Studying at the University of Verona
Here you can find information on the organisational aspects of the Programme, lecture timetables, learning activities and useful contact details for your time at the University, from enrolment to graduation.
Academic calendar
The academic calendar shows the deadlines and scheduled events that are relevant to students, teaching and technical-administrative staff of the University. Public holidays and University closures are also indicated. The academic year normally begins on 1 October each year and ends on 30 September of the following year.
Course calendar
The Academic Calendar sets out the degree programme lecture and exam timetables, as well as the relevant university closure dates..
Period | From | To |
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primo semestre | Sep 15, 2014 | Jan 9, 2015 |
secondo semestre | Feb 19, 2015 | May 29, 2015 |
Session | From | To |
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prove intermedie (primo semestre) | Nov 3, 2014 | Nov 7, 2014 |
sessione invernale | Jan 12, 2015 | Feb 18, 2015 |
prove intermedie (secondo semestre) | Apr 13, 2015 | Apr 17, 2015 |
sessione estiva | Jun 4, 2015 | Jul 11, 2015 |
sessione autunnale | Aug 24, 2015 | Sep 9, 2015 |
Session | From | To |
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sessione autunnale | Dec 12, 2014 | Dec 19, 2014 |
sessione invernale | Apr 8, 2015 | Apr 10, 2015 |
sessione estiva | Sep 10, 2015 | Sep 11, 2015 |
Period | From | To |
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festività natalizie | Dec 22, 2014 | Jan 5, 2015 |
festività pasquali | Apr 3, 2015 | Apr 7, 2015 |
vacanze estive | Aug 10, 2015 | Aug 22, 2015 |
Exam calendar
Exam dates and rounds are managed by the relevant Economics Teaching and Student Services Unit.
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Academic staff
Borello Giuliana
giuliana.borello@univr.it 045 802 8493Study Plan
The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.
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Legend | Type of training activity (TTA)
TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.
Mathematics for Economics and Finance (2016/2017)
Teaching code
4S02835
Credits
6
Coordinator
Not yet assigned
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
MAT/09 - OPERATIONS RESEARCH
The teaching is organized as follows:
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esercitazione
Learning outcomes
The course introduces the basic quantitative tools for the analysis and evaluation of key financial transactions, contracts and financing of investment projects both financial and business management.
Prerequisites
While there will be no formal prerequisites to make profitable learning, you should have already passed the exam of Mathematics, the first year, and of Statistics, in the second year.
Program
1. Read and financial regimes
Financial transactions: capitalization and discounting. Financial laws: upright, present value, interest, discount, interest rate and discount rate. Regime of simple interest, capitalization several times a year, compound, the discount trade. Interest rates equivalent to periods other than the year. Financial arbitrage, severability of financial laws, spot rate, forward rates. Force of interest. Currency transactions. Nominal interest rates, inflation, real interest rates.
2. Compound Financial transactions
Financial transactions and their classification. Current value and upright of a set of financial movements. Net present value (NPV or NPV). Evaluation of the installment, the number of installments, the implicit rate (IRR). Consumer credit, TAN and APR. Amortization schedules and closing conditions. Straight-capital basis, in equal installments on a straight interest paid in advance, with shares of accumulation. The pre-amortization. Early repayment of a mortgage. Rate mortgages indexed. Financial leasing. Savings plans.
Bonds and evaluation of the price of a bond, estimates of the term structure of interest rates. Control / hedging of interest rate risk: duration and convexity.
Criteria for choosing between operations / financial projects: NPV, IRR, TRM, WACC.
3. Select Portfolio with two risky assets
Recall of probability theory: the mean, variance, correlation. Investment in assets yielding haphazard. Expected return and volatility / risk of a portfolio of assets. Risk aversion and Markowitz model. Return and risk of a portfolio: a random and activities in return for a certain yield, two activities to yield uncertain, two activities to yield randomly and a certain return. Capital Allocation Line. Capital Market Line.
Textbooks
➢ James Scandolo, Financial Mathematics, Amon, Padua, 2013 (for the chapters concerned by the themes of points of the program) and Financial Mathematics: exercises, Amon, Padua, 2013.
In addition:
➢ for the synthesis and theoretical exercises about steps 1 and 2 is recommended:
A. Low, P. Pianca, Introduction to Financial Mathematics, Cedam, Padua, 2010.
➢ as in Step 3 can also be seen:
F. Rossi, F. Mantovani, Portfolio theory (investment diversification and control the risk-return profile), Monduzzi Publisher, 2010, pages 1-46 and 75-86.
Teaching material is available online by accessing the web page of the course.
The conduct of the lessons
The course consists of 56 hours of lectures and tutorials. There are also the hours of tutoring.
Examination Methods
NOT a test is scheduled for mid-term assessment.
At the conclusion of the lessons there is a final written exam of two hours.
The final written exam covers all the topics in the program, it is divided into several questions inspired by the examples presented in the classroom as well as to those contained in the material available online.
The tests are intended to assess:
- Knowledge of the topics scheduled
- The ability to apply methods and models to various economic and financial issues
The Commission may request an oral evaluation aimed at verifying:
- The depth and breadth of knowledge acquired;
- The properties of language;
- The ability to connect in systemic form knowledge.
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Graduation
List of thesis proposals
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Proposte di tesi triennali | Various topics |
Student mentoring
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Internships
The curriculum of the three-year degree courses (CdL) and master's degree courses (CdLM) in the economics area includes an internship as a compulsory training activity. Indeed, the internship is considered an appropriate tool for acquiring professional skills and abilities and for facilitating the choice of a future professional outlet that aligns with one's expectations, aptitudes, and aspirations. The student can acquire further competencies and interpersonal skills through practical experience in a work environment.