1. Welcome to the M.Sc. Economics School of Economics and Finance Queen Mary University of London London, 24/09/2015

2. People Academic Staff: Renato Faccini (Director of the Programme) Chris Tyson (Vice-Director of the Programme) Sujoy Mukerji(Head of the School) Admin Staff: Nick Owen (Research and Joint Postgraduate Manager) Sarah Riley (Postgraduate Manager) Stanley Babukutty(Postgraduate Student Support Manager) Raj Sidhu (Careers Consultant) Lipsheon Jhand(Internship Co-ordinator)

3. Term Dates First Term: 5 th October to 18 th December 2015 Second Term: 11 th January to 1 st April 2016 Revision: 25 th April to 29 th April 2016 Exams: 3 rd May to 6 th June 2016 Dissertation: 13 th June to TBC August 2016 Late Summer Resits:TBC, August 2016 Graduation Ceremony: TBC, December 2016

4. First Term (05/10/2015 – 18/12/2015) Compulsory Modules: Optional course to be chosen from the following list (choose one option): ECOM014 Time Series Analysis (L. Giraitis) ECOM101 Behavioural Economics (A. Ivanov) ECOM001 Macroeconomics A (X. Mateos-Planas) ECOM002 Microeconomics A(V. Dardanoni) ECOM003 Econometrics A (A. Carriero)

5. Second Term (11/01/2016 – 01/04/2016) Modules: Optional course to be chosen from the following list (choose one option): ECOM028 Labour and Public Policy(M. Manacorda/B/ Petrongolo) ECOM056 Empirical Macroeconomics(H. Mumtaz) ECOM103 Contracts and Organisations(G. Azmat) ECOM009 Macroeconomics B(G. Fella) ECOM010 Microeconomics B ECOM032 Econometrics B (A. Daripa) (E. Guerre)

6. Additional Activities (across both semesters): Portfolio Management Technical Analysis Finance Trading Programme Matlab City CV E-trading Gauss C ++ for Finance Investment Club (QUMMIF) Departmental Seminars (Micro, Macro, Finance, Econometrics)

7. Additional Activities: Eviews & Data Analysis - Weekly classes during Semester A & B training students on the statistical analysis software, used primarily for time-series orientated econometric analysis. Please contact Student Support Manager, Stanley Babukutty (s.babukutty@qmul.ac.uk), for further information on the schedule of these additional activities.

8. Modules Graded modules are typically taught via the weekly lecture and the support class for 10 weeks. The grade for each module come from the exam, typically worth 80% of the mark and the coursework component, typically worth 20% of the mark (to be held during the module). Lectures For each lecture one hand-out and some exercises can be found and downloaded from QMplus one day prior to the scheduled lecture. Classes You are allocated to weekly support classes, for many modules this will take place directly after the lecture (2hr lecture followed by 1hr support class), where you will have the opportunity to work through exercises.

9. Revision (25/04/2016 – 29/04/2016) Revision lectures for all Semester A modules !Study! Exams (03/05/2015 – 06/06/2015) !Can happen in consecutive days!

10. Dissertation (13/06/2015 – TBC/08/2015) You have to write a dissertation that consists of a paper in economics. Dates, structure and requirements are given in Semester B. Late Summer Resits (TBC, August 2015) The exam period is done again for students failing modules. !Can happen in the same day!

11. Grade for the M.Sc. Economics Mark boundaries: 0-49 Fail 50-59 Pass 60-69 Merit 70-100 Distinction The Dissertation is worth 4 modules

12. What to do next? Modules registration

13. Registration of modules 1. Go to: https://mysis.qmul.ac.ukhttps://mysis.qmul.ac.uk 2. Log in using college username and password; 3.Choose the modules (6 compulsory and the 2 option) as for slides 4 and 5; 4.Choose on the basis of your tastes only. I will let you change at the beginning of semester 2 after looking at the modules. 5.“Enter” your program. Once you have “entered” it, I will check and confirm your selection. 6. Deadline: 11 October 2015, 12midnight.

14. Good Luck! Thanks