Course Details

Course Information

Semester	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	T+P+L	Credit	Number of ECTS Credits	Last Updated Date
8	ECON428	SEMINAR IN EMPIRICAL RESEARCH IN ECONOMICS	3+0+0	3	5	14.05.2025

Course Details

Language of Instruction	English
Level of Course Unit	Bachelor's Degree
Department / Program	ECONOMICS
Type of Program	Formal Education
Type of Course Unit	Elective
Course Delivery Method	Face To Face
Objectives of the Course	Introducing seminal empirical research articles in the field of economics. Providing foundational knowledge on existing empirical research methodologies in the economics literature. Developing skills to analyze and discuss steps of developing an empirical research project.
Course Content	The course aims to introduce the nature of the existing milestone empirical research in economics, and thus to increase the knowledge of students in relation to empirical subjects and empirical research in economics through examples. 3-4 influential empirical research examples are examined in both microeconomics and macroeconomics through academic articles. Through the course, students are provided with the opportunity to see and discuss applications, extensions and various usage ways and areas of the empirical concepts and subjects they have encountered in core economics courses.
Course Methods and Techniques	-
Prerequisites and co-requisities	None
Course Coordinator	None
Name of Lecturers	Asist Prof.Dr. Burak Kağan Demirtaş burakkagan.demirtas@agu.edu.tr
Assistants	None
Work Placement(s)	No

Recommended or Required Reading

Resources	-
Course Notes	-

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria

In-Term Studies	Quantity	Percentage
Yarıyıl İçi Çalışmalarının Başarı Notunun Katkısı	1	% 40
Final examination	1	% 60
Total	2	% 100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration	Total Work Load
Araştırma	12	3	36
İnceleme	12	3	36
Kişisel Çalışma	12	3	36
Yüz Yüze Ders	14	3	42
Final Sınavı	1	2	2
Total Work Load			Number of ECTS Credits 5 152

Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

No	Learning Outcomes
1	Explain the issues involved in a major economic problem.
2	Analyze alternative methodologies in empirical research.
3	Debate on how to use empirical tools and models for research.
4	Conduct literature review on a research topic.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Topics	Study Materials	Materials
1	Introduction to Empirical Research in Economics
2	Reading and Critically Interpreting Empirical Papers
3	Milestone Empirical Paper I – Microeconomics
4	Milestone Empirical Paper II – Microeconomics
5	Research Design in Empirical Economics
6	Milestone Empirical Paper III – Macroeconomics
7	Milestone Empirical Paper IV – Macroeconomics
8	Midterm Workshop – Critique and Proposal Development
9	Empirical Research Methodologies
10	Data Sources and Empirical Strategy Planning
11	Conducting a Literature Review in Empirical Research
12	Student Research Workshop I – Draft Development
13	Student Research Workshop II – Final Presentation Rehearsal
14	Final Presentations & Course Wrap-Up

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

Contribution: 1: Very Slight 2:Slight 3:Moderate 4:Significant 5:Very Significant

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