Teaching code

4S006029

Teacher

Marco Minozzo

Coordinator

Marco Minozzo

Credits

3

Also offered in courses:

• Excel Laboratory (Vicenza) of the course Bachelor's degree in Business Administration (Vicenza)
• Excel Laboratory (Vicenza) of the course Master’s degree in Business Management (Vicenza)
• Excel Laboratory (Vicenza) of the course Master's degree in International Economics and Business Management
• Excel Laboratory (Vicenza) of the course Master’s degree in Management and business strategy

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

NN - -

Period

Not yet assigned

Moodle Seminars 0

Learning outcomes

The course "Excel Laboratory" is an optional "type f" activity, which allows to students to obtain 3 CFU, once a final examination is passed. In particular:

- The course is open, but not exclusively, to all CdL students, of the Vicenza campus, of the School of Economics and Management; in particular to second year students.

- The lessons will take place in a computer laboratory (40 seats).

- There will be two courses, one in the first semester and another one in the second semester.

- Requests for participation will be considered following the registration order. All CdL and CdLM students, of the Vicenza campus, of the School of Economics and Management can register. CdL students will have priority over CdLM students. Students are required to be present at the first lesson, or to send an email to the tutor to comunicate their absence.

- The frequency to the classes is compulsory. Students are required to attend at least 2/3 of the exercise lessons/tutorial activity in order to be admitted to the final evaluation.

- The course consists of 18 hours of exercise lessons and tutorial activity (plus 2 hours of final examination).

The tentative calendar of the course of the first semester is the following:

Thursday 24 October 2019, hours 14:00-17:00, computer laboratory;
Thursday 31 October 2019, hours 14:00-17:00, computer laboratory;
Thursday 21 November 2019, hours 14:00-17:00, computer laboratory;
Thursday 28 November 2019, hours 14:00-17:00, computer laboratory;
Thursday 6 December 2019, hours 14:00-17:00, computer laboratory;
Thursday 19 December 2019, hours 14:00-17:00, computer laboratory;
the date of the final exam will be communicated in due corse.

The tentative calendar of the course of the second semester is the following:

Monday 2 March 2020, hours 9:00-12:30, computer laboratory;
Monday 9 March 2020, hours 9:00-12:30, computer laboratory;
Monday 16 March 2020, hours 9:00-12:30, computer laboratory;
Thursday 19 March 2020, hours 14:00-17:30, computer laboratory;
Monday 23 March 2020, hours 9:00-13:00, computer laboratory;
Monday 30 March 2020, hours 10:00-12:00, computer laboratory (final exam).


Tutor (first semester): dott.ssa Valeria Battistella
Tutor (second semester): dott. Alessandro Cipolla

For the course of the first semester, it is possible to register from the 5th of October 2019 to the 20th of October 2019.

For the course of the second semester, it is possible to register from the 5th of October 2019 to the 23rd of February 2020.

Please, register through the elearning platform.

Program

The program of the course will start with an introduction to Excel and its main functions. Then, some of the topics encountered in Mathematics and Statistics courses will be considered, as for example, matrix algebra, optimization and interpolation. The course aims at improving the computational skills of the students and at providing instruments useful for the subsequent thesis work. The activity will allow to improve the knowledge of Excel, a software which is highly requested in the job market.

Examination Methods

Students are required to attend at least 2/3 of the exercise lessons/tutorial activity in order to be admitted to the final evaluation. The final examination will consist in a written exam, with an oral examination if necessary, on the use of the software Excel. There will be just one date for the final examination.