Economics: behavior, data and policy 36 months Undergraduate Programme By University of Milan |TopUniversities
Programme Duration

36 monthsProgramme duration

Main Subject Area

Business AnalyticsMain Subject Area

Programme overview

Main Subject

Business Analytics

Degree

BA

Study Level

Undergraduate

Study Mode

On Campus

The Bachelor's Degree Programme in Economics: Behavior, Data and Policy is a three-year programme, entirely taught in English, that aims to provide a basic but solid knowledge of economic theory, its principles, and its quantitative and statistical tools. This knowledge is aimed at developing the ability to produce analysis and research in all the fields of economics. Students will acquire the ability to analyze the behavioral mechanisms that lead individuals to make decisions that influence the organization and functioning of markets. At the same time, they will understand economic systems, also from an international perspective, and the policies that regulate them. The programme also aims to provide critical awareness of social issues in contemporary reality, which are closely related to economic development, like public policies to counter inequality. The programme also offers an applied approach, with constant use of data analysis, and includes innovative branches of economics such as behavioral economics and experimental methods. The programme's strongly internationally-oriented perspective is finally granted by the use of English as the language of instruction.



The first two years of the study programme aim to ensure basic knowledge in different disciplines, with a solid training in quantitative methods and the development of reasoning and critical thinking skills. Furthermore, students will grasp the basic principles of economics in order to acquire tools for analysing individual choices, market functioning, dynamics underlying economic activities and the labor market. Through targeted teaching, students will develop the ability to collect, process and interpret statistical data, with an early focus on consumer behavior. In the third year of the program, students take advanced courses and apply the tools and skills acquired earlier. They also have the opportunity to further enrich their competencies in analysing the behavioral mechanisms influencing consumer choices.



The knowledge and skills acquired are useful both for graduates intending to continue their academic career with a Master Degree and for graduates entering the job market in positions and professional profiles such as operative marketing technician; strategic marketing technician, market analyst, and data technician.

Programme overview

Main Subject

Business Analytics

Degree

BA

Study Level

Undergraduate

Study Mode

On Campus

The Bachelor's Degree Programme in Economics: Behavior, Data and Policy is a three-year programme, entirely taught in English, that aims to provide a basic but solid knowledge of economic theory, its principles, and its quantitative and statistical tools. This knowledge is aimed at developing the ability to produce analysis and research in all the fields of economics. Students will acquire the ability to analyze the behavioral mechanisms that lead individuals to make decisions that influence the organization and functioning of markets. At the same time, they will understand economic systems, also from an international perspective, and the policies that regulate them. The programme also aims to provide critical awareness of social issues in contemporary reality, which are closely related to economic development, like public policies to counter inequality. The programme also offers an applied approach, with constant use of data analysis, and includes innovative branches of economics such as behavioral economics and experimental methods. The programme's strongly internationally-oriented perspective is finally granted by the use of English as the language of instruction.



The first two years of the study programme aim to ensure basic knowledge in different disciplines, with a solid training in quantitative methods and the development of reasoning and critical thinking skills. Furthermore, students will grasp the basic principles of economics in order to acquire tools for analysing individual choices, market functioning, dynamics underlying economic activities and the labor market. Through targeted teaching, students will develop the ability to collect, process and interpret statistical data, with an early focus on consumer behavior. In the third year of the program, students take advanced courses and apply the tools and skills acquired earlier. They also have the opportunity to further enrich their competencies in analysing the behavioral mechanisms influencing consumer choices.



The knowledge and skills acquired are useful both for graduates intending to continue their academic career with a Master Degree and for graduates entering the job market in positions and professional profiles such as operative marketing technician; strategic marketing technician, market analyst, and data technician.

Admission Requirements

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In order to be admitted to the Bachelor's Degree programme in Economics: Behavior, Data and Policy, prospective students must hold an upper secondary school diploma or equivalent qualification obtained abroad after at least 12 years of schooling; they also must have an adequate educational background and possess basic skills in the area of language comprehension, logic and mathematics. Pursuant to Art. 2 of the Law 264/1999, in order to ensure high quality education (in particular with respect to the capacity constraints necessary to run laboratories, and to hold individual and group presentations in some courses), the maximum number of students who can enroll in the Bachelor's Degree programme in Economics: Behavior, Data and Policy is set at 100, plus 15 places reserved for international non-EU candidates residing abroad. Assessment of basic knowledge and skills will be ascertained through an online admission test, held in English language - English TOLC-E admission test, the Online Test organized by CISIA (Interuniversity Consortium for Integrated Access Systems), that will focus on the topics listed in the syllabus given at the following link: https://www.cisiaonline.it/area-tematica-english-tolc-economia/structure-and-syllabus/ Selection of students is based on the English TOLC-E admission test too; admission ranking is exclusively based on the score obtained in logic and mathematics sections of the English TOLC-E test. Applicants who want to transfer from other Degree programmes or who already hold a degree and request its recognition (partial or total) must also sit for the test and rank sufficiently high. The admission test is organized in two sessions: a Spring Session exclusively reserved for students attending their last year of secondary school, and a Summer Session, open to all candidates. International non-EU candidates residing abroad - both those in their last year of secondary school and those who already got their diploma in previous years - must apply in the Spring Session. Candidates (both EU and non-EU) who don't reach an overall score of 10 in the mathematics and logic sections (jointly considered) the English TOLC-E will be excluded from the admission procedure.
Additional Learning Requirements (OFA) Admitted candidates who didn't reach an overall score of 15 in the mathematics and logic sections of the English TOLC-E will be assigned Additional Learning Requirements (OFA, Obblighi Formativi Aggiuntivi) in the area of logic and mathematics, that must be fulfilled within the first year; students who do not fulfil OFA within this deadline will not be able to take the exams of the second or third year. Further information on these OFA is available online on the Bachelor Degree programme website.
Additional Learning Requirements in English Language proficiency (OFA B2) To be able to sit the exams included in the degree programme, students must be proficient in English at a B2 level under the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). 

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