A Warm Welcome to All Students on

MSc Econ, MSc EIFE & MSc BES

2016/17

Who Am I?

Jennifer Smith

Director of Taught Postgraduate Programmes

S0.79Jennifer.Smith@warwick.ac.uk

Office Hours: 1-3 Mondays (term time only)

This Presentation• Immediate things to do

• Identify key people and places

• Course structure and module choices

• House rules, pastoral support system

• Other learning opportunities

– Research workshops and seminars

– IT and Library

– Life-skills

You should have done already ….

• Met your fellow students!

• Enrolled with the Department and University

• Registered with IT Services

• Received a user id, password and email address. Important: we will communicate with you via your university email address only

Things to do ….

• Check out our MSc web pages: go.warwick.ac.uk/economics/current

• Spend some time reading the MSc Handbook• Orientate yourself: figure out location of PG

Office (S0.91), Common Room etc.• Attend the Library Induction at 4.00pm today• Start Introductory Maths and Stats tomorrow• Find the bar …

Week 1• Question Time: Monday 3rd Oct in Butterworth Hall –

please arrive by 5.00pm• Introductory Maths/Stats Test: Thursday 6th Oct

9.45am-12noon in Panorama Room, Rootes Building. PG Office will hand out barcodes next week, which you need to bring to the exam

• Careers and Skills Session: Thursday 6th Oct 1pm or 2pm. Sign-up by Mon 3rd Oct.

• Sign up for Library Database Training sessions by Wednesday 5th Oct

• Sign up for STATA Classes by Friday 9th Oct

Week 1

MSc EIFE:

• Additional Induction Meeting: Wednesday 5th Oct with Course Leader; 10.00-11.00am in room NTLB04.

MSc BES (Economics Track):

• Additional Induction Meeting: Wednesday 5th Oct with Course Leader; 12.00-1.00pm in room R3.25 (Ramphal)

Week 1• Presentation of Options Meeting: Friday 7th

October 3.00 – 5.00pm in MS.01

Week 2• All MSc teaching starts on Monday of week 2

Head of Department

Jeremy SmithJeremy.smith@warwick.ac.uk

Deputy Head of Department

Sascha Becker

S.O.Becker@warwick.ac.uk

Director, MSc Deputy Director, MSc& Senior Tutor

Jennifer Smith

Jennifer.Smith@warwick.ac.uk

Nick Zammit

N.Zammit@warwick.ac.uk

MSc Admin TeamTeaching & Learning Manager

Carolyn AndrewsC.Andrews@warwick.ac.uk

Room S0.89Ext 22983

Postgraduate Coordinator

Mandy Eatoneconomics.pgoffice@warwick.ac.uk

Room S0.91Ext 23048

MSc Admin TeamTeaching Programmes

Assistant

Michelle MoroneyS0.98

Ext 23934

Postgraduate Secretary

Sue RattiganS0.91

Ext 23027

economics.pgoffice@warwick.ac.uk

How to contact the MSc Admin Team

• Please send a single email message to economics.pgoffice@warwick.ac.ukwhen you would like to get in touch, or visit us in person in room S0.91

• We will then direct your query to the appropriate person who can help

Tabula• Departmental information gateway for students• Sign up for classes• Submit coursework• View attendance records• Request deadline extensions• View marks• tabula.warwick.ac.uk

Basic course structure (all except BES) See the Handbook for the full details

Pre-term Term 1 Term 2 Term 3

Economic Analysis Micro and Macro

Quantitative Methods: Econometrics

Pre-sessional

Maths and Stats

Econometrics A or B

Research Methods

Options Three Optional Modules from list (varies between courses)

Research Dissertation

MSc Behavioural & Econ Science

Pre-term Term 1 Term 2 Term 3

Economic Analysis Micro

Quantitative Methods: Econometrics

Pre-sessional

Maths and Stats

Econometrics A or B

Issues in Psychological Science

Methods and Analysis in Behavioural Science

Optional core (5 modules) Experimental EconomicsBehavioural EconomicsPsychological Models of

ChoiceBehavioural Science

Principles of CognitionNeuroeconomics

Research Research Project

Teaching Timetables

• Published online: go.warwick.ac.uk/economics/current/msc/resources/timetable/

• Please check regularly as the timetables are subject to change at short notice.

• MSc EIFE will have additional workshops in Term 2 –more details at the EIFE induction meeting

Econometrics A or B ?• Take B if you are familiar with (or are prepared to fill in

any gaps on your own):

– Ordinary Least Squares

– Tests of linear restrictions (F-tests, t-tests, chi-squared tests)

– Dummy variables as explanatory variables

– Heteroscedasticity and autocorrelation

– Endogeneity and IV estimation

• If in doubt, see Wiji Arulampalam (Room S2.118).

Econometrics A or B ?

• Econometrics A/B choice needs to be made by Friday 14th October 2016 (end of week 2) via eMR (E-vision Module Registration)

• Sign-up for Econometrics A/B Classes via Tabula.

• No swapping afterwards.

Term 2 Option Modules• See Handbook and the MSc webpages for available options

• PROVISIONALLY choose THREE from your list (differs between variants)

• Then, you must register your provisional option choices with University via eMR

• Go to: www.warwick.ac.uk/evision and then to Module Registration page.

• Follow the onscreen instructions and see help-sheet: go.warwick.ac.uk/services/academicoffice/examinations/emr

• Deadline Friday 21st October 2016 (end of week 3)

• eMR choices automatically update on Tabula

Term 2 Option Modules• For MSc Econ, MSc EIFE: one IB-coded module can be chosen

• This year, three are available:

• IB9X7 Derivative Securities, IB9Y2 Behavioural Finance,IB967 International Financial Markets

• You must register for one of these WBS modules by Friday 21st Oct 2016 on eMR if you are interested

• BUT: numbers on these are capped, random selection used in the case of excess demand!

• If you are selected, you can’t then change your mind.

Term 2 Option Modules• IB9X7 Derivative Securities, IB9Y2 Behavioural Finance,

IB967 International Financial Markets

• These WBS modules are challenging technical courses.

• To take these modules, you must have a strong mathematics and statistics/econometrics ability.

• If you have done little maths or stats/econometrics before your MSc, please avoid these modules.

• If, by 21 October, you realise you have struggled/are struggling in our Pre-Sessional Maths/Stats or the Term 1 core modules, do not sign up for/withdraw from these modules.

Term 2 Option Modules ?• Advice session: Friday 7th October 2016

• Note that initial choices are only provisional (an eMR constraint!)

• Mandy can make changes on eMR for you during first two weeks of spring term (apart from IB-coded modules).

• Possible an option may not run due to low numbers.

House Rules• If you miss an exam or test, or need a deadline

extension, due to illness or personal problems:

• If possible, see the PG Teaching and Learning Manager or your Personal Tutor to explain

• Get medical notes before, not after the exam

• The same applies if you feel your performance in an exam may be affected due to illness or personal problems

House Rules• Be here during term-time: contact points (exams,

personal tutor meeting, seminars - see MSc Handbook)

• NO Summer internships or any other jobs

• September dissertation deadline – absolute

• Progression to dissertation – not automatic, depends on the number of failed exams

• Lecture notes – practice varies

House Rules• Plagiarism: reproducing or copying ideas without

correct referencing

• Some examples of plagiarism are:• reproducing ideas from another published work without

citing the source;

• copying another student's work and pretending it is yours, with or without their permission, and whether they are a present or past student at this or any other university;

• including sections from a piece of work that you have submitted previously at Warwick or another institution,

• downloading part or all of a document or ready-made essay from an internet website and pretending it is your own work.

House Rules• Assignments and dissertations will be checked

through Turnitin plagarism software

• Always state the author and publication, date and page number for:• Direct quotations

• Reworked data

• Paraphrased arguments or theories

Penalties are severe for plagiarism, collusion and other forms of cheating (e.g. cheating in tests or exams)

Assessment and Exams• Module pass mark is 50%

• Degree classifications based on weighted award average:• ≥ 70.0% Distinction

• 60.0-69.9% Merit

• 50.0-59.9% Pass

• ≤ 49.9 Fail

• Minimum credit to be taken at Masters level is 180 CATS (Course Accumulation and Transfer Scheme)

• Need to pass at least 150 CATS and achieve at least 40% in any failed module(s).

• MSc Assessment and Exam Schemes:

go.warwick.ac.uk/economics/current/msc/handbook

Assessment and Exams• ≥ 70.0% Distinction

• 60.0-69.9% Merit

• 50.0-59.9% Pass

• ≤ 49.9 Fail

• This marking scale is typical for the UK, but might be unexpected for anyone who has studied abroad. Please become familiar with it. • The mean mark for our core modules is typically around 62%.

• To obtain a mark of 70, your work needs to be very good.

• Although we do use the full marking scale of 0% to 100%, in practice marks of above 80 are quite rare (<10%, typically).

Assessment and Exams

Assessment and Exams

Assessment and Exams

Pastoral Support• Personal tutors

• Allocated tutor will be shown on Tabula

• See your PT every term

• PT Week• 10th -14th Oct 2016

• 6th - 10th Feb 2017

• Senior Tutor – Dr Nick Zammit

Institutional support

• The University Health Centre • Make sure you are registered with a GP – before you get sick

• NHS 111 service: dial 111 for non-emergency fast help

• The Students’ Union • Advice and Welfare Services fact sheets on many subjects

• study skills, changing/leaving your course,….emergency contraception

• Nightline service

• 9pm to 9am student-run listening service, Ext 22199

Institutional support• The University International Office

• Language and visa problems, accommodation and financial problems

• Student Support Services

go.warwick.ac.uk/services/student-support-services

• University Counselling Service

• Senior Tutor's office

• go.warwick.ac.uk/services/tutors, 024 76 575570

Teaching quality

• Warwick Economics ranked top in The Times and The Sunday Times University League Tables for 2015

• Our teaching is “research-led”– Ranked 2nd in last REF exercise for the

proportion of research meriting the top rankings

Teaching quality• But it doesn’t always go right

• We want feedback– Module evaluation

– Graduate Student-Staff Liaison Committee (GSSLC)

– Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey in the Summer Term

• If you are having problems on a module, see the lecturer first

• Then, bring it up with your GSSLC rep

• If all else fails – see me!

• HoD is also happy to hear thoughts from students regarding all operations within the Department.

• And you can help …………..

… Staff-Student Liaison• We need student reps on GSSLC

• 4 x MScEcon, 2 x MScEIFE, 1 x MScBES• Ethnic/geographic/gender mix

• Please think about “standing” for this office• See the Graduate SSLC web pages• Don’t be shy - nominate yourself or a friend• Fill-in online form by Mon 10th Oct 2016 (week 2)• A few words of background and a photo• http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/current/shared/gsslc/nominations

• Vote for your representatives

• Date of first meeting to be confirmed

Departmental Research Seminars• Research Field Seminars

– External (usually international) speakers

– Mondays through Thursdays 16.00-17.30 in S2.79• and maybe join us for drinks in Common Room afterwards

• Field days:

– Mondays (Political Economy)

– Tuesdays (CAGE/Empirical)

– Wednesdays (CRETA/Theoretical)

– Thursdays (Macro/International)

• See our webpages/events calendar for details

IT Services

• See what IT Services offers

• go.warwick.ac.uk/services/its

• Help

• Telephone the Service Desk on Ext 73737

• Email the Service Desk

• Visit the Drop-In Centre on the first floor of the Library - normally open 9:00am to 5:30pm, Monday to Friday

IT Support

Neil Gatty Andrew Taylor Peter Kane

Ext 23501

S0.81

IT and Other FacilitiesMSc Study Area• S2.81a Common Room – we will email to confirm when room is available

• PC and printing facilities

• Daily newspapers and some periodicals will be supplied, and coffee machine!

• S2.82 is a computer lab with 20 PCs, which can be used mid-day on Thursday afternoon until mid-day on Tuesday morning.

Computing• Connect from a campus residence

• Learn how to connect from off-campus.

• Also “open access” computer rooms e.g. in library.

• STATA - both Econometrics A and B use it exclusively. Sign up for STATA classes by Friday 7th October 2016.

Library• The basics of library usage is part of Research

Methods module

• Electronic journals

• Bibliographic databases

• go.warwick.ac.uk/services/library

• Opening hours

• 08.30 – 00.00 (Weekdays & weekends)

• Different in vacations

• Masters Skills Programme• Short courses in IT, communications, creativity, personal

development, career development, academic & writing skills

• go.warwick.ac.uk/services/scs/skills/msp

• Foreign language skills• go.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/languagecentre

• English Language skills• Centre for Applied Linguistics (CAL)

• Tailored English language class for MSc Economics and EIFE Limited places – sign up by Friday 25th September 2015

• go.warwick.ac.uk/economics/current/msc/resources/englishlanguage

• MSc BES class organized by Psychology

Life after the Warwick MSc• Jobs

• Check out our website and the Careers Service

• go.warwick.ac.uk/economics/current/msc/resources

• go.warwick.ac.uk/careers

• Attend a Careers Session on Thursday 6th October

• MRes/PhD• Talk to Thijs van Rens (Director MRes/PhD)

• Careers Service can help with this too

• Staff have many connections at other universities

• Discuss with your PT

And don’t forget …..• IT Services on-line registration (if not done already)

• Sign up for Library classes (deadline Wednesday 5th October 2016)

• Introductory Maths/Stats Test, Thursday 6th October 2016 9.45-12.00 in Panorama Room, Rootes Building.

• Sign up for STATA classes (deadline Friday 7th October 2016)

• Econometrics A/B (deadline Friday 14th Oct 2016 on eMR and sign up for classes via Tabula)

• Module Registration on eMR (deadline Friday 21st Oct 2016)

• Teaching starts Monday of Week 2

• Check out the handbook for details

Good luck with the

Introductory Maths &

Stats Test on

Thurs 6th October 2016,9.45am-12.00noon in Panorama

Room, Rootes Building