DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS
Academic Staff
Courses
TQF Adoption
Program Outcomes Course Matrix
Graduate Program
Minor Program
Head of Department: Prof.Dr. ONUR YILDIRIM
Web adress: http://www.econ.metu.edu.tr/
Courses
TQF Adoption
Program Outcomes Course Matrix
Graduate Program
Minor Program
Head of Department: Prof.Dr. ONUR YILDIRIM
Web adress: http://www.econ.metu.edu.tr/
General Information on Undergraduate Program
The objectives of the department are to supply an overall and comprehensive outlook on economic issues, to develop analytical skills to understand macroeconomic and microeconomic issues, to provide mathematical and statistical methods in analysing economic phenomena, to improve research skills for analysing economic and social phenomena.Undergraduate Curriculum
FIRST YEAR
| Course Code | Course Name | METU Credit | Contact (h/w) | Lab (h/w) | ECTS |
| MATH119 | CALCULUS WITH ANALYTIC GEOMETRY | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7.0 |
| ECON101 | INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS I | 5 | 4 | 2 | 8.0 |
| ECON105 | INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH METHODS I | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5.0 |
| ECON107 | ECONOMY, SOCIETY, AND CIVILIZATION I | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5.0 |
| ENG101 | ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES I | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6.0 |
| IS100 | INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 |
| Any 1 of the following set .. | |||||
| TURK101 | TURKISH I | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.0 |
| TURK105 | TURKISH I | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5.0 |
| TURK201 | ELEMENTARY TURKISH I | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.0 |
| Semester Total: | 34 | ||||
Second Semester
| Course Code | Course Name | METU Credit | Contact (h/w) | Lab (h/w) | ECTS |
| MATH120 | CALCULUS OF FUNCTIONS OF SEVERAL VARIABLES | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7.5 |
| ECON102 | INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS II | 5 | 4 | 2 | 8.0 |
| ECON106 | INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH METHODS II | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4.0 |
| BA100 | CAREER PLANNING | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.0 |
| ENG102 | ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES II | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6.0 |
| Any 1 of the following set .. | |||||
| TURK102 | TURKISH II | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.0 |
| TURK106 | TURKISH II | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5.0 |
| TURK202 | INTERMEDIATE TURKISH I | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.0 |
| ELECTIVE | 6.0 | ||||
| Semester Total: | 35.5 | ||||
SECOND YEAR
| Course Code | Course Name | METU Credit | Contact (h/w) | Lab (h/w) | ECTS |
| MATH260 | BASIC LINEAR ALGEBRA | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5.0 |
| ECON201 | MICROECONOMIC THEORY I | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7.0 |
| ECON202 | MACROECONOMIC THEORY I | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7.0 |
| ECON205 | STATISTICS FOR ECONOMISTS I | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6.0 |
| Any 1 of the following set .. | |||||
| HIST2201 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | |
| HIST2205 | HISTORY OF THE TURKISH REVOLUTION I | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.0 |
| ELECTIVE | 6.0 | ||||
| Semester Total: | 33 | ||||
Fourth Semester
| Course Code | Course Name | METU Credit | Contact (h/w) | Lab (h/w) | ECTS |
| ECON203 | MICROECONOMIC THEORY II | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7.0 |
| ECON204 | MACROECONOMIC THEORY II | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7.0 |
| ECON206 | STATISTICS FOR ECONOMISTS II | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6.0 |
| ECON208 | SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC HISTORY II | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6.0 |
| ENG211 | ACADEMIC ORAL PRESENTATION SKILLS | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4.0 |
| Any 1 of the following set .. | |||||
| HIST2202 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | |
| HIST2206 | HISTORY OF THE TURKISH REVOLUTION II | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.0 |
| Semester Total: | 32 | ||||
THIRD YEAR
| Course Code | Course Name | METU Credit | Contact (h/w) | Lab (h/w) | ECTS |
| ECON301 | INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMETRICS I | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6.0 |
| ECON361 | HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT I | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6.0 |
| ELECTIVE | 6.0 | ||||
| ELECTIVE | 6.0 | ||||
| ELECTIVE | 6.0 | ||||
| Semester Total: | 30 | ||||
Sixth Semester
| Course Code | Course Name | METU Credit | Contact (h/w) | Lab (h/w) | ECTS |
| ECON302 | INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMETRICS II | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6.0 |
| ELECTIVE | 6.0 | ||||
| ELECTIVE | 6.0 | ||||
| ELECTIVE | 6.0 | ||||
| ELECTIVE | 6.0 | ||||
| Semester Total: | 30 | ||||
FOURTH YEAR
| Course Code | Course Name | METU Credit | Contact (h/w) | Lab (h/w) | ECTS |
| ECON460 | STRUCTURE OF THE TURKISH ECONOMY | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6.0 |
| ELECTIVE | 6.0 | ||||
| ELECTIVE | 6.0 | ||||
| ELECTIVE | 6.0 | ||||
| ELECTIVE | 6.0 | ||||
| Semester Total: | 30 | ||||
Eighth Semester
| Course Code | Course Name | METU Credit | Contact (h/w) | Lab (h/w) | ECTS |
| ELECTIVE | 6.0 | ||||
| ELECTIVE | 6.0 | ||||
| ELECTIVE | 6.0 | ||||
| ELECTIVE | 6.0 | ||||
| ELECTIVE | 6.0 | ||||
| Semester Total: | 30 | ||||
| Program Total: | 254.5 | ||||
h/w = hours per week