Statistical Sciences

Learning goals The primary educational goal of the course is the students' learning of the main problems, methods and models of mathematical demography. Knowledge and understanding. After attending the course, the students know and understand the most commonly used methodologies for analysing demographic processes. Applying knowledge and understanding. At the end of the course students are able to apply the specific methods and models of the discipline to concrete cases, even in multidisciplinary contexts (socio-demographic, bio-demographic, actuarial, economic). Making judgements. Students develop critical skills through the application of methods and models to real data of different complexity. They also develop critical sense through the comparison of alternative solutions to the same problem. Communication skills. Students, through the study and development of applications to concrete cases, acquire the technical-scientific language of the discipline, which must be used appropriately in the final oral examination. Communication skills are also developed through group activities. Learning skills. Students who pass the exam have learned a method of analysis that allows them to study the main demographic issues autonomously.