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ECONOMIA E GESTIONE DELLE ATTIVITA' CULTURALI

Course year: 1

ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS: BASIC NOTIONS

Student's own choice
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

9 credits - Basic
ECONOMIC HISTORY

6 credits - Related/Supplementary
ENGLISH LANGUAGE

9 credits - Related/Supplementary
LINEAR ALGEBRA AND CALCULUS

9 credits - Basic
COMPUTER SKILLS

2 credits
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING (INTRODUCTORY AND INTERMEDIATE LEVEL)

9 credits - Characterising
MICROECONOMICS

9 credits - Basic
PRIVATE LAW

9 credits - Basic

Course year: 2

FINANCIAL AND ACTUARIAL CALCULUS

6 credits - Characterising
MACROECONOMICS

9 credits - Characterising
STATISTICS

9 credits - Characterising
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

9 credits - Characterising
COMMERCIAL LAW

12 credits - Characterising
COST ACCOUNTING

9 credits - Characterising
PUBLIC LAW

6 credits - Basic

Course year: 3

ECONOMICS OF CULTURAL HERITAGE

9 credits - Characterising
CULTURAL EVENT MARKETING

9 credits - Characterising
CULTURAL HISTORY

6 credits - Related/Supplementary
ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY AND CULTURE

6 credits - Related/Supplementary
FINAL TEST

4 credits - Language/Final Examination
FINANCE FOR CULTURAL ACTIVITIES

9 credits - Characterising
INTERNSHIP

3 credits - For stages and internships
TEACHING - FREE CHOICE

12 credits - Student's own choice

LINEAR ALGEBRA AND CALCULUS

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

A004820

Academic Year of enrolment:

2020/2021

Academic Year of provision:

2020/2021

Type of Course:

Basic

Degree:

Bachelor's Degree Programme in BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Location:

MANTOVA

Disciplinary Sector:

MATHEMATICAL METHODS OF ECONOMICS, FINANCE AND ACTUARIAL SCIENCES

Language:

Italian

Grouping type:

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

ZUANON Magali Ernestine Professor

PANOZZO CHIARAMARIA Collaborator

Cycle:

First four months

Hours of classroom activity:

Hours of individual study:

165

Assumed Background:
Students should be familiar with the following:
Factoring polynomials, expansion and simplification of algebraic expressions,
solving equations and inequalities with one variable (linear, quadratic, rational, irrational, exponential, logarithmic), logarithms and the exponential function, solving systems of linear equations and inequalities.
Review analytic geometry.

Educational Goals

Knowledge and understanding: At the end of the course, students must have
acquired the knowledge of a basic set of mathematical tools, and the confidence with mathematical language, which are necessary to deal with economic and business problems.

Applying knowledge and understanding: At the end of the course, students must be able:
to apply the mathematical methods developed in the course to the solution of problems;
to model using mathematical language real-life, economic, business, financial problems;
to illustrate and interpret the relationships between variables by graphs.

Making judgments: At the end of the course, students must be able to create links among notions acquired during the course and to tackle economic-business problems through the use of logical and formal mathematical tools.

Communication skills: At the end of the course, students must acquire an ability to communicate clearly and effectively the acquired knowledge.

Learning skills: At the end of the course, students must have developed good learning skills, which allow them to independently apply the knowledge acquired to the course of their studies.

Content

Matrix and vector algebra, rank of a matrix, determinant and inverse matrix, systems of linear equations.
Real functions of one variable: properties, limits, continuity, differentiation, single-variable optimization.
Calculus for function of n-variables, optimization of function of n- variables, constrained optimization.
Series. Integration.

Extended Syllabus

Recommended Bibliography

Bosi G., C. Corsato, M.E. Zuanon, Essential Mathematics for Economics, Apogeo Education, Maggioli ed., 2018, ISBN: 978-88-916-2988-3

Simon, C.S., L. Blume, Mathematics for Economists, W.W. Norton & Company New York, London, 1994, ISBN: 978-03-939-5733-4

Sydsaeter, K., P. Hammond, Essential Mathematics for Economic Analysis, Prentice Hall, 2006, ISBN: 978-02-737-1324-1

Hoy, M., J. Livernois, C. McKenna, T. Stengos, Mathematics for Economics, The MIT Press, 2001, ISNB: 978-02-620-1507-3

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

Lectures and traditional classroom tutorials will be provided. Besides, online teaching activity will be available in the "comunità didattica" of the course.

Assessment Methods

The written examination lasts 2 hours. It consists of 14 questions, which grant 32 points out of 30 and are divided into two parts: 5 Theory questions and 9 Exercises.
Every correct answer to the 5 theory questions is worth 1 point. Every correct answer to the 9 Exercises is worth 3 points. Any incorrect or missing answer is worth 0 points.
The exam is passed if students answer correctly at least 3 Theory questions AND at least 5 Exercises.
Students who answer correctly less than 3 Theory questions, OR, ALTERNATIVELY, students who answer correctly less than 5 Exercises, have the right to take the exam on the part they failed in the following exam session, therefore preserving the mark of the part they passed.

From 26th October 2020 to 1th November 2020 it will be possible to take a Moodle quiz, with the same structure as the exam (5 Theory questions and 9 Exercises) which will focus on the classroom program until that date.
Students who pass the Moodle quiz, with the same rules of the exam (at least 5 correct Exercises and at least 3 correct Theory question) will gain 3 bonus points which will be added to the exam’s mark if the exam is passed.
The Moodle quiz can be taken only once, and both parts need to be passed in order to gain the bonus points. Therefore, passing only one part of the Moodle quiz is the same as failing both of them.
The bonus points will be valid until the session of September 2022 included.
Honors are given to students that score 32 or more points out of 30.

Assessment:

Final Mark

Programme of Educational Activities

Start date of teaching period:

Monday, September 14, 2020

End date of teaching period:

Tuesday, December 15, 2020