1	Course Title:	FINANCIAL MARKETS
2	Course Code:	IKT4101
3	Type of Course:	Compulsory
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	4
6	Semester:	7
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	5
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	No prerequisitie
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. Nejla AKLAN
16	Course Lecturers:	Doç. Dr. Hülya KANALICI AKAY Doç. Dr. Nejla ADANUR AKLAN
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	fyilmaz@uludag.edu.tr, 0224 294 10 87, Uludağ Üniversitesi, İktisat Bölümü, Görükle Kampüsü,Nilüfer/BURSA
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	Examining how financial markets and institutions work and understanding the role of money in the economy.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

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Learning Outcomes:

1 Creating a synthesis-oriented analysis method in learning money, banking and financial markets.; 2 To learn the importance of financial markets to ensure the healthy functioning of an economy.; 3 Doing more detailed analysis of financial markets’ regulation, structure and development issues.; 4 Understanding the impact of money on an economy.; 5 Learning economic status of the concept of “interest rate” and how it affects our daily lifes.; 6 Doing an analysis of exchange rate markets.; 7 Doing an economic analysis of how to build a financial structure that provides the economic efficiency. ; 8 To teach the importance of smooth and effective functioning of the banks on the economy.; 9 Examining a commercial banking system in a detailed way.; 10 Doing a detailed analysis of how non-banking institutions work, how they are regulated and recent trends in non-bank financial industry. ;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	The Importance of Money, Bank and Financial Markets
2	Overview of the Financial System
3	What is the Money?
4	The Meaning of Interest Rate
5	The Behaviour of Interest Rates
6	The Risk and Term Structure of Interest Rates
7	Foreign Exchange Market
8	Economic Analysis of Financial Structure
9	Management of Bank and Financial Institutions
10	Banking Sector: Structure and Competition
11	Economic Analysis of Legal Provisions in Banking Sector
12	Banking Crises
13	Non-Banking Financial Institutions
14	Financial Derivatives

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	1.Mishkin, Frederic S. (2000). Finansal Piyasalar ve Kurumlar. Çev: İlyas Şıklar, Ahmet Çakmak, Suat Yavuz, İstanbul: Bilim Teknik Yayınevi.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	60
Total	2	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

Activites	NUMBER	TIME [Hour]	Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical	14	3	42
Practicals/Labs	0	0	0
Self Study and Preparation	14	4	56
Homeworks, Performances	0	0	0
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	1	20	20
Others	0	0	0
Final Exams	1	32	32
Total WorkLoad			150
Total workload/ 30 hr			5
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

26	CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS
PQ1 PQ2 PQ3 PQ4 PQ5 PQ6 PQ7 PQ8 PQ9 PQ10 PQ11 PQ12 LO1 4 3 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 LO2 5 5 5 4 4 3 3 5 5 4 4 5 LO3 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 LO4 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 5 4 LO5 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 LO6 4 3 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 4 LO7 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 LO8 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 LO9 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 4 4 5 5 3 LO10 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 5

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High