30C00355 - Business Mathematics II, Lecture, 28.2.2022-12.4.2022

Please note! Course description is confirmed for two academic years, which means that in general, e.g. Learning outcomes, assessment methods and key content stays unchanged. However, via course syllabus, it is possible to specify or change the course execution in each realization of the course, such as how the contact sessions are organized, assessment methods weighted or materials used.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

On this course, the student improves his/her skills in applying mathematical methods and tools to solve business problems, and obtains theoretical foundations for reading advanced finance and management science literature. After the course, the student will understand the basics of mathematical reasoning. He/she will also be able to build optimization models and solve them by using Excel.

Credits: 6

Schedule: 28.02.2022 - 12.04.2022

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Panu Erästö

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):

Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):

Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Integration techniques, Euclidian spaces, sets and relations, logic, theorems and proofs, convex functions and sets, basics of linear, integer, and nonlinear optimization, stochastic modeling (time permitting).

Assessment Methods and Criteria

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Final exam 40 % and homework assignments 50%, online excercises 10%

Workload

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Lectures 30h, individual work 132 h.

DETAILS

Study Material

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Lecture slides, assignments

Substitutes for Courses
Prerequisites

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Only one of the courses 30C003500 Mathematics II, 30C00300 Mathematical Methods for economists and 30C00355 Business Mathematics can be completed


    Teaching Period:

    2020-2021 Spring IV

    2021-2022 Spring IV


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