AHEAD COURSE MATHEMATICS FOR DECISION SCIENCES

The course is suggested to first-year students keen to review basic math principles before starting the course MATHEMATICS FOR DECISION SCIENCES 1 of the Bachelor's Degree Programme in Digital Management.
This prep course offers the opportunity to brush up on the knowledge of some math basics, which often are taken for granted at the university level. This will allow students to revise their knowledge and take an easy and competent start to their university studies. Specifically, the module aims at reviewing basic math skills, acquired during the first 3-4 years of high school, to prepare students for the mathematics classes in the first term.

Knowledge and understanding
- Basic elements of logic and set theory;
- Properties of numbers (natural, integer, rational, real) and operations;
- Principles for solving polynomial, exponential, logarithmic equations and inequalities;
- Properties of elementary functions

Applied knowledge
- Handling of expressions with power elevation, exponential, and logarithm functions;
- Solving polynomial, exponential, logarithmic equations and inequalities;
- Graphing functions

Basic math principles of high school level.

Notions of logic: connectors and implications. Set theory: operations. Properties and operations with numbers (natural, integer, rational, real). Powers with integer exponents. Roots. Powers with rational exponents and with real exponents. Polynomial algebra. First and second-degree equations. First and second-degree inequalities. Equations and inequalities with terms in absolute value. Exponential and Logarithmic equations and inequalities. Systems of equations and inequalities. Cartesian coordinates in the plane. Straight lines and curves.

Course materials provided through the Moodle platform (slides, quizzes, videos, mock exams)
Textbook: Sydsaeter, Hammond, Strom (2021), Essential Mathematics for Economic Analysis, 6th Edition

A written exam consisting mainly of practical exercises regarding the topics faced during the course.
The exam will include 3 open-ended exercises, each of which is worth 4 points. Depending on the correctness of the answer provided, the student receives from 0 up to 4 points for each exercise. The threshold to pass the exam will be 8 out of 12 points.

- Front lectures;
- Exercises during classes

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