Department of Economics

 Information on Economics Programme

History

Our faculty is established with Business, Economics and International Relations departments dependently Erciyes University with the council of ministers’ decision on 01.09.1997 and the official journal publication on 03.09.1997. In 2001-2002 education year departments of economics and in 2003-2004 year evening education of economy department started matriculation. Our faculty connected Nevşehir University Rector ship that established with the 29.05.2007 official journal publication and the law no of 26536. The course language of programme is Turkish.

Qualification Awarded

Students who have successfully completed this programme are deserve to be awarded bachelor’s degree diploma on economics.

Level of Qualification

Bachelor’s  Degree

Specific Admission Requirements:

In our cuntry, it is required to succeed in exams which are conducted by OSYM to deserve university education. For bachelor’s degree, this condition is enough to have. Students make university and programme decisions related their points. Then they send choosing forms to Student Selection and Placement Center (OSYM). This institution is dependent to High Education Board (YOK). OSYM gets these forms, groups applications depend on point type and put the points in order from high to low. After all these stages, place them one of their choice according to their lists. Choosing for foreign students is depending on the result of Foreign Student Examination (YÖS).

The documents that required in admission;

1- Diploma for high schools and their equivalents,

2- The placement result document.

Specific Arrangements For Recognition of Prior Learning

Recognition of prior learning process is still starting stage in Turkish Higher Education Board. So that, recognition of prior learning for all programmes of Nevşehir University haven’t started yet. But, in the beginning period of each term, proficiency exams are done for the lessons like Computer and English listed in education programme. Students who believed to have learning outputs of these lessons can attend proficiency exams. If they succeed in this exam, they become exempt for these lessons.

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

To deserve bachelor’s degree diploma on economics, students must succeed all the courses of the programme (total 240 ECTS) at least 2.00 grade point average on 4.00.

Profile of The Programme

The main aim of this program is to gain students the information and ability to analyze, forecast and make the right decision on the economic issues of quickly changed and developed world economy 

Other aims of the program can be listed;

*to teach economic principles and tools that can be needed after the university education and thus to train qualified labor tries to be successful against the quickly changed global conditions.

**to improve the ability of systematic and independent consideration that can be useful for all areas of the human life and to gain students scientific discipline on economic issues.

Learning Outcomes of the Programme

About Informational Attainment (Theoretical, Factual)

Students who have successfully completed this course:

1. have information about basic economic topics and indicators.

2. have basic information about treatment rules between individuals, markets and countries.

3. have information about the reasons and results of transition that take place in economics.

4. have theoretical and empirical information to analyze how to authorities, consumers and firms effect each other and how to make decision.

About Getting Skill (Theoretical, Factual)

Students who have successfully completed this course:

5. have upper explanation ability on the effects of economy policies on individuals and firms under the principles which are dominating economy.

6. have ability on examining and analyzing the effects of economic policies.

7. have ability on considering the basic items of Money, Banking and Financial System and the treatment process of these items.

8. have ability on working with quantitative data about economics and using the tools about statistically data analysis.

9. have ability on commenting current economic issues considering economic theory in the view of sociology.

10. have ability on modeling the economic theories mathematically.

11. have ability on defining economic variables and comment on the relationships between these variables.

About Competence

Students who have successfully completed this course:

12. can know the stages that need to apply in a research and do research.

13. can tell his/her information or ability by using written, spoken or visual tools.

14. can respect different religions, life styles and question the information in the view of scholar idea.

15. can work, take initiative and lead within the teams which consisted different disciplines.

16. can report preparation that examine the economy in terms of sectoral and macroeconomic.

17. can know the importance of sustainable growth and development with environmental conscious.

18. can refresh information and ability, global economic developments demand, recognizing his/her professional ethic and responsibilities.

19. can find solutions about the juridical problems which can be met in business life.

Occupational Profiles of Graduates

Students who have successfully completed this programme named as “Economist”. These graduates can be employed all sectors where economic activities take place associated with their education.  

Access to Further Studies

Students who have successfully completed this programme can go on graduate education only if they pass ALES exam and have enough skill about English sufficiently.

Course Structure Diagram with Credits

For the current programme, it is required to have 30 ECTS lessons for a term.

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

There are one midterm and one final exam in every term for each lesson. Each exam’s contribution of succeed point is the weighted average of midterm exam (%40) and final exam (%60). Top point for every exam is 100. Students who have AA, BA, BB, CB, CC letter marks are counted as successful. DC and DD letter marks are conditioned successful marks. Students who have these two marks must have at least 2.00 grade points average to succeed the education process.

Graduation Requirements

To complete the programme successfully the students must have at least 2.00 grade points average on 4.00 and succeed dissertation.

Mode of Study

Full-Time

Facilities

Education activities of department are maintained with 1 professors, 1 associate professors, 2 assistant professors, 1 research assistant dr. and 3 research assistants. The lesson’s are  maintained in 18 classes that 1106 people capacity. There are 75 computers in computer room.