and programs in higher education institutions.

1.1. The curriculum of undergraduate programs in higher education institutions and the learning outcomes that each program will bring to the student are determined by the senates of higher education institutions in accordance with the basic principles determined by YÖK on these issues. 1.2. The curriculum of National Core Education Programs is implemented by higher education institutions with the approval of YÖK after being accepted by the relevant Council of Deans.

2. Measurement-Evaluation: How to measure and evaluate the learning outcomes that each undergraduate program will provide to the student is carried out in accordance with the teaching and examination regulations prepared by higher education institutions in accordance with the basic principles determined by YÖK on these issues.

3. Certification: Students enrolled in undergraduate programs, if they successfully complete the course credits and other obligations determined by higher education institutions; receives a bachelor's degree.

4. Self-Evaluation-External Evaluation: In the context of continuous monitoring, higher education institutions enter the "Institution Internal Evaluation Reports" of the previous year into the Information System prepared by the Higher Education Quality Board (YÖKAK) at the beginning of each year. The "Institutional Feedback Report" prepared by YÖKAK regarding the external evaluation of higher education institutions is shared with the public. In addition, accreditation decisions made by accreditation bodies authorized or recognized by YÖKAK also show that the quality assurance of the qualifications of the programs is ensured. It carries out regular review activities regarding the qualifications determined in accordance with the YÖKAK legislation.

• Having graduated from secondary education institutions or foreign secondary education institutions whose equivalence is approved by the Ministry of National Education and meeting the conditions of admission to the undergraduate programs of higher education institutions.
• Having been placed in the relevant undergraduate program of the higher education institution as a result of the central examination held by the Student Selection and Placement Centre (ÖSYM), the procedures and principles of which are determined by YÖK.
• Having obtained sufficient points as a result of the central examination held by ÖSYM for the programmes of higher education institutions that accept students through special talent exams, the procedures and principles of which are determined by YÖK, and having been successful in the special talent examination.
• Having been placed in undergraduate programs that are the continuation of the fields they have completed in higher education institutions for associate degree graduates as a result of the Vertical Transfer Exam (DGS), the procedures and principles of which are determined by YÖK and conducted by ÖSYM.

• Undergraduate degree holders can continue their graduate programmes and, if they meet the relevant requirements, the doctorate and proficiency in arts programmes that accept students with an undergraduate degree.
• Undergraduate students have the right to participate in the double major programmes opened by the higher education institutions they are studying at. Students enrolled in double major programmes can take courses from two diploma programmes simultaneously and receive two separate undergraduate diplomas if they are successful.

1. Higher Education Law No. 2547

1.1. Regulation on the Principles of Transfer Between Associate and Undergraduate Programs in Higher Education Institutions, Double Major, Minor and Inter-Institutional Credit Transfer

1.2. Regulation on the Continuation of Undergraduate Education for Graduates of Vocational Schools and Open Education Associate Degree Programs

2. Higher Education Law No. 2547 (Additional Article-35)

2.1. Higher Education Quality Assurance and Higher Education Quality Board Regulation

Qualification is continuously valid.