ECON 530 / EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS
Term: Fall 2017Units 3Days: THURSTimes: 11:30:00-14:15:00

The use of laboratory and field experiments as a data collection method for understanding economic decisions and testing economic theories; how to design a good and valid economics experiment, the methodology of experimental design. The topics that will be studied theoretically and experimentally in the course include decision-making under risk and uncertainty, decision-making over time and related psychological phenomena/biases, market experiments, bargaining experiments, social preferences, fairness and altruism, incentive schemes and motivation, gender and economic decisions.

ECON 558 / SELECTED TOPICS IN ADVANCED MACROECONOMICS
Term: Fall 2017Units 1Days: MON TUES FRI*Times: 9:00:00-11:00:00

Topics will be announced before the semester.

ECON 559 / SELECTED TOPICS IN ADVANCED ECONOMETRICS
Term: Fall 2017Units 1Times: 0:00:00-0:00:00

Topics will be announced before the semester.

ECON 580 / THE ECONOMICS OF INSTITUTIONS
Term: Fall 2017Units 3Days: MON WEDTimes: 10:00:00-11:15:00

This course will examine the role played by institutions and political economy considerations in determining overall economic performance. The course aims to describe the role and evolution of institutions in economic growth, to understand basic models of politics, and to provide an introduction to the dynamic effects of fiscal and monetary policy. By the end of the course, students should be able to understand the the role of institutional failure, models of governance and mis-governance, optimal fiscal policy, and the concepts of reputation, credibility, and time inconsistency.

ECON 590 / SEMINAR IN ECONOMICS
Term: Fall 2017Units 0Days: WEDTimes: 16:00:00-17:30:00

Participation in weekly seminar is required.

EFIN 301 / CORPORATE FINANCE
Term: Fall 2017Units 3Days: TUES THURSTimes: 10:00:00-11:15:00Ön Koşullar: MFIN. 202

Analysis of special corporate finance topics including dividend policy, capital structure, leasing, option valuation, risk management, mergers, and acquisitions.

EFIN 301 / CORPORATE FINANCE
Term: Fall 2017Units 3Days: MON WEDTimes: 8:30:00-9:45:00Ön Koşullar: MFIN. 202

Analysis of special corporate finance topics including dividend policy, capital structure, leasing, option valuation, risk management, mergers, and acquisitions.

EFIN 304 / INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
Term: Fall 2017Units 3Days: TUES THURSTimes: 16:00:00-17:15:00Ön Koşullar: MFIN. 202

Introduction to the process of investing in financial securities; overview of the investment decision-making process; analysis of securities markets and trading practices; asset pricing under the capital asset pricing and the arbitrage pricing models; principles of modern portfolio theory; performance measurement techniques; asset allocation strategies; introduction to fixed income and derivative securites, risk management strategies.

EFIN 304 / INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
Term: Fall 2017Units 3Days: TUES THURSTimes: 13:00:00-14:15:00Ön Koşullar: MFIN. 202

Introduction to the process of investing in financial securities; overview of the investment decision-making process; analysis of securities markets and trading practices; asset pricing under the capital asset pricing and the arbitrage pricing models; principles of modern portfolio theory; performance measurement techniques; asset allocation strategies; introduction to fixed income and derivative securites, risk management strategies.

EFIN 403 / FINANCIAL MARKETS AND INSTITUTIONS
Term: Fall 2017Units 3Days: TUES THURSTimes: 17:30:00-18:45:00Ön Koşullar: MFIN. 202

Structure of financial markets and financial intermediaries; interest rates and security valuation; central banking system and monetary policy; securities markets including money, capital, foreign exchange, and derivatives markets; commercial banking and other depository institutions; institutional investors, including investment banks, insurance companies, mutual funds, and pension funds; introduction to financial risk management.

ELEC 201 / SIGNALS AND SYSTEMS
Term: Fall 2017Units 4Days: TUES THURSTimes: 8:30:00-9:45:00Ön Koşullar: MATH 107 & MATH 106

Introduction to discrete and continuous time signals and systems. Time-domain signal representations, impulse response of linear time-invariant (LTI) systems, and convolution. Frequency domain signal representations, frequency response of LTI systems, and Fourier analysis. Filtering of continuous and discrete time signals. Sampling and discrete time processing of analog signals. Laplace-transform domain analysis of continuous-time LTI systems. Exercises using MATLAB.

ELEC 204 / DIGITAL DESIGN
Term: Fall 2017Units 4Days: MON WEDTimes: 16:00:00-17:15:00

Computer technology, digital hardware, boolean algebra, logic functions and gates, canonical forms, simplification of boolean functions, Karnaugh maps, number systems, conversions, complement arithmetic, adders, multiplexers, tri-state outputs, decoders, encoders, sequential logic, flip-flops, sequential circuit analysis, sequential circuit design, registers and counters, memory and programmable logic, central processing unit. A design project.

ELEC 301 / SYSTEMS, CONTROL&COMMUNICATION
Term: Fall 2017Units 3Days: MON WEDTimes: 14:30:00-15:45:00Ön Koşullar: (ELEC 201 &ELEC 202)

Review of the frequency concept; analysis of circuits as linear systems, frequency response of circuits; introduction to communication systems, analog/digital modulation and demodulation; analog amplitude, frequency and phase modulation; digital amplitude shift keying, frequency shift keying and phase shift keying; review of bilateral and unilateral Laplace transform; introduction to z-transform; introduction to analog and digital control systems, first and second order systems, stability of closed-loop systems; root-locus method; frequency-domain methods and bode plots.

ELEC 310 / MICROELECTRONIC CIRCUITS AND DEVICES
Term: Fall 2017Units 4Days: TUES THURSTimes: 13:00:00-14:15:00Ön Koşullar: ELEC 201 & ELEC. 202

Introduction to semiconductors and semiconductor device physics. Diode, bipolar junction transistor, and MOS field effect transistor circuit models for design and analysis of electronic circuits. Analysis and design of single and multistage amplifiers. Amplifier operating point design. High frequency and low frequency response of single and multistage amplifiers. Introduction to integrated-circuit amplifiers.

ELEC 312 / ADVANCED ELECTROMAGNETISM
Term: Fall 2017Units 3Days: MON WEDTimes: 11:30:00-12:45:00Ön Koşullar: (PHYS. 302 or ELEC. 206) or consent of the instructor

Review of Maxwell's equations; conservation laws; electromagnetic waves; propagation of electromagnetic waves in conductors and dielectrics; transmission lines; waveguides; potentials and fields; radiation theory; electrodynamics and special theory of relativity.

ELEC 317 / EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
Term: Fall 2017Units 3Days: TUES THURSTimes: 14:30:00-15:45:00

An introduction to the design of embedded systems with an emphasis on understanding the microcomputer fundamentals by relating hardware, software and the physical applications. Topics covered include architecture and operation of a typical microprocessor, assembly language programming, serial and parallel input/output, memory (RAM and ROM), interrupts, concurrency management, and real-time constraints.

ELEC 339 / SENSORS
Term: Fall 2017Units 3Days: MON WEDTimes: 10:00:00-11:15:00Ön Koşullar: ELEC.201 and ELEC.202

Fundamental concepts of sensors, driving/readout electronics; rational design of sensors, state-of-the-art commercial sensing, remote sensing, Internet of Things; Strain, piezoelectric, pressure, temperature, GPS, chemical, biological, resistive, capacitive sensors, photodetectors, accelerometers, gyroscopes; optical, magnetic sensors, RF sensors, power electronics, self-powered sensors; Sensor networks based on WiFi, 4G, Bluetooth; Human/Animal sensory systems; Feedback control systems; Microfabrication of sensors

ELEC 391 / SUMMER PRACTICE II
Term: Fall 2017Units 0Times: 0:00:00-0:00:00Ön Koşullar: (ELEC 291 or ENGR 291) and ACWR 106-102-103-104-105-107

A minimum of 20 working days of training in an industrial summer practice program after the completion of second year. The training is based on the contents of the "Summer Practice Guide Booklet" prepared by each engineering department. Students receive practical knowledge and hands-on experience in an industrial setting.

ELEC 401 / MICROWAVE ELECTRONICS
Term: Fall 2017Units 3Days: TUES THURSTimes: 10:00:00-11:15:00Ön Koşullar: ELEC. 206 or consent of the instructor

High-frequency techniques; Maxwell’s equations and wave phenomenon; characterization of high-frequency circuits via S-parameters; concepts of group velocity and dispersion, and their effects on high-speed digital circuits; analysis and design of microstrip lines and other transmission media; microwave passive and active components; design of matching networks and high frequency amplifiers.

ELEC 403 / SOLID STATE PHYSICS
Term: Fall 2017Units 3Days: MON WEDTimes: 16:00:00-17:15:00Ön Koşullar: PHYS. 102 or consent of the instructor

Elementary crystal structure; the reciprocal lattice; lattice dynamics and phonons; thermal properties of materials; electron gas; Fermi-Dirac statistics and the Fermi surface; band theory, semiconductor physics and properties, semiconductor devices.

ELEC 405 / LINEAR SYSTEM THEORY
Term: Fall 2017Units 3Days: MON WEDTimes: 11:30:00-12:45:00Ön Koşullar: ELEC 301 or ELEC 304

Linear Algebra Review, Normal Matrices, Quadratic Forms and Semidefinite Matrices, Inner Product and Norm Spaces, State Space Descriptions for Continuous and Discrete Time Systems, Controllability, Observability, Stability, Realization Theory.

ELEC 408 / COMPUTER VISION AND PATTERN RECOGNITION
Term: Fall 2017Units 3Days: TUES THURSTimes: 14:30:00-15:45:00Ön Koşullar: ELEC. 201 or consent of the instructor

Study of computational models of visual perception and their implementation in computer systems. Topics include: image formation; edge, corner and boundary extraction, segmentation, matching, pattern recognition and classification techniques; 3-D Vision: projection geometry, camera calibration, shape from stereo/silhouette/shading, model-based 3D object recognition; color texture, radiometry and BDRF; motion analysis.

ELEC 411 / DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS
Term: Fall 2017Units 3Days: MON WEDTimes: 14:30:00-15:45:00Ön Koşullar: (ELEC 316 or ELEC 301) & ENGR 200

Probability theory, stochastic processes, characterization of digital communication signals and systems, digital modulation schemes, optimum receivers for additive white gaussian noise (AWGN) channels, signal design for band-limited channels, inter-symbol interference (ISI), optimum reception for channels with ISI and AWGN, linear equalization, adaptive equalization, entropy and source coding, channel capacity and coding.

ELEC 416 / COMPUTER NETWORKS
Term: Fall 2017Units 3Days: TUES THURSTimes: 11:30:00-12:45:00Ön Koşullar: COMP. 132 or consent of the instructor

Principles of computer networks and network protocols; Internet protocol stack with emphasis on application, transport, network and link layers; network edge and network core; client/server and peer-to-peer models; routing algorithms; reliable data transfer; flow and congestion control; protocol design and analysis; network performance metrics; software-defined networks; network programming and distributed applications.