Prerequisites for admission.

Applicants to the firstcycle degree program in Economics and Finance must possess the qualifications laid down in the relative applicable legislation. They must also possess a good level of general culture, logical reasoning skills, the ability to understand texts in Italian, and basic foundations in mathematics. The results of the test do not preclude registration and may require students to fulfill additional course obligations during their first year of the program.

Educational goals

The training programme for the Degree course in Economy and Finance aims to train students to be able to analyse, with the knowledge and awareness of their social responsibility, facts and problems of an economic and financial nature, and to understand the complexity of today’s economic systems with reference to the great variety of operators in the verious economic, financial and institutional contexts. The students must, therefore, be able to place facts and problems in a social and productive context, in relation to the period of history and the local territory, and to know how to analyse, as required by the class training objectives, also aspects regarding gender differences and inequalities. The degree course has been designed to train people to enter the labour market as economic and financial analysts for businesses, banks, public bodies, trade unions and foundations, and at the same time, provides a solid preperation for 2nd-cycle degrees. Those graduating must be able to carry out an analysis of economic and financial problems, and make a consideration, also historical, of the productive, institutional and social context, and process necessary qualitative information.
To this end, the training programme is organised around the traditional fundamentals of economic, business, legal and financial disciplines, coupled with a particular attention towards understanding the historical aspects that influence production systems, commercial exchanges, institutions, social contexts and the living conditions of men and women. The training programme places great emphasis, with ad hoc courses and inside other courses, on the development of suitable tools for applied quantitative analyses, necessary for a rigorous examination of phenomena of causal relations, only possible if the students know how to use databanks and appropriate computer programmes.
Specifically: the first years are aimed at acquiring basic knowledge and skills in the economic, business, legal, quantitative and history disciplines and to develop linguistic and IT skills, while the last year is dedicated to providing more advanced instruments, both theoretical (including the history of economic analysis) and quantitative-computational, useful for analysing economic problems: real and financial, private and public, Italian and international. The placement experience or the research project (alternatives chosen by the student) and the final exam conclude the training programme and provide an important opportunity to apply the skills learnt, to use the tools acquired in autonomy and to assess the results of the training process.
The degree course can be organised into different curricula suitable for taking account of specific economic and financial, public and private contents and general and professional training goals.
At the end of this degree program, assessments and achieved results will be based on the following competencies: a flexible theoretical foundation in economics and business which is also open to the analysis of constantly changing economic systems; training in mathematics, statistics and computing required for the theoretical and empirical analysis of economic and financial phenomena; knowledge of juridical institutions that influence economic and financial choices and behavior of individuals and institutions (households, businesses, public administrations). a foundation in history allowing the students to understand the importance of past events and how they transform reality and economic thought. In conclusion, the degree in Economics and Finance trains students to assess the activities of economic and institutional subjects and the characteristic dynamics of economic and social systems; these skills are increasingly relevant in the growing complexity of local and global interrelationships, among economic agents, markets and institutions. This program of study accomplishes the goal of training people who are capable of addressing management and analysis problems in productive and social contexts, collecting and processing the necessary quantitative information and entering the labor market as economic analysts for firms, government agencies, unions, foundations, as well as preparing students for secondcycle degrees. This program of study is consistent with what is required and practiced at other European universities.

Communication skills

Communication skillsGraduates of Economics and Finance are trained in presenting their analyses of economic, financial and social matters in oral and written form, also with the aid of specific software. Communication skills are developed particularly during training activities that entail the preparation of oral or written presentation of results obtained in tests performed in the computer lab, the internship report and the project for the final test. The Program of Study requires students to reach a level of English that allows them to read economic, historical and financial material, which is used extensively in the third year of the program, in the final project and during the internship.

Making Judgements

Economics and Finance graduates are encouraged to know how to identify the most effective ways to address their tasks according to the responsibilities they hold, and to identify and assess analytical approaches and information sources using their critical skills. Independent thinking is developed particularly through tutorials, case discussions, writing papers and group work, and also through the work carried out (internship or research project) in preparation for the final examination.

Learning skills

During their Program of Study, graduates in Economics and Finance acquire a method of analysis and study to improve their general skills, improve their level of economic and financial culture, address specific theoretical, historical, legal and quantitative aspects from a critical angle. Graduates also know how to track down sources of information on their own, which includes using the web. Autonomous learning is assessed and encouraged at all stages of the program, especially through teaching methods that entail writing papers, carrying out group work and the final examination.

Knowledge and understanding

Knowledge and understandingGraduates of Economics and Finance must possess the cognitive tools to assess and understand issues concerning: microeconomics and macroeconomics economics and public policy international, industrial, monetary and labor economies. the theory of finance and how financial markets operate quantitative methods and analysis of economic and financial data placing economic processes and economic analysis in historical context. private, commercial, public and economic law. Finally, graduates must achieve a working knowledge of written and spoken English. Making judgmentsEconomics and Finance graduates are encouraged to know how to identify the most effective ways to address their tasks according to the responsibilities they hold, and to identify and assess analytical approaches and information sources using their critical skills. Independent judgement is developed particularly through tutorials, case discussions, writing papers and group work, and also through the work carried out (internship or research project) in preparation for the final examination. Learning skillsDuring the Program of Study, all graduates of Economics and Finance acquire a method of analysis and study to improve their skills in general, in terms of economic and financial analysis of production and exchange systems, as well as in specific concrete issues, which are observed not only from their quantitative dimensions, but also historical and institutional. Graduates also know how to track down sources of information on their own, which includes using the web. Autonomous learning is assessed and encouraged at all stages of the program, especially through teaching methods that entail writing papers, carrying out group work and the final examination.

Applying knowledge and understanding

Applying knowledge and understandingGraduates in Economics and Finance must be able to: set up decision problems in economics and finance, based on their knowledge of mathematical and statistical techniques used for making for choices under uncertainty; analyze public policy and evaluate the implications, including gender perspective, using statistical econometric tools to read and interpret evaluations of expected results and ex post audits by finding and developing the necessary information; use quantitative and computational methods to analyze issues such as income growth and distribution, national and international production systems, the labor market, financial markets and financial choices made by families; use economic and financial databases to extract and structure information required to prepare presentations, reports and context analyses, and ensuring the content has been understood through simulation in the classroom in work groups; perform critical reading of documents and reports in Italian and English, on economic and financial issues, based on educational material available in both languages. In order to develop these applicative skills, the training activities involve teaching methods directed at favoring the application of acquired concepts and tools, through classroom exercises, case studies, and papers, wherever possible.