Bachelor's degree in Economics and Business

Excel Laboratory (Verona)

Course code

4S009608

Name of lecturer

Marco Minozzo

Coordinator

Marco Minozzo

Number of ECTS credits allocated

3

Other available courses

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration (Verona)
• Bachelor's degree in Economics and Business (Verona)
• Master’s degree in Economics
• Master’s degree in Business Administration and Corporate Law
• Master’s degree in Marketing and Corporate Communication
• Master’s degree in Banking and Finance
• Bachelors' degree in Business Administration and Management
• Master’s degree in Economics and Data Analysis

Academic sector

NN - -

Language of instruction

Italian

Period

not yet allocated

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 Verona campus, of the School of Economics and Management; in particular to second year students.

- Due to the COVID-19 emergency, this year lessons will be delivered online through Zoom meetings. Each course (class) has, approximately, 50 places.

- There will be four courses, two in the first semester (class E1 and class E2) and other two in the second semester (class E3 and class E4).

- Requests for participation will be considered following the registration order. All CdL and CdLM students, of the Verona campus, of the School of Economics and Management can register. CdL students will have priority over CdLM students. Students are required to participate to the first lesson, or to send an email to the tutor to communicate 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 calendar of class E1 of the first semester will be available as soon as possible.

The calendar of class E2 of the first semester will be available as soon as possible.

The calendar of class E3 of the second semester will be available as soon as possible.

The calendar of class E4 of the second semester will be available as soon as possible.

Tutor (first semester, class E1): dott. Marco Tozzi
Tutor (first semester, class E2): dott. Alessandro Cipolla
Tutor (second semester, class E3): dott. Alessandro Cipolla
Tutor (second semester, class E4): dott. Alessandro Cipolla


For the courses (class E1 and class E2) of the first semester, it is possible to register from the 13th of October 2020 to the 18th of October 2020.

For the courses (class E3 and class E4) of the second semester, it is possible to register from the 13th of October 2020 to the 28th of February 2021.

Please, register through the elearning platform (Moodle). Students without a university IT account can ask to be registered by writing an email to the coordinator of the course. All other students must use the procedure on Moodle.

Syllabus

The program of the course comprises 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 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.

Assessment methods and criteria