Actuarial and Financial Sciences

Learning goals Working knowledge of the main models of international economics and international finance. Knowledge and understanding. Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to analyse actual economic problems in terms of competing theories and models. Applying knowledge and understanding. Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to understand the explicit and implicit hypotheses informing the main economic policy proposals in the current debate. Making judgements. The course is explicitly based on the principle of methodological and theoretical pluralism. Students will be introduced to at least two competing models for each economic problem considered, and will understand the criteria with which to personally choose their favorite interpretation. Communication skills. Through study and hands-on sessions, students will become proficient in the jargon and technical language of the discipline, which they must use in both written and oral examinations. Learning skills. Students that successfully complete the course will have learnt a method of analysis that will allow them to tackle and understand the main economic issues of today, both in subsequent economic courses and in the fruition and participation to the public debate.