Teaching
Students are strongly encouraged to attend the online preparatory course in Mathematics and Statistics in September.
Each student will take 6 compulsory modules and 2 optional modules. The modules are a mixture of 18 or 27 hours of lectures.
Requirements:
Take two optional modules, only one of which may be taken from the options from the MPhil in Economics
| 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. |
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| 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 hours per year. Each student takes eight coursework modules; each module has 18 hours of lecture time, except for Econometric Methods, which has 27 hours of lectures. The preparatory course consists of 51 hours of lecture time. |
| Taught/Research Balance |
Predominantly Taught
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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
Assessment will be through a range of formats which may include coursework, written and oral examinations, in-class tests, posters, presentations and projects.