605.210 (21S) Quantitative Methods for Business, Economics and Finance

Sommersemester 2021

Registration deadline has expired.

First course session
10.03.2021 14:00 - 15:30 Virtual Classroom in Moodle Off Campus
... no further dates known

Overview

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it may be necessary to make changes to courses and examinations at short notice (e.g. cancellation of attendance-based courses and switching to online examinations).

For further information regarding teaching on campus, please visit: https://www.aau.at/en/corona.
Lecturer
Course title german Quantitative Methods for Business, Economics and Finance
Type Seminar (continuous assessment course )
Course model Blended learning course
Online proportion 50%
Hours per Week 2.0
ECTS credits 4.0
Registrations 3 (8 max.)
Organisational unit
Language of instruction English
Course begins on 10.03.2021
eLearning Go to Moodle course

Time and place

Please note that the currently displayed dates may be subject to change due to COVID-19 measures.
List of events is loading...

Course Information

Teaching methodology including the use of eLearning tools

The course will take place in the form of a seminar, with potentially some presentations and add-ons by the lecturer, but with the majority of the presentations given by the participants. Discussion of the methods and tools, including application of these methods and tools, will be the cornerstone of the seminar. Throughout, we will take care to clarify the usefulness for BEF-studies.

Given the selected teaching format and purpose, with intense discussions, a maximum number of eight participants will be accepted.

The precise time schedule will be fixed at the kick-off meeting.

Course content

This seminar is dedicated to address and mitigate one of the most pressing needs in business, economics and finance (BEF) education: Way too often the limiting factor in studying, investigating or performing research in business, economics or finance is not the content or ideas about research questions, but the limited knowledge about quantitative methods. Economics, finance and to an increasing degree also business use more and more sophisticated methods and tools from mathematics, statistics and - to bring things on the ground - computer science. In this course we will, adapted to the needs of the participants, discuss relevant mathematical and statistical methods and tools to develop or deepen our understanding of these. 

Prior knowledge expected

Affinity to using mathematical and statistical tools to analyze questions in business, economics and finance. Knowledge in mathematics and statistics as taught at the bachelor and master levels. High level of motivation.

Literature

Some underlying references will be discussed at the kick-off meeting. The exact choices concerning additional literature depend on the exact topics to be studied and will be selected in relation to the exact topics chosen.

Examination information

Im Fall von online durchgeführten Prüfungen sind die Standards zu beachten, die die technischen Geräte der Studierenden erfüllen müssen, um an diesen Prüfungen teilnehmen zu können.

Examination methodology

Presentation(s) (70%)and active participation in the discussions (30%). The provided presentation documents and other material made available by the participants will also be considered in the grading process.

Grading scheme

Grade / Grade grading scheme

Position in the curriculum

  • Master's degree programme Applied Business Administration (SKZ: 918, Version: 12W.4)
    • Subject: Freie Wahlfächer (Optional subject)
      • Freie Wahlfächer ( 0.0h XX / 6.0 ECTS)
        • 605.210 Quantitative Methods for Business, Economics and Finance (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Thematic Doctoral Programme Modeling, Simulation and Optimization in Business and Economics (SKZ: ---, Version: 16W.2)
    • Subject: Modelling, Simulation, Optimization in Business and Economics (Compulsory subject)
      • Modelling, Simulation, Optimization in Business and Economics ( 0.0h XX / 0.0 ECTS)
        • 605.210 Quantitative Methods for Business, Economics and Finance (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Doctoral programme Doctoral programme in Social and Economic Sciences (SKZ: 300, Version: 18W.1)
    • Subject: Studienleistungen gem. § 3 Abs. 2a des Curriculums (Compulsory subject)
      • Studienleistungen gem. § 3 Abs. 2a des Curriculums ( 0.0h XX / 80.0 ECTS)
        • 605.210 Quantitative Methods for Business, Economics and Finance (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Doctoral programme Doctoral programme in Social and Economic Sciences (SKZ: 300, Version: 12W.4)
    • Subject: Studienleistungen gem. § 3 Abs. 2a des Curriculums (Compulsory subject)
      • Studienleistungen gem. § 3 Abs. 2a des Curriculums ( 40.0h XX / 80.0 ECTS)
        • 605.210 Quantitative Methods for Business, Economics and Finance (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Doctoral programme Doctoral programme in Social and Economic Sciences (SKZ: 784, Version: 12W.4)
    • Subject: Studienleistungen gem. § 3 Abs. 2a des Curriculums (Compulsory subject)
      • Studienleistungen gem. § 3 Abs. 2a des Curriculums ( 40.0h XX / 80.0 ECTS)
        • 605.210 Quantitative Methods for Business, Economics and Finance (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)

Equivalent courses for counting the examination attempts

This course is not assigned to a sequence of equivalent courses