1	Course Title:	CONSUMER BEHAVIOR
2	Course Code:	ISL3305
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	3
6	Semester:	5
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	5
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. MURAT HAKAN ALTINTAŞ
16	Course Lecturers:	Prof. Dr. Hakan Altıntaş Doç. Dr. Erkan ÖZDEMİR Doç. Dr. Çağatan Taşkın
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Uludağ Üniversitesi, İ.İ.B.F. İşletme Bölümü, Görükle, Bursa,mhakan@uludag.edu.tr
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	Providing information to decision makers about marketing problems and solutions of these problems.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

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Learning Outcomes:

1 Learning of basic characteristics of consumer psychology.; 2 Understanding of consumption.; 3 Learning the designing process of products in consumers’ mind.; 4 Learning the buying and shopping behavior of consumers.; 5 Understanding of managing the segments with behavioral perspectives.;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Meaning of consumption.
2	Decision systems and patterns of consumers
3	Buying motivation
4	Perception and consumers
5	Learning models and memory systems of consumers.
6	Interaction of personality and product/brands.
7	The self and product /brands.
8	Life styles and consumers values.
9	Attitude changing of consumers
10	Group and family effects.
11	Income-social class and age effects
12	Cultural effect
13	Consumer behavior models in Internet.
14	Special issues in consumer behaviors.

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Michael Solomon, Gary Bamossy and Soren Askegaard, Consumer Behavior A European Perspective, Prentice-Hall. Yavuz Odabaşı ve Gülfidan Barış, Tüketici Davranışı, MediaCat.
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
Information

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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	2	28
Homeworks, Performances	0	0	0
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	1	20	20
Others	1	20	20
Final Exams	1	40	40
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 4 5 4 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 LO2 4 4 5 4 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 LO3 3 4 4 4 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 LO4 4 5 5 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 LO5 3 4 4 4 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High