Master’s degree in Banking and Finance

Introduction to Java programming

Course code

4S008083

Name of lecturer

Alessandro Gnoatto

Coordinator

Alessandro Gnoatto

Number of ECTS credits allocated

2

Academic sector

NN - -

Language of instruction

Italian

Period

not yet allocated

Learning outcomes

Java is the most popular programming language. Learning Java represents an important asset in view of entering the job market and starting a career in the financial industry. This course provides the foundations of object-oriented programming using the Java programming language. During the lectures the auxiliary software package Eclipse IDE will be used and its main features will be presented. Financial examples using the finmath Java library will be provided. This course provides useful notions that can be helpful for the lectures Financial Risk Management and Computational Finance.

Syllabus

- Elementary Java syntax, Operators and Control flow
- Classes and Objects
- Encapsulation
- Access Control
- Inheritance
- Polymorphisms
- Interfaces
- Basics on Inner/Nested Classes, Exception Handling and programming with Generics
- Some elements of functional programming in Java 8

Schedule:
15 february from 9:00 to 13:30 room SMT.6
18 february from 9:00 to 13:30 room SMT.2
19 february from 9:00 to 13:30 room SMT.2
20 february from 9:00 to 13:30 room SMT.2
21 february from 9:00 to 13:30 room SMT.2

Assessment methods and criteria