Financial Economics (With Thesis) Program

Study mode:On campus Study type:Full-time Languages: English
Local:$ 10 k / Year(s) Foreign:$ 10 k / Year(s)  
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The Master’s Program in Financial Economics is designed to meet the needs of professionals for a theoretical background as well as analytical methods in the solution of financial and economic problems.The unprecedented development of financial markets, financial institutions and financial instruments in addition to the integration of financial markets and institutions are undoubtedly some of the most important developments that have left their mark on the world’s economy in the last two decades.

Increasing uncertainty in interest rates and exchange rates have generated greater risks and speeded up financial innovation. As a result, we have witnessed diversification into newly emerged and complicated financial markets and instruments. The integration and the autonomous maturing of financial markets profoundly influenced the working of international economies.

Consequently, all of these developments mean that financial activities have to be closely investigated. This necessity can best be addressed with a program which brings the theory of economics, the theory of finance and quantitative methods together in an balanced way.

 

To see the course details (such as objectives, learning outcomes, content, assessment and ECTS workload), click the relevant Course Code given in the table below.

1. Year Fall Semester
Code Pre. Course Name Theory Application/Laboratory Local Credits ECTS
ECON 507   Economics of Financial Markets 3 0 3 7.5
ECON 527   Financial Economics 3 0 3 7.5
ECON 533   Econometrics and Quantitative Methods 3 0 3 7.5
ELEC 001   Elective Course I 3 0 3 7.5
Total : 30
1. Year Spring Semester
Code Pre. Course Name Theory Application/Laboratory Local Credits ECTS
ECON 516   Economics of Risk and Institutional Risk 3 0 3 7.5
ECON 517   Financial Econometrics 3 0 3 7.5
ECON 595   Seminar 0 0 0 7.5
ELEC 002   Elective Course II 3 0 3 7.5
Total : 30
2. Year Fall Semester
Code Pre. Course Name Theory Application/Laboratory Local Credits ECTS
ECON 599   Master Thesis 0 0 0 30
Total : 30
2. Year Spring Semester
Code Pre. Course Name Theory Application/Laboratory Local Credits ECTS
ECON 599   Master Thesis 0 0 0 30
Total : 30
Elective Courses
Code Pre. Course Name Theory Application/Laboratory Local Credits ECTS
BA 560   Financial Accounting 3 0 3 7.5
ECON 511   Funds Management in Commercial Banks 3 0 3 7.5
ECON 514   Speculative Markets 3 0 3 7.5
ECON 515   Quantitative Methods in Economics and Finance 3 0 3 7.5
ECON 520   International Macroeconomics 3 0 3 7.5
ECON 522   Turkish Economy 3 0 3 7.5
ECON 530   Energy Economics and Finance 3 0 3 7.5
ECON 531   Decision Economics 3 0 3 7.5
ECON 532   Macroeconomics for Investment 3 0 3 7.5
ECON 534   The Global Economic and Financial Crisis 3 0 3 7.5
ECON 535   Economic and Financial Networks 3 0 3 7.5
FM 506   Stochastic Processes in Finance 3 0 3 7.5
FM 551   Scientific Computation and Simulation in Finance 3 0 3 7.5
ITF 501   International Financial Markets 3 0 3 7.5
ITF 503   Advanced Corporate Finance 3 0 3 7.5
ITF 507   Corporate Financial Management 3 0 3 7.5
ITF 510   Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management 3 0 3 7.5
 

 A-2-FOREIGN NATIONALS:

To hold an Undergraduate Degree Diploma from a (4 year) higher education institution that is recognized by the Higher Education Board, (To graduate from undergraduate program of Department of Psychology to apply for Experimental Psychology master program, to graduate from Faculty of Law for Special Law master program)

To be exempt from foreign language proficiency, students need to meet the below requirements:

To be graduated from a higher education program in which the medium of instruction is the same language as in the master program applied for within three years following their graduation,

To obtain the scores in the exams specified below, or obtain an equivalent score in the internationally recognized foreign language exams that are deemed equivalent to the exams specified below by the Higher Education Board.

Type of Exam

Score

KPDS ( Public Personnel Language Exam )

70
60*

UDS ( Interuniversity Foreign Language Exam )

70
60*

YDS (Foreign Language Placement Exam)

70
60*

IYS (IUE Proficiency in English Exam)

70
60*

The students studying in this second cycle program with thesis are required:

to take a minimum of 7 courses with a minimum of 21 local credits,  one seminar course, and a thesis.  (The seminar and  thesis are non-credit and graded on a pass/fail basis.)

to succeed in all the courses with a letter grade of at least CC/S 

to have a Cumulative Grade Point Average of at least 3.00/4.00 with a minimum of 120 ECTS credits.

 

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