Advanced Excel Laboratory (Vicenza) (2019/2020)

Learning outcomes

The course "Advanced Excel Laboratory" is an optional "type f" activity, which allows to students to obtain 3 CFU, once a final examination is passed. In particular:

- The course is open to all CdL and CdLM students of the Vicenza campus of the School of Economics and Management.

- The lessons will take place in a computer laboratory (40 seats).

- There will be two courses, one in the first semester and another one in the second semester.

- Requests for participation will be considered following the registration order. All CdL and CdLM students of the Vicenza campus of the School of Economics and Management can register. As regard to admission to the course, there will be no distinction between CdL and CdLM students. Students are required to be present at the first lesson, or to send an email to the tutor to comunicate their absence.

- To participate to the course it is not required a previous participation to the course “Excel Laboratory”.

- The frequency to the classes is compulsory. Students are required to attend at least 2/3 of the exercise lessons/tutorial activity in order to be admitted to the final evaluation.

- The course consists of 18 hours of exercise lessons and tutorial activity (plus 2 hours of final examination).

The tentative calendar of the course of the first semester is the following:

Monday 7 October 2019, hours 14:30-17:30, computer laboratory;
Monday 14 October 2019, hours 14:30-17:30, computer laboratory;
Monday 21 October 2019, hours 14:30-17:30, computer laboratory;
Monday 28 October 2019, hours 14:30-17:30, computer laboratory;
Monday 11 November 2019, hours 14:30-17:30, computer laboratory;
Monday 18 November 2019, hours 14:30-17:30, computer laboratory;
Monday 25 November 2019, hours 14:30-17:30, computer laboratory (final exam).

The tentative calendar of the course of the second semester is the following:

Thursday 5 March 2020, hours 9:00-12:30, computer laboratory;
Monday 9 March 2020, hours 14:00-17:30, computer laboratory;
Thursday 12 March 2020, hours 9:00-12:30, computer laboratory;
Thursday 19 March 2020, hours 9:00-12:30, computer laboratory;
Thursday 26 March 2020, hours 9:00-13:00, computer laboratory;
Thursday 2 April 2020, hours 10:00-12:00, computer laboratory (final exam).


Tutor (first semester): dott. Alessandro Cipolla
Tutor (second semester): dott. Alessandro Cipolla

For the course of the first semester, it is possible to register from the 1st of October 2019 to the 6th of October 2019.

For the course of the second semester, it is possible to register from the 1st of October 2019 to the 23rd of February 2020.

Please, register through the elearning platform.

The program of the course will start with an introduction to Excel and its main functions. Then, some of the topics encountered in Mathematics and Statistics courses will be considered, as for example, matrix algebra, optimization and interpolation. A considerable portion of the course will focus on the use of Visual Basic for Application (VBA). The course aims at improving the computational skills of the students and at providing instruments useful for the subsequent thesis work. The activity will allow to improve the knowledge of Excel, a software which is highly requested in the job market.

Students are required to attend at least 2/3 of the exercise lessons/tutorial activity in order to be admitted to the final evaluation. The final examination will consist in a written exam, with an oral examination if necessary, on the use of the software Excel. There will be just one date for the final examination.