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
valid for whole curriculum period:
Prerequisites
valid for whole curriculum period:
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
Course Homepage: https://mycourses.aalto.fi/course/search.php?search=30C00355
Registration for Courses: In the academic year 2021-2022, registration for courses will take place on Sisu (sisu.aalto.fi) instead of WebOodi.