The aim of the Degree Programme in Business Economics is to produce business consultants able to undertake administrative careers in companies and other organisations at management level, as well as to work as freelance accountants or statutory auditors. The degree programme has a dual objective. Firstly, the programme consolidates the accounting, administrative, economic and legal studies undertaken by the students with a view to preparing them to work as accountants and statutory auditors. The programme provides students with the competencies and skills required to professionally manage problems in the following fields: i) design and management of IT systems for external communication and internal control; ii) audit of financial statements and sustainability reports; iii) analysis of financial statements using ratios and cash flows; iv) rational formulation of financial and business decisions (choice of investment and funding), also in the light of knowledge of the operational and assessment processes and services implemented by financial intermediaries. The programme further seeks to produce business experts able to manage and direct companies, for which they must have strategic, organisational, control and management skills. They must also be market oriented and have an integrated vision of the different functional areas of the business.
Secondly, the programme focuses on hospitality businesses – accommodation facilities and the like, cruise lines, catering businesses and companies in the travel and tourism industry in general – providing accounting, administrative, economic and legal training with a view to preparing students to work as freelance consultants and employees in the businesses of the tourism system. The programme provides students with the competencies and skills required to professionally manage problems in the following fields: i) design and management of IT systems for external communication and internal control in hospitality businesses; ii) audit of financial statements and sustainability reports; iii) analysis of financial statements using ratios and cash flows; iv) rational formulation of financial and business decisions (choice of investment and funding). The programme further seeks to produce business experts able to manage and direct companies in the hospitality industry, for which they must have ethical, sustainable development, strategic, organisational, control and management skills. They must also be market oriented and have an integrated vision of the different functional areas of the business.
In the first year, students are introduced to the fundamental theories of economics and mathematics, with a particular focus on business economics, in addition to language and IT studies. In the second year, students can choose between a more general, management-oriented curriculum, and a hospitality-oriented curriculum specifically focused on certain key subjects for hospitality and tourism, with a view to improving both theoretical and practical learning. Then, in the third year, the management-oriented curriculum delves into finance and accounting, legal and managerial subjects. The hospitality-oriented curriculum, on the other hand, focuses on the management of tourist destinations and on the ethics and sustainable development of the tourism industry.
The programme is distinguished by the numerous optional course modules and internships on offer that enhance the curriculum and are aimed at preparing students for the world of work.
In the first two years, the contents of the English language curriculum are very similar to the Italian one, please refer to the description given above, but with a more international character. This curriculum aims to provide professional competences that can be used nationally as well as internationally, as experts in administration, management and business consulting. These competences can be used in businesses in all sectors and of all sizes, working on national and international markets. Furthermore, particularly in the third year, the programme offers students the possibility to develop skills in the increasingly current areas of sustainable development and digital innovation.
The overall objective of this curriculum is to provide students with the knowledge and tools required to fully understand the main administrative, strategic and operational aspects of business management within the field of sustainability and innovation.
