FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS

Department of Banking and Finance

 

The Banking and Finance program aims to provide knowledge and skills relevant to the banking and wealth management sectors. The program delivers exposure to a more in-depth approach to financial planning and builds students’ necessary skills and professionalism to build a career in the banking and management industry.



1.      Develop critical and strategic thinking, improve analytic skills and techniques, and enhance effective decision-making

2.      Demonstrate ability for team-working, collaboration and leadership

3.      Understand social and legal issues both within local and global environments

4.      Acquire proficiency in English and utilize effective communication skills

5.      Gain IT skills which are conducive for research using various resources and databases

6.      Put knowledge acquired into practical experience through on-site internship(s) before graduation

7.      Gain ethical consciousness and behavior required by the finance discipline

8.      Possess the  knowledge and skills required in the management of commercial banks  and financial institutions  

9.      Analyze financial statements of the institutions mentioned above andevaluate  their performance with respect to profitability, liquidity, activity, risk and solvency

10.   Review and utilize interest rate concepts and theories, asset pricing and security valuation models as they apply to the financial decision-making processes in a managerial position in banking and finance

11.   Analyze credits and their terms and conditions as they pertain to evaluation of agricultural, commercial, consumer and real estate loan applications

12.  Analyze and select the types of securities that businesses acquire for their short and long term investment portfolios

13.  Analyze, evaluate and select investment projects in addition to making sound capital budget decisions

14.  Demonstrate the knowledge and managerial skills required in international banking and finance through use of hedging, speculation, swaps, futures, options, leasing, factoring and forfeiting

15.  Review and analyze various cases, scenarios or actual situations and make sound decisions in the sector

On successful completion of the Bankıng and Finance programme and gain competencies, a student will be awarded the Bachelor of Science in Banking and Finance.                                                                                                  

              

The Banking & Finance Department provides contemporary knowledge and professional skills that will enable students to succeed in a variety of jobs in banking sector as well as in other financial institutions. Through various courses of banking and finance delivered both at domestic and international levels, students will acquire all the necessary concepts, principles and skills which should allow them not only to obtain positions in local financial markets and institutions but also in international ones. The graduates of this programme may also continue their academic studies by proceeding with a master’s degree in Banking and Finance or in a related field of study.

The courses of the programme aim to establish a firm knowledge in business and banking & finance; educate students with a good command in written and oral English and build strong communication skills much necessary in the local and global financial world. The programme’s duration is eight semesters and during this period each student is expected to fulfil a thirty calendar day internship at a financial organization approved by the Faculty so as to be able to acquire some limited practical knowledge in his/her chosen area of interest.
The four-year BSc programme in Banking and Finance is a structurally well-balanced programme requiring the completion of 120 credit hours (240 ECTS credits). In the first two years of the programme, students are equipped with a strong foundation in the fundamental concepts of business management, business law, computer applications, accounting, economics and statistics. Upon this foundation, the students of banking and finance department continue to build a more thorough knowledge in business finance, international finance, commercial bank management, international banking, more advanced accounting concepts and management information systems in their last two years of study. Students’ knowledge is also broadened with three departmental and four non-departmental elective courses all of which are encapsulated within the four-year programme.


Elective
CODE COURSE NAME T P C ECTS Prereq. Syllabus Description
BUS465 Special Topics in Finance 3 3 6
BUS213 Business Ethics 3 3 6
BUS422 Project Evaluation and Investment Management 3 3 6 BUS307, BUS308
BUS425 Portfolio Theory and Management 3 3 6 BUS307, BUS308
BUS426 Financial Institutions and Markets 3 3 6 BUS307
BUS438 Financial Derivatives in Corporate Decision Making 3 3 6 BUS307
BUS445 Workshop in Import and Export 3 3 6
BUS447 Comparative Banking Regulations 3 3 6
BUS464 Accounting for Banks 3 3 6 BUS203, BUS204
Total 27 54
1. Semester
CODE COURSE NAME T P C ECTS Prereq. Syllabus Description
ECON101 Intro. to Economics 1 3 3 8
COMP103 Computer Application l 3 3 4
SOCY100 Sociology 3 3 4
MAT101 Business Mathematics l 3 3 8
EGL101 Development of Reading Skills 3 3 4
NH001 National History 1 2
TFL101 Turkish as a Foreign Language l (for non-natives) 4
Total 15 34
2. Semester
CODE COURSE NAME T P C ECTS Prereq. Syllabus Description
ECON102 Intro. to Economics ll 3 3 7
COMP104 Computer Application II 3 3 4 COMP103
BUS108 Principles of Management 3 3 6
MAT102 Business Mathematics II 3 3 7 MAT101
EGL102 Development of Writing Skills 3 3 4 EGL101
NH002 National History II 2 NH001
TFL102 Turkish as a Foreign Language II (for non-natives) 4 TFL101
Total 15 34
3. Semester
CODE COURSE NAME T P C ECTS Prereq. Syllabus Description
ECON203 Intermediate Microeconomics 3 3 6 ECON101, ECON102
BUS203 Financial Accounting l 3 3 6
BUS205 Statistics l 3 3 6 MAT101, MAT102
BUS207 Introduction to Law 3 3 6
CS201 Communication Skills l 3 3 4 EGL101, EGL102
TURK001 Turkish l 2
Total 15 30
4. Semester
CODE COURSE NAME T P C ECTS Prereq. Syllabus Description
ECON204 Intermediate Macroeconomics 3 3 6 ECON101, ECON102
BUS204 Financial Accounting II 3 3 6 BUS203
BUS206 Statistics II 3 3 6 BUS205
BUS208 Business Law 3 3 6 BUS207
CS202 Communication Skills II 3 3 4 EGL101, EGL102
TURK002 Turkish II 2 TURK001
Total 15 30
5. Semester
CODE COURSE NAME T P C ECTS Prereq. Syllabus Description
BUS301 Organizational Behavior 3 3 6 BUS108
BUS303 Human Resource Management 3 3 6 BUS108
BUS307 Business Finance l 3 3 6 MAT101, MAT102, BUS205
BUS315 Principles of Marketing 3 3 6
ECON305 Money & Banking 3 3 6 ECON101, ECON102
Total 15 30
6. Semester
CODE COURSE NAME T P C ECTS Prereq. Syllabus Description
BUS304 Operations Management 3 3 6 BUS205, BUS206
BUS306 Management Info Systems 3 3 6 BUS108
BUS308 Business Finance II 3 3 6 BUS307
ECON306 Business Cycles & Forecasting 3 3 6 BUS205, BUS206
BUS411 Cost Accounting 3 3 6 BUS203, BUS204
STJ 030 Internship - 30 calendar days 1
Total 15 31
7. Semester
CODE COURSE NAME T P C ECTS Prereq. Syllabus Description
BUS412 Financial Statement Analysis 3 3 6 BUS 203, BUS 204, BUS 307, BUS 308
BUS423 International Finance 3 3 6 BUS307
BUS424 Commercial Bank Management 3 3 6 BUS 203, BUS 204, BUS 307
DEL Departmental Elective 3 3 6
NONDEL Non-Departmental Elective 3 3 6
Total 15 30
8. Semester
CODE COURSE NAME T P C ECTS Prereq. Syllabus Description
BUS404 Strategic Management 3 3 6 BUS 203, BUS204, BUS303, BUS304, BUS307, BUS308, BUS315
BUS410 Auditing 3 3 6 BUS 203, BUS 204
BUS427 International Banking 3 3 6 BUS203, BUS204, BUS307
DEL Departmental Elective 3 3 6
NONDEL Non-Departmental Elective 3 3 6
Total 15 30