Teaching

Teaching for the Diploma consists of weekly lectures and classes in each of the three core subjects: Microeconomics, Macroeconomics and Econometrics.

Students are also required to attend lectures provided in the second year of the undergraduate course and are encouraged to attend other lectures in areas in which they have a particular interest.

The Diploma has a five-day preparatory course which aims to introduce students to the fundamentals of the three core subjects.

One to one supervision	All diploma students will be assigned a Director of Studies who will be their formal supervisor for the course. They will arrange to meet students early October and then ongoing as agreed.
Seminars & classes	Sixty-six hours of classes in total – 22 hours for each of Microeconomics, Macroeconomics and Econometrics per year. Students will be expected to complete Problem Sets during each term.
Lectures	The total number of lecture hours for the course is 48 – 16 hours for each of Microeconomics, Macroeconomics and Econometrics, plus 112 hours of undergraduate lectures. The preparatory course consists of 36 hours of lecture time per year.
Taught/Research Balance	Entirely Taught

Feedback

Students attend weekly classes in each of the three core subjects and are required to produce written work which is handed in for a regular assessment. Classes in problem sets are an essential component of the compulsory subjects taken by students. The problem sets provide practice in developing methods of analysis introduced in the lectures. It is essential to do the problem sets in order to understand the material and to prepare for the examinations. It is very important that students have an incentive to do each problem set and regularly receive feedback on their work. Problem set classes will be of 2 hours’ duration, held normally in weeks 5 to 8, with each problem set issued a week in advance, of the submission date.

Assessment

Thesis / Dissertation

There is no thesis for this course.

Other

Assessments will be through a range of formats which may include coursework, written and oral examinations, in-class tests, posters, presentations and projects.