FÄ°Y683 - BEHAVIORAL FINANCE
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL FINANCE | FÄ°Y683 | 2nd Semester | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Prequisites | None | |||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Preparing and/or Presenting Reports Drill and Practice | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Accounting and Finance Department Members | |||||
| Course objective | The aim of this course to teach behavioral finance perspectives which were established as an alternative to efficient markets hypothesis. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | Socio-cultural variables and personality factors in decision making, concepts of learning, perception and attitudes, the effects of risk perception, tolerance for ambiguity and emotional intelligance on investment decisions. | |||||
| References | Ergeneli Azize, Örgüt ve İnsan, Hacettepe Üniversitesi Yayınları Karan, M.Baha., Yatırım Analizi ve Portföy Yönetimi, İkinci Baskı Gazi Yayınevi, 2004, 975-7313-99-8. Lehrer, Jonah., Karar Anı, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Vakfı, 2010. | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | History of Behavioral Finance |
| Week 2 | Decision Making Process |
| Week 3 | Individual Differences and Formation of Personality |
| Week 4 | Learning Process |
| Week 5 | Perception Process |
| Week 6 | Formation of Attitudes |
| Week 7 | Mid-term Exam |
| Week 8 | Beliefs and Values Formation Process |
| Week 9 | Beliefs and Values Formation Process |
| Week 10 | Preferences Formation Process |
| Week 11 | Preferences Formation Process |
| Week 12 | Risk Perception |
| Week 13 | Avoidance of Risk |
| Week 14 | Mental Accounting |
| Week 15 | Recitation |
| Week 16 | Final Exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 14 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 8 | 10 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 0 | 0 |
| Presentation | 1 | 10 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 1 | 30 |
| Final exam | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 24 | 50 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 14 | 5 | 70 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 28 | 28 |
| Total Workload | 31 | 71 | 175 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. Conducts novel and ethical research on business, reports outcomes in a critical manner. | X | ||||
| 2. Solves problems via appropriate softwares, adapts to new methods and software. | X | ||||
| 3. Has managerial and leadership skills to identify problems, objectives and strategic plans for organizational progress with a critical point of view. | X | ||||
| 4. Plays an active role in projects, analyses relationship between stakeholders accurately, motivates and manages all stakeholders through effective language skills. | X | ||||
| 5. Has necessary communication skills to manage verbal and written communication. | X | ||||
| 6. Analyses and uses contemporary and advanced knowledge in relation with information from different areas. | X | ||||
| 7. Progresses continuously and transfers the experience in both written and verbal ways. | X | ||||
| 8. Through anticipation and strategic thinking, plays an active role in organizational decision making process. | X | ||||
| 9. Uses knowledge in consistency with the ethical, social and international values in an unbiased manner. | X | ||||
| 10. Has expertise on the multi-disciplinary nature of management and related fields. | X | ||||
| 11. Approaches problems with a wide strategic perspective, self-develops continuously. | X | ||||
| 12. Shares novel studies, is up to date both in knowledge and personal network. | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest