00675 - Financial Mathematics

Academic Year 2024/2025

  • Docente: Dario Spelta
  • Credits: 8
  • SSD: SECS-S/06
  • Language: Italian
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Business Administration (cod. 8871)

Learning outcomes

A the end of the course the studente will be able to manage mathematical tools to solve basic financial problems.

Course contents

Financial functions.

Annuities.

Funds.

Loans.

Readings/Bibliography

Written exam:

SPELTA D., Esercizi di matematica finanziaria, Esculapio, Bologna 2023.

Oral exam:

SPELTA D., Matematica finanziaria, Esculapio, Bologna 2020.


Teaching methods

Ex-cathedra lessons.

Assessment methods

The exam is divided in two parts.

The first one is a written test on life insurance mathematics. The candidate has to show that he has learnt how to calculate premiums and values.

The second one is an interview. The candidate has to answer three questions on topics taught during the course.

The test assessment grid will be as follows:

<18 insufficient

18-23 sufficient

24-27 average/good

28-30 very good

30 cum laude excellent/outstanding.


Teaching tools

Blackboard and white chalk.

Links to further information

https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/dario.spelta

Office hours

See the website of Dario Spelta