Teaching

Students are strongly encouraged to attend the online preparatory course in Mathematics and Statistics in September.

Each student will take 7 modules. All modules (except Econometric Methods) have 18 hours of lectures. The module on Econometric Methods has 27 hours of lectures.

Requirements:

Compulsory modules in Microeconomics, Macroeconomics and Econometrics and four optional modules.

One to one supervision	All 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. The University of Cambridge publishes an annual Code of Practice which sets out the University’s expectations regarding supervision.
Seminars & classes	There will be at least 10 - 14 hours of classes for core modules.
Lectures	The total number of lecture hours for the course is 135 hours. Each student takes 7 coursework modules; each module has 18 hours of lecture time, except Econometrics, which has 27 hours of teaching. The Preparatory Course consists of 51 hours of lecture time.
Taught/Research Balance	Predominantly Taught

Feedback

There is a test on the material covered in the preparatory course which is marked on a pass/fail basis. The test is formative and does not contribute to the overall mark for the MPhil, but failing this preparatory course will indicate that a student will need to improve their mathematical and statistical skills to cope with the main part of the course.

There are opportunities to practice exams and view solutions from past papers which will be available on our virtual learning environment.

Classes in problem sets take place for core modules.

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.