Teaching

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

Each student will take seven modules plus a dissertation. The modules are a mixture of 18 or 27 hours of lectures.

Requirements:

two compulsory modules in each microeconomics, macroeconomics and econometrics, at the core and advanced level – amounting to six modules – and one optional module

a dissertation of up to 10,000 words

One to one supervision	2 hours of individual supervision for the dissertation component. The University of Cambridge publishes an annual Code of Practice which sets out the University’s expectations regarding supervision.
Seminars & classes	There will be between 10 - 14 hours of classes per term for core modules.
Lectures	The total number of lecture hours for the course is 153. Each student takes seven coursework modules; each module has either 18 or 27 hours of lecture time. 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.

Each student receives individual supervision for the dissertation component of the MPhil in Economic Research.

Assessment

Thesis / Dissertation

Students submit a 10,000-word dissertation at the end of July.

Other

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