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Macroeconomics
Alberto Franco Pozzolo
Course Level: introductory Semester: first Number of credits: 9 Teaching language: Italian
Course description The course aims at providing the basic knowledge needed to understand and interpret basic macroeconomic events. The objectives is to help the understanding of the mechanisms at work and of the ongoing changes in capitalistic economies, focusing on both cyclical fluctuations and long term trends. References Mankiw G.N., (2004) Macroeconomia, Zanichelli, Bologna, Quarta edizione italiana condotta sulla quinta edizione americana, capitoli 1-18 Teaching methods Lectures Evaluation methods Compulsory written examination and optional oral exam If you have any questions about this course, please email [email protected]
Auditing Claudio Struzzolino
Course Level: First level Degree Semester: II Number of credits: 6 Teaching language: Italian
Course description The aim of this course is to ensure that students have an adequate knowledge of the theory relating to auditing. Syllabus content: the origin and the evolution of the auditing profession; introductuion to and overview of auditing; internal auditing; external auditing; auditing approach; auditing company; auditing of (the) accounts; auditing procedures; auditing programme; auditing standards; auditors’ certificate; auditors’ report; audit risk; interim and final audit; General Accepted Accounting Principles; General Accepted Auditing Standards. References G. Paolone, L. D’Amico, A. Consorti, La Revisione aziendale, Giappichelli, Torino, 2000 Teaching methods Frontal lessons Evaluation methods Oral If you have any questions about this course, please email [email protected]
Regional Economics Massimo Bagarani
Course Level: 1st Level Degree Semester: Number of credits: 6 Teaching language: Italian
Course description The scope of the course is extensive covering most important models in regional economic development in the context of the general theory of economic development and in the framework of present EU regional policy. Introduction to regional economics
The role of territories
Competitiveness of urban areas and territories
Specificity of Italian model References Enrico Cicciotti Competitività e territorio, NIS 1993 Teaching methods Traditional Classes Evaluation methods Oral Exam If you have any questions about this course, please email [email protected]
Public Law Guido Meloni
Course Level: 1° Semester: first semester Number of credits: 9 credits Teaching language: italian
Course description This course examines the main institutes of the Constitutional organization and Public Administration. Students will examine the various public policy models and case studies related to specific policy areas. Topics may include:
• Characters of the legal phenomenon.
• The State and its elements.
• Typologies of State and government.
• Rights and freedom in the Italian Constitution.
• The constitutional organization: the Parliament, the President of the Republic, the Government, the Magistracy, the Constitutional Court.
• The organization and the activity of Public Administration.
• The regional and local governments. References Barbera, Fusaro: Corso di diritto pubblico, Il Mulino, Bologna. Cuocolo: Lezioni di diritto pubblico, Giuffrè, Milano. Caretti, De Siervo: Istituzioni di diritto pubblico, Giappichelli, Torino. Teaching methods Takes place through lessons.
Evaluation methods The assessment method employed is a written assignment. If you have any questions about this course, please email [email protected]
Business management Claudio Struzzolino
Course Level: First level degree Semester: I Number of credits: 2 Teaching language: italian
Course description The aim af this course is to ensure that students have an adequate knowledge of the theory relating to business administration. Syllabus content: a) business organization: introduction to and overview of business organization; localization; optimum size; partnership and company; organization chart. b) operational management: break even point; capital (assets and liabilities) and income (costs and returns). c) information system. d) cost-revenue balance; financial equilibrium; return on investment; return on sales; return on equity; cash flow. References G. Paolone, I principi dell’economia aziendale, Gruppo Editoriale Esselibri Simone, 2006 Teaching methods Frontal lessons Evaluation methods Oral If you have any questions about this course, please email [email protected]
European Union Law Vincenzo Musacchio
Course Level: First level Degree Semester: Number of credits: 6 Teaching language: Italian
Course description Credits 3: - The origin and the evolution of the European Union - The common institutional picture: the political institutions, composition, functions and way of interaction - The jurisdictional system: the functions of the Law court Credits 3: - The competences of the European Community and the sources of the communitarian right - The competences and the actions of the European Union in the fields of foreign politics and common emergency and of the cooperation of judicial police and in penal matter. References U. Draetta, Elements of European Union Law, Giuffrè Milan, 2005 V. Musacchio. Criminal law of the European Union, Cedam Padova 2005 Teaching methods Frontal lessons Evaluation methods The examination will carry out in oral shape for all the attending and not attending students. For the students who will have attended the course, the examination will concern mainly on the carried out arguments to lesson and could be prepared, in alternative to the advised text, on the notes and the material - essentially of jurisprudential character - distributed. It is necessary, in any case, the acquaintance of the important dispositions of Deals to you institutive. If you have any questions about this course, please email
Computer Skills Felice Montanaro
Course Level: 1st Level Degree Semester: 1 Number of credits: 6 Teaching language: Italian
Course description: To give the students the basic principles about the operating systems and data bases architectures. The course is intended to give the students a series of common knowdledges about calculation systems, operating systems and key data on which is possible to build deeper knowdleges. Meaning of Date Processing and algorithm Languages for algorithm planning /programming Computer aided information system architecture Hardware, software, programming Data Processing Applications Data Processing disciplinary areas Computer architecture (short accounts/ outlines) Internet and facilities/ services Information binary coding , logical operator Operating system Operating system functions Processes management and main memory, breaks File and data base Main memory and bulk storage File management Data bases, SQL language ( outlines) Internet and facilities/ services Internet and facilities/ services Processes management In and out breaks Central processing unit management policy Main memory management Replacing Memory mode S and memory mode U Utilities management driver and files management File and data bases Bulk storage Data base management Differences between separated files and data bases Models and languages for file management Abstaction levels about data base Data base and transaction Data base planning and employment Example:relational data base Relational model SQL language References Cerri Mandrioli Sbattella Informatica arte e mestiere Montanaro Felice – Course Material
Teaching methods : formal lessons Evaluation methods : questions to multiple choice If you have any questions about this course, please email : [email protected]
Commercial Law Francesco Fimmanò
Course Level: 1st
Level Degree Semester: 1° Number of credits: 9 Teaching language: italian
Course description The theoretic training about the rules of civil economic law’s operation and concerning with the analysis in comparison of practical cases. Examination of trade law’s cases, referring to enterprise, companies, trade agreements – especially tourist - credit rights and bankruptcy proceedings. The enterprise. The entrepreneur and his statute. The entrepreneur’s categories. The firm and its circulation. The distinctive signs. The auxiliaries. The intelligence’s works and the industrial invention. The competition’s discipline. The associative forms of family law. The competition. The temporary enterprises’ associations and the cartels. The European Group of economic interest. The agreements for enterprise’s activity. The selling. The evaluation agreement. The administration. The contract. The freight. The deposit. The commission agency and mediation. The financial brokerage. The stock exchange agreements. The insurance agreement. The holding association. The credit rights. The credit rights in general, the bill, the banking cheque and the circular cheque. The bankruptcy proceedings. The trade enterprise’s crisis. The bankruptcy’s requirements, the bankruptcy’s statement, the bankruptcy’s branches, the bankruptcy’s effects, the enterprise’s temporary exercise, the firm’s lease, the deficit’s and third parties’ personal rights verification, the assets’ winding-up and payment, the deed of arrangement and the controlled management, forced administrative winding-up, the extraordinary management of big enterprises going through an economic crisis. The companies in general. The company as an useful scheme and as an organizing paradigm. The simple company. The company under a joint name. The limited company. The limited liability company. The joint-stock company. The companies’ groups. The cooperative company. The conversion, the merging and the split. References G. Campobasso, Manuale di Diritto Commerciale, Utet, 2007. V. Buonocore, Manuale di Diritto Commerciale, Giappichelli, 2006. Teaching methods Traditional Lectures Evaluation methods If you have any questions about this course, please email: [email protected]
Human Resource Management Gilda Antonelli Course Level: I Semester: II Number or credits: 9 Teaching language: italian Course description Many managers and organizations now recognize that a critical source of competitive advantage often comes not from having the most ingenious product design, the best marketing strategy, or the most state-of-the-art production technology, but rather from having an effective system for obtaining, mobilizing and managing the organization’s human assets. This course has three central themes: (1) How to think systematically and strategically about aspects of managing the organization’s human assets, (2) What needs to be done to implement these policies and, if appropriate for a given organization, to achieve competitive advantage through people and (3) Which is the impact of the new Law of Labour on the job market. During the course will be discussed several topics as basic overviews of Human Resource Management; strategic execution and alignment; workforce planning; specifying jobs and roles; recruiting and selecting new employees; benefits and compensation; training and career development; leadership development management; training and development; employee performance management; group performance management; retaining employees and others. References Tosi, H.L., Pilati, M., Mero, N.P., Rizzo, J.R. (2002). “Comportamento Organizzativo. Persone, gruppi e organizzazione”. Egea, Milano. (Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 e 10); Peter Capelli and Ann Crocker-Hefter, "Distinctive human resources are firms' core competencies " Organizational Dynamics, 24(3), 7-22, 1996; Michael E. Porter, "What is Strategy?" Harvard Business Review, November/December 1996; Hodgetts, Richard M. and Fred Luthans, "Redefining Roles and Boundaries, Linking Competencies and Resources" Organizational Dynamics, Autumn 99, Vol. 28, Issue 2; Donald Campbell and others, "Merit pay, performance appraisal, and individual motivation: An analysis and alternative Human Resources Management, 37(2), 141-146; Allredge, Margaret and Kevin Nilan, "3M's Leadership Competency Model: An Internally Developed Solution" Human Resources Management, 39, 2, 133-145 Developing Leaders for 2010 Conference Board Research Report; Kerr, Stephen, "Organizational Rewards Organizational Dynamics, 61-70, 1999; McClurg, Lucy, "Team Rewards: How Far have we Come" Human Resource Management, 40(1) 73-86, 2001; Gioia, Dennis and Clinton Longenecker, "Delving into the Dark Side: The Politics of Executive Appraisal" Organizational Dynamics, Winter 94, 22, Issue 3: 47-49; Quinn, Robert and Gretchen Spreitzer, "The Road to Empowerment: Seven Questions Every Leader Should Ask" Organizational Dynamics, Autumn, 1997, Vol 26, 37-50; Wageman, Ruth, "Critical Success Factors for Creating Superb Self-Managing Teams " Organizational Dynamics, (Summer, 1997), Pp. 49-61; Charles Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton, The Balanced Scorecard, Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1996. Further references will be distribute during the course Teaching methods Class discussion, lessons, seminars. The third part of the course will be based on a project work
Evaluation methods Oral exam
If you have any questions about this course, please email: [email protected]
Chinese Language and Culture Maria Rosaria Gianninoto
Course Level: 1st Level Degree Semester: 1 Number of credits: 6 Teaching language: Italian / Chinese
Course description: Outline of the history of Chinese thought Outline of modern and contemporary history China's contemporary political and economic situation China’s linguistic situation, official language and dialects in China, Modern language and Classical Chinese, the history of the linguistic reform in China Phonology: the basic structures of Chinese syllables, the tonal system Morphology: sentence structure, verbal predicate, adjectival predicate, nominal predicate, question forms, numerals, nominal measure words Writing: pinyin transcription system, different structures of Chinese characters, common radicals, Chinese word processing References Yang Jizhou (ed.), Hanyu jiaocheng, Beijing yuyan wenhua daxue chubanshe, 1999, vol.1 Recommended Dictionaries: Zhang Shihua, Jianming han-yi cidian, Shanghai waiyu jiaoyu chubanshe, 1996 Jingxuan Han-Ying Ying-Han Cidian, Shangwu yinshuguan, 1999 Recommended Reading: G.Trentin (ed.), La Cina che arriva, Avagliano Editore, Napoli, 2005 F. Lemoine, L'economia cinese, Il Mulino, 2005 Further reading: A.Cheng, Storia del pensiero cinese [tr.it. Histoire de la pensée chinoise], Torino, Einaudi, 2000 P.Santangelo, Storia della Cina, Tascabili Economici Newton, 1994 Teaching methods : Evaluation methods : If you have any questions about this course, please email : [email protected]
Marketing Carlo Mari
Course Level: undergraduate Semester: first (Fall) Number of credits: 9 Teaching language: Italian
Course description The course is an introduction to basic marketing management principles to help students learn a decision-making orientation. The course is focused on conceptual and analytical tools useful in the study and practice of marketing. Specifically the course includes the elements of marketing decision making (market selection, offering, price, distribution, and communication) and the development of marketing plans. References De Vita P. (1993), Marketing operativo e marketing strategico, UTET Libreria. Mari C. (2001), Problemi di marketing, Franco Angeli. Teaching methods Lecture and case studies Evaluation methods Written and oral exam If you have any questions about this course, please email [email protected]
Organization of Public Institutions Massimo FRANCO Course Level: 3° Semester: First Number of credits: 9 Teaching language: Italian Course description Objective: Main objective of this course is to solve organizational problems of public institutions and of various business contexts from methodological, empirical and theoretical point of view. The business system will be analyzed with a multidimensional approach that investigates the different subjects and progressive levels of organizational analysis (individual, group, public institution, network). The course of Organization of Public Institutions, articulated in 54 hours of didactics for a total of 9 credits, is structured on the base of 3 didactic modules. Programm: First Module (3 CFU): analysis and organizational design of the processes of division of labor and coordination between actors of a business system. Definition of the organizational borders, analysis of individual and microstructure of the job. Organizational theories: classic theories, contingent theories, neo – istituzionalista theories and ecological theories. Second Module (3 CFU): characteristics of the work group. Analysis of the structure and mechanisms of relation within working group. During this module the participants to the course are engage in an activity of organizational and experimental laboratory. Third Module (3 CFU): main instruments of organizational planning, organizational mechanisms of coordination, mechanisms of control and organizational change. Analysis of infrastructure, social structure and superstructure of public institutions. Analysis of existing interdependences between public institutions and other actors of the business system. Methods and techniques of analysis of organizational change in public institutions, customer/citizen satisfaction, quality of public work. References Mercurio R., Testa F. (2000), Organizzazione, Assetto e relazioni nel sistema di business, Giappichelli, Torino. Department of Funzione Pubblica (2005), Pianificare l’organizzazione, i fabbisogni, le culture, Roma. (Available in pdf on web site of Department of Funzione Pubblica: www.funzionepubblica.it. DPCM 27.01.94) Direttiva del Ministro della Funzione Pubblica sulla Rilevazione della qualità percepita dai cittadini, Principi sull’erogazione dei servizi pubblici, 24.03.04. Other information on web site: www.unimol.it/organizzazione Teaching methods Lessons, Practices, Seminaries Evaluation methods Discussion, final test
If you have any questions about this course, please contact email: [email protected]
Organizational Studies Massimo FRANCO Course Level: 3° Semester: First Number of credits: 9 Teaching language: Italian
Course description Objective: Main objective of this course is to solve organizational problems of various business contexts from methodological, empirical and theoretical point of view. The business system will be analyzed with a multidimensional approach that investigates the different subjects and progressive levels of organizational analysis (individual, group, company, network). The course of Business Organization, articulated in 54 hours of didactics for a total of 9 credits, is structured on the base of 3 didactic modules. Programm: First Module (3 CFU): analysis and organizational design of the processes of division of labour and coordination between actors of a business system. Definition of the organizational borders, analysis of individual and microstructure of the job. Organizational theories: classic theories, contingent theories, neo – istituzionalista theories and ecological theories. Second Module (3 CFU): characteristics of the work group. Analysis of the structure and mechanisms of relation within working group. During this module the participants to the course are engage in an activity of organizational and experimental laboratory. Third Module (3 CFU): main instruments of organizational planning, organizational mechanisms of coordination, mechanisms of control and organizational change. Analysis of infrastructure, social structure and superstructure of a company. Network analysis and existing interdependences between a company and other actors of the business system. Methods and techniques of analysis of organizational change. References Mercurio R., Testa F. (2000), Organizzazione, Assetto e relazioni nel sistema di business, Giappichelli, Torino. Costa G., Nacamulli R. C. D. (1996), Manuale di organizzazione aziendale, vol. V, Utet, Torino (cap. 9, 10, 11, 12 e 13). Maggi B. (1998), L’officina di organizzazione, Carocci, Roma. Costa G., Nacamulli R. C. D. (1997), Manuale di organizzazione aziendale, vol. I – II – III – VI, UTET, Torino. Other information on web site: www.unimol.it/organizzazione Teaching methods Lessons, Practices, Seminaries Evaluation methods Discussant, final test If you have any questions about this course, please contact email: [email protected]
Public Finance Angelo Lombari
Course Level: 1 st
Level Degree Course
Semester: 1 st
Semester Number of credits: 3 Teaching language: Italian Course description 1.Public sector in a mixed economy 2. Public choice 3. Public goods and publicly provided private goods 4. Introduction to Taxation 5. Tax incidence 6. Aggregate analysis 7. Theory of distribution of tax 8. Tax system in Italy References Cosciani C., Scienza delle Finanze, Utet Brosio G., Economia e finanza Pubblica, Nis, 1993 Teaching methods 18 Hours of teaching Evaluation methods Written and oral exam If you have any questions about this course, please email : [email protected]
Public Finance Angelo Lombari
Course Level: Degree Course in Economia Aziendale (previous system) Semester: 1
st Semester
Number of credits: 9 Teaching language: Italian Course description 1.Public sector in a mixed economy 2. Public choice 3. Efficiency and equity 4. Public goods and publicly provided private goods 5. Introduction to Taxation 6. Tax incidence 7. Aggregate analysis 8. Public Debt 9. Theory of distribution of wealth 10. Theory of distribution of tax 11. Tax system in Italy 12 The fiscal federalism References Cosciani C., Scienza delle Finanze, Utet Brosio G., Economia e finanza Pubblica, Nis, 1993 Teaching methods 36 Hours of teaching Evaluation methods Written and oral exam If you have any questions about this course, please email : [email protected]
English Language Prof. Cristiana Pugliese
Course Level: 1st year Semester: 2nd Number of credits: 9 Teaching language: English Course description This course aims to provide students with the necessary skills which will enable them to read and discuss in speaking and writing English topics relevant to their main area of study. The course is divided into 3 modules of 18 hours each and it is aimed at students at pre-intermediate English level, or A2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. The first and second modules focus on the main phonological, morphosyntactic and lexical features of the English language. The third module focuses on English for Economics and analyses the topics included in the textbook English for Business. References Maria Rees, English for Business, Venezia: Libreria Editrice Cafoscarina, 2004. Students are advised to use a grammar book of their choice, for instance, N. Coe et al., Grammar Spectrum for Italian Students, La Nuova Italia. Teaching methods Frontal lessons, seminars, films Evaluation methods Written exam and oral exam If you have any questions about this course, please email [email protected]
Quantitative Business Analyses Claudia Salvatore
Course Level: Semester: II (second) Number of credits: 3 (three) Teaching language: Italian
Course description Advanced examination of accounting methodologies. The integrated system of survey instruments will be analyzed. Also the balance sheet as a fundamental instrument of transformation of the values reported in book-keeping documents into the corresponding economic-financial and patrimonial trends will be analyzed. Module I: The integrated system of accounting survey instruments (1 credits) Accounting and statistics; Accounting and mathematics; The use of extra book-keeping models in quantitative determination; The evolution of business communication; The instruments of information to equipment the balance sheet and their messages of communication; The languages of survey instruments; Integration of survey instruments to overcome the limits of book-keeping and extra book-keeping languages. Module II: The analysis of the balance sheet (2 credits) Reclassification and analysis of the values of the balance sheet; Analysis of the financial area; Margins and ratios; Treasury management; Analysis of the economic area: the indices of inexpensiveness and economic leverage; Analysis of the area of technical efficiency; Indices and flows analysis. References SALVATORE C., Il sistema degli strumenti integrati di rilevazione per la conoscenza dell’azienda e per la comunicazione degli accadimenti aziendali, Franco Angeli, Milano, 2007. CONSORTI A., La dimensione economico-reddituale e la dinamica finanziaria dell’azienda: schema di analisi per indici e per flussi, Giappichelli Editore, Torino, 2001. Teaching methods Frontal and practical lessons (exercises) Evaluation methods Oral examination If you have any questions about this course, please email [email protected]
Quantitative Business Analyses Claudia Salvatore
Course Level: 1st Level Degree (second year) Semester: II (second) Number of credits: 9 (nine) Teaching language: Italian
Course description The “principles” and methods of accounting. Accounting records are studied in order to determine the capital income attributable to an administrative period and the related working capital (equity). Emphasis focuses on the balance sheet, the evolution of the informative function of financial statements, evaluation of patrimonial items and the introduction in Italy of International Accounting Standards (IAS). Module I: The principles of Accounting (3 credits) Identification of the principles of accounting and accounting data; General accounting; The business activity of an enterprise; The structure of capital and the composition of net income imputable to several temporal intervals; Systems of interpretation of business facts and acts; Double-entry accounting applied to the system of business operations; Classification of accounting data in relation to the times of survey of the business facts. Accounting in newly established enterprises; Production factors (buying and selling); Bills and payments; The cost of work; Fixed and intangible assets, investments; Debt financing; Corporation tax; The audit of accounts; The opening balance sheet; the closing balance. Module II: The theory and the informative function of the balance sheet (3 credits) Features of the balance sheet; The informative function of the balance sheet; The objective and subjective interests of the balance sheet; Accounting principles; national and international norms; Evaluation of balance sheet items; Civil code norms appertaining to the balance sheet; Determination of capital income in fiscal law; The relation between tax system and national norms appertaining to the balance sheet; Accounting and reporting principles; Formal records of business financial activities. Module III: The evaluation of the patrimonial elements of the balance sheet (3 credits) Evaluation of the patrimonial elements of the balance sheet according to the civil code; Determination of capital income in fiscal law; The relation between tax system and national norms appertaining to the balance sheet. References PAOLONE G., L’economia aziendale e la ragioneria nei loro interrelati contenuti, Franco Angeli, Milano, 2007; PAOLONE G., DE LUCA F., IANNONE B., ASTOLFI S., Il Sistema delle rilevazioni contabili nelle imprese in funzionamento, Sistemi Editoriali, Gruppo editoriale Esselibri Simone, Napoli, 2005; PAOLONE G., Il bilancio di esercizio, Giappichelli, Torino, 2004; PAOLONE G., SALVATORE C., BORGIA M., STRUZZOLINO C., VOLTARELLA R., DEL GESSO C., Casi Aziendali di Contabilità Generale, Sistemi Editoriali, Esselibri Simone, Napoli, 2005. Teaching methods Frontal and practical lessons Evaluation methods Written and oral examination If you have any questions about this course, please email [email protected]
German Language Sonia Saporiti
Course Level A1 Breakthrough Level (based on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) Semester: Number of credits: 9 (54 hours) Teaching language: German/Italian
Course description The main objectives of the course are: a) Bringing the students up to the Breakthrough Level (A1) of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages b) Widening the learner’s understanding of the German-speaking countries, acquiring new information about them. The course is therefore divided into two modules: - The language module (44 hours) is intended mainly for elementary learners, as it concentrates on grammar and vocabulary topics such as:
1. Nouns and gender; Personal pronoun 2. The four German cases 3. The present and the future tense; Imperative 4. To be, to have, modal verbs and their conjugations 5. Sentence structure: The word order in the main clause; Question sentences 6. Negation 7. The Two-Way Prepositions
- The cultural module (10 hours) will be dedicated to some basic aspects of the German-speaking countries’ culture (Germany, Austria, Switzerland):
1. The German-speaking countries and the European Union 2. Geography and recent History 3. Economy 4. Government and Politics 5. People, Society and Lifestyle
References 1. CATANI C., GREINER H., PEDRELLI E., Wie bitte? Neue Ausgabe Kompakt, Zanichelli, Bologna 2006
(ISBN: 978-8808-20664-0). 2. Reimann M., Grundstufen-Grammatik für Deutsch als Fremdsprache, Hueber Verlag, Ismaning
2000. 3. DESTRO A. (a cura di), I Paesi di lingua tedesca. Storia, cultura, società, Il Mulino, Bologna 2001
(capp. I.5, I.6, II, III, IV, V). 4. PALERMO F., WOELK J., Germania, Il Mulino, Bologna 2005. 5. GRAGLIA P.S., L’Unione Europea, Il Mulino, Bologna 2006.
The last three books can be replaced with one of the following: 1. Hyde F., The German Way: Aspects of Behaviour, Attitudes and Customs in the German-speaking
World, McGraw-Hill 1996. 2. Tatsachen über Deutschland, Societäts-Verlag 2006 (the book on which the lessons are based).
Teaching methods Lectures, class work and language-laboratory. Self-study is also necessary. Evaluation methods The assessment consists of two parts: 1. Written Examination: a grammar examination-sheet and a reading comprehension-sheet. 2. Oral Examination: a five-minutes self-presentation in German and three questions about the cultural module in Italian (Erasmus students can take the second part of the oral exam in a language of their choice among Italian, German and English).
If you have any questions about this course, please email: [email protected]
Sociology Daniela Grignoli
Course Level: First Level Degree Semester: First semester
Number of credits: 6 Teaching language: Italian
Course description
The purpose of the course is to provide the students the basic knowledge about nature and features of sociology, as well as the theoretical and methodological instruments to analyze and to interpret of social phenomena.
In particular, the programme focuses on the nature and the origins of sociology: From the origins of sociology to the social-historical and scientific fundamentals of sociology.
In addition, the programme focuses the relationship between sociology, biology, and evolutionism. Throughout the study of evolution of society, human society
Finally, the programme focuses on themes and problems of social analysis according to elements of methodology and techniques of social research. References SAPORITI, A.: Macrosociologia. Una introduzione allo studio delle società umane, Rubbettino, 2004. Teaching methods Lessons, Practice, Seminars Evaluation methods A written test during the course If you have any questions about this course, please email [email protected]
Agro-food industries sociology and economics Rosa Maria FANELLI
Course Level: I e II (optional exam) Semester: II Number of credits: 6 Teaching language: Italian Course description: The objective of this course is to provide students with theoretical and empirical knowledge concerning social and economic characteristics of the agro-food industries. Furthermore, the course provides students with knowledge on political tools used to protect the consumer’s health and well-being under imperfect information. For these purposes, after defining the general characteristics of the agro-food system and the evolution of the agro-food products demand, the course will develop the topics concerning the quality of the products. In particular, it will analyse the institutions created to ensure the quality of the products and the strategies and social politics adopted by the firms.
References: Fundamentals of economics Teaching methods: Frontal lectures Evaluation methods: Oral examination If you have any questions about this course, please email [email protected]
Economic History Luciana Frangioni
Course Level: 1st level degree course in Business Economics Semester: 2nd semester Number of credits: 9 Teaching language: Italian
Course description To give the students attending the first year the bases of the origin of the most important economic institutes that we still use in economics activities. Basics coming directly analysing unpublished sources. Sources for the history of commerce, insurance, transport and communications. Sources for the history of the enterprise and its accounting. Sources for the history of the bank and financial institutes. Sources for the history of productive agricultural activities and non agricultural ones. References Luciana Frangioni, Dispense di storia economica, Campobasso, Università del Molise, 2004. Antonella Fiorentino, Il ruolo del commercio di commissione, Torino, Giappichelli, 2007. Teaching methods Lectures will be followed by practices on sources and workshops on specialized courses. Evaluation methods Final oral examination. If you have any questions about this course, please email : [email protected]
Economic History Maria Giagnacovo
Course Level: Optional course Semester: 1st semester Number of credits: 6 Teaching language: Italian
Course description The aims of this course are: - to introduce students to the wide variety of sources used by historians, particularly regarding 13
th,14
th and 15
th centuries, and to develop a critical approach to them;
- to give students a basic knowledge of Western European economic history in the period of the late Middle Ages, with a special focus on the economic history of medieval Italy. Topics include: development of economic enterprises and techniques, merchant culture, commerce and transportations, insurance, banking, manufacturing industries. References C.M. CIPOLLA, Storia economica dell’Europa preindustriale, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2002. Slides and other teaching material will be provided during the course. Teaching methods Lectures Evaluation methods Final oral examination If you have any questions about this course, please email [email protected]
Statistics Pierpaolo D’Urso
Course Level: First year (first level degree) Semester: Number of credits: 9 Teaching language: Italian
Course description Univariate and bivariate descriptive analysis; Elements of probability theory; Random variables; Discrete and continuous distributions; Expectation and variance of random variables; Sampling distributions; Estimation and properties of statistics (bias, efficiency); Linear regression analysis References Lecture notes. BORRA, A. DI CIACCIO (2004): Statistica: metodologie per le scienze economiche e sociali, McGraw-Hill.MONTANARI, AGATI, MASSON: Open Statistica, Masson.C. FERRATO: Appunti ed esercizi di Statistica, Giappichelli. Teaching methods Traditional lecture. Evaluation methods Oral exam. If you have any questions about this course, please email [email protected]
