Crash courses and seminars

Basic Principles of English phonetics/phonology (30 hours)  - 2^nd semester

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Class schedule:

1^st semester B&A - FoodSys courses/seminars

1. CRASH COURSE IN ACCOUNTING: basic principles of Accounting 

• Monday October 5,  9-12 (3 hours)
• Monday, October 12, 9-12 (3 hours)
• Monday October 19, 9-12 (3 hours)
• Wednesday October 7, 9-11 (2 hours)
• Wednesday October 14, 9-13 (4 hours)
• Wednesday October 21, 9-11 (2 hours)
• Wednesday October 28, 9-11 (2 hours)
• Friday November 20, 9-13 (4 hours)
• Friday Novermber 27, 9-13 (4 hours)

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2. CRASH COURSE IN INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS (15 hours) 

The course serves as an introduction to the study of International Economics. It is mainly focused on the main theories and approaches in the study of International Trade and Macroeconomics Policy.

- 14,15,16,17 September: 9.30 -12.30 - online on TEAMS

- 18 Septembre: 8-11 - online on TEAMS

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3. Data Management : 

Advanced practically-oriented Excel course, highly requested and valued in the working environment   (No ECTS- attendance recommended) 

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IMPORTANT:

To take the course, it is necessary to download Office UniBo at www.office.com using your UniBo account and to install the programmes Excel and Access.

If you have a mac, you can install windows for free at the following links, then you can install Excel and Access with UniBo office

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuAVOpO7yFc&t=77s

https://www.pcmag.com/news/how-to-run-windows-on-a-mac

4. Quantitative Methods (30 hours)

The Quantitative Methods crash course would like to guarantee a more effective preparation for the Quantitative Methods course.

In particular, the Econometrics course involves the following requirements therefore it is crucial that students without a strong quantitative background participate in the crash course to acquire or strengthen the knowledge required to successfully take the Quantitative methods course.

• Students must be familiar with the following topics before the beginning of the Econometrics course: Descriptive statistics: Averages, variance and descriptive statistics in general; Association and correlation between variables; Random sampling; Unbiasedeness and consistency and efficiency properties for the sampling average estimator; Finite sample distribution of the t statistics; Asymptotic distribution of the t-statistics (z-score); Hypothesis testing: t tests for averages., null and alternative hypothesis for one and two sided alternatives;     Decision under uncertainty: p-values and critical values; Confidence intervals; Statistical decisions through confidence intervals).

 The crash course isorganized during the period November 11^th – December 16^th 2020 on Tuesday and Friday from 4 to 7 p.m. online at the following link https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_Njc3OTg5YmEtYjdkMS00Mjg2LTg2N2YtODkyNTkxMjY5ZGEz%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22e99647dc-1b08-454a-bf8c-699181b389ab%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22f679e363-9baf-48db-8636-528101283b14%22%7d 

Please note that at the end of the crash course, a final exam will be organized. According to the result of the test, you may receive 0-3 bonus points for the Econometrics course grade.