This is a non-credit, elective course that aims to foster field work experience in the student's chosen area of study. The course offers the students the opportunities to gain insights into the nuances of business and social environments; to learn about specific issues facing firms in the domestic and the global market; to improve their understanding of other cultures and societies; to foster research; to outreach to the global community. The course aims to enable students to learn about the conditions under which they would launch successful start-ups and expose them to the breadth of various issues. In order to realise these goals, the course includes experiential opportunities for students to put their new skills to work in real-world settings in line with their program requirements. A summer project or internship is mandatory for fulfilling the course requirements.
Project and Internship (ECON 300)
| Programs\Type | Required | Core Elective | Area Elective |
| Economics | * | ||
| Economics | * |
CONTENT
PROGRAMME OUTCOMES
1. Understand the world, their country, their society, as well as themselves and have awareness of ethical problems, social rights, values and responsibility to the self and to others. 1
2. Understand different disciplines from natural and social sciences to mathematics and art, and develop interdisciplinary approaches in thinking and practice. 5
3. Think critically, follow innovations and developments in science and technology, demonstrate personal and organizational entrepreneurship and engage in life-long learning in various subjects; have the ability to continue to educate him/herself. 4
4. Communicate effectively in Turkish and English by oral, written, graphical and technological means. 3
5. Take individual and team responsibility, function effectively and respectively as an individual and a member or a leader of a team; and have the skills to work effectively in multi-disciplinary teams. 4
1. Provide constructive analysis of economic phenomena at the national and international level, and interactions between the two. 3
2. Develop an understanding of organizations and institutions in the society as well as their influence on the economy. 3
3. Recognize how incentives shape the behavior of individuals and organizations. 2
4. Identify "economic" problems and propose alternative models and/or design and conduct research to provide viable solutions using theoretical tools and/or quantitative methods. 2
5. Communicate problems and solutions to managerial and policy decision-making units as well as to lay audiences. 3
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RECOMENDED or REQUIRED READINGS
| Textbook |
Introductory Econometrics: A Modern Approach (Jeffrey M. Wooldridge) |