Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code: HIR026
Course Name: Consumer Behaviors
Semester: Fall
Course Credits:
ECTS
5
Language of instruction: Turkish
Course Condition:
Does the Course Require Work Experience?: No
Type of course: Departmental Elective
Course Level:
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE:6. Master`s Degree QF-EHEA:First Cycle EQF-LLL:6. Master`s Degree
Mode of Delivery: E-Learning
Course Coordinator: Araş. Gör. AZİZ ARSLAN
Course Lecturer(s): Zehra Zuhal Sert
Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives: It aims to understand consumer behavior, determine consumption-related behavior, and evaluate marketing strategies aimed at influencing consumer behavior.
Course Content: What are Consumer Needs? What is the Purchasing Decision Process? Learning Theories, Motivation, Attitude, Values

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Acquires basic information about the consumer culture and consumer behavior process.
2) Gains the necessary knowledge, skills and competence to define the information learned, to express and report in different ways.
3) Have theoretical and theoretical knowledge about the concept of consumption, consumption culture and consumer behavior.
4) Have information about how consumer behavior concept is handled in different disciplines.
5) Learns to read academic outputs related to consumer culture and consumer behavior and to analyze through advertisements.
6) Thinking creatively and critically, develops and implements strategies.

Course Flow Plan

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Marketing mix; Purchasing Decision Process
2) Learning and Learning Theories in Consumer Behavior
3) Memory and Stages of Memory
4) Lifestyle in Consumer Behavior
5) Motivation; Engagement and Engagement Increasing Strategies
6) Attitude; Functions of Attitude
7) Ego; Personality; Values
8) Midterm
9) Project Presentations
10) Project Presentations
11) Project Presentations
12) Project Presentations
13) Project Presentations
14) Final Exam

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Yalçın KIRDAR, 2012, Postmodern Pazarlama ve Tüketim Kültürü, Moss Yayınları
Erdoğan Koç, 2015, Tüketici Davranışı ve Pazarlama Stratejileri: Seçkin Yayıncılık
References: Ders Notları

Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship

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Program Outcomes

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

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Program Outcomes Level of Contribution

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Homework Assignments 1 % 30
Project 1 % 30
Final 1 % 40
total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 60
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 40
total % 100

Workload and ECTS Credit Calculation

Activities Number of Activities Workload
Course Hours 16 48
Presentations / Seminar 7 24
Homework Assignments 10 30
Final 4 16
Total Workload 118