Information for international students
| Course Name | STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS AND INSURANCE |
| Course Code | L |
| Department | Department of Economics, Statistics and Finance |
| MIUR Code | L-41 |
| Duration | 3 |
| Website info | http://www.ecostat.unical.it/Didattica/Statistica/ |
| Specific Admission Requirements | Admission requirements To be enrolled in the degree course in Statistics for Business and Insurance, it is necessary to have a high school diploma or other academic qualifications obtained abroad and recognized as valid. To access the Degree Course in Statistics for Business and Insurance it is necessary to have working proficiency of the Italian language, both written and oral, basic proficiency of English and sound knowledge of logics, mathematics and informatics. The modality to verify this knowledge is delineated in the Academic Regulation and in the Regulation of the Course of Study. |
| Profile of the programme | Course Profile The Degree Course offers: - a thorough understanding of methods and procedures in statistics, the skills of methodological instruments for projecting and carrying out statistical investigations, competence in measurement and processing of quantitative and qualitative data; - a sound knowledge of basic subjects; - a sound knowledge of firms, financial markets and insurance companies; - Adequate Understanding of methodologies, techniques instruments and informatics applied in public and private companies and financial and insurance markets. The study process offers basic courses in statistics, mathematics and informatics that provide deep knowledge of statistic and actuarial techniques to analyse insurance and financial markets and also the knowledge of statistical methodologies and informatics tools for business management and market analysis. A thorough Understanding of actuarial and financial disciplines offers students necessary tools for creation and administration of insurance systems, of social and private pensions, for analysis of financial markets and for accessing Attuario Junior profession. A thorough Understanding of statistical disciplines and of methodologies of informatics gives necessary tools for the efficient and effective use of information systems of private and public firms that allow to create, update and administrate databases, to analyse market data, to evaluate potentialities and expansion of new markets and to forecast consumption and investments. The use of the laboratory is aimed at developing, studying and analysing of real or simulated cases. |
| Key learning outcomes | Expected achievements Knowledge and understanding The student acquires sound practical and theoretical knowledge in mathematics, statistics, informatics and business as well as the knowledge related to: - Statistical and actuarial techniques for insurance and financial markets; - Statistical methodologies and informatics tools for firm management and market analysis. The capacity to apply the knowledge and the understanding will contribute to develop the ability in elaborating information, managing and interpretation of the economic and financial data of the firm and the markets where the firm operates. Moreover, it will contribute to develop capacities of construction and administration of statistical systems of data. Formulation of personal opinion The student develops the ability to formulate personal opinion, to approach critically, and obtain skills to work in groups. This improves capacity to evaluate and to manage uncertainty, to conduct surveys, to process and to interpret data related to firm and to market analysis. Communication skills The student develops adequate competences and necessary tools for correct transmission of information and of the transmission of statistical, financial and actuarial data both in written and oral form. Learning skills The student develops necessary learning skills to proceed to studies of the master degree and to be involved in the labour market with high degree of the autonomy and sound cultural background, that permit the student to adapt and to update continually. |
| Specific arrangements for recognition of prior learning (formal, non -formal and informal) | Modality of recognition of previous carrier (formal, non-formal and informal) University Academic Regulations, Art. 35th (Registration on the basis of foreign degree, paragraph 3, letter. c) University Academic Regulations, Art. 40th (Recognition of foreign academic qualifications) |
| Qualification requirements and regulations | Requisites to obtain the degree To obtain the Degree, the student must acquire 180 credits, according to the Framework of the Educational Issues listed in Annex A of the Regulation of the Course of Study. |
| Occupational profiles of graduates | Employment opportunities (Decrees on Classes, Article 3, paragraph 7) The graduate can be placed in the labour market as a self-employed as well as employed professional. For graduates in Statistics for Business and Insurance, the principal employers are the insurance companies that operate in insurance and pension fields, as well as banks and other institutions operating in the area of finance. The degree in Statistics for Business and Insurance gives access to the state examination to obtain the profession of Attuario Junior. Moreover, the graduates may work in companies operating in different fields: production, marketing, management control, data elaboration (analysis?) and information systems. Particularly, graduates will be capableof utilising the necessary statistical tools, for example, to analyse possibility of company penetration in markets, evaluate effects of promotion and marketing policies and analyse the division of markets shares between the competitors. The graduates are prepared for the professions listed in ISTAT classification codes (2.1.1.3.2). |
| Access to further studies | Access to successive studies The degree allows access to second-cycle studies (Master), particular in the field of statistics. |
| Examination regulations, assessment and grading | Examinations and grading system University Academic Regulation, Article 49; Regulation of the Degree Course in Statistics for Business and Insurance, Article 16; |
| Graduation requirements | Requisites to obtain final degree To obtain the Bachelor Degree in Statistics for Business and Insurance, the student must acquire 180 credits, including acquiring the knowledge of one of the European Union languages, as well as the Italian language (Article 7, paragraph 1 of the Ministerial Decree of 22 October 2004, n. 270). |
| Mode of study | The process of study (full time, part-time, distance study) Not provided |
| Programme director or equivalent | Prof. Agostino Tarsitano, Coordinator
of course (email
agostino.tarsitano@unical.it) Prof.Ivar Massaḅ, Director of the Department of Economics, Statistics and Finance (Di.SESF) (email direttore.desf@unical.it ) |
| Course Structure Diagram |