1. INTRODUCTION AFFILIATE STUDENTS DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS Full Year/Fall Term 2014-15

2. PEOPLE (all info in handbook) Marcos Vera-Hernandez Affiliate Student Tutor room 203 m.vera@ucl.ac.uk office hours: Thursday 3–4pm or by email appointment Paula Moore & Rebecca Burns Affiliate Programme Administrators economics.affiliates@ucl.ac.uk office hours: Monday to Wednesday & Friday 10am–12pm, 2–4pm Thursday by email

3. LOCATION Drayton House teaching rooms academic staff offices and administrative offices Student Common Room Other lectures around campus use UCL routefinder crf.casa.ucl.ac.uk

4. TEACHING Lectures weekly at set times approx two hours running from 5 mins past - 5 mins to hour Tutorial Classes four times or more per term, attendance is compulsory smaller groups, coursework discussion MOODLE Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) moodle.ucl.ac.uk No teaching in Economics during Reading Week – 03 November

6. COURSES Course descriptions available online www.ucl.ac.uk/economics/undergraduate/module-list check pre-requisites Courseload total of 2 units per term: usually 4 courses (each one half (0.5) unit) take at least half your load in your first admitting department Module presentations : information on some year 2 & 3 modules Tuesday 23 Sep – Darwin LT – 14:00-16:00 – first-come, first-served!

7. REGISTRATION Individual Appointments 23 & 24 September discuss which Economics courses to take please come prepared – complete the module proposal form: if possible bring an up-to-date transcript (unofficial is fine) PrerequisitesTerm/Year when taken Grade obtaine d Intermediate Microeconomics Spring 2014 A Introductory Calculus Fall 2013 A- Module name: ECON3004 International Trade

8. REGISTRATION Registration Week Monday 22 to Friday 26 September visit other departments as necessary Enter all courses onto Portico by 2pm, Wednesday 24 September click all the way through and hit the ‘confirm’ button! Lectures begin in Economics on Monday 29 September

9. SCHEDULING Check the Common Timetable – online – regularly! www.ucl.ac.uk/timetable Term 1 – weeks 5-10 & 12-16 Term 2 – weeks 21-25 & 27-31 The Common Timetable process: automatically assigns you to tutorial groups for Economics modules shows a personalised view of your timetable

11. Timetable clashes... Alert! Term 1: 3022 Ethics & 7010 Development -- see 3019 Issues in Economic Development as a possible alternative Term 2: 7012 Education & 3023 Financial Markets

12. Other departments... Some departments do not accept affiliates for the Fall only Management Science Maths Statistical Science offers restricted course selection: www.ucl.ac.uk/statistics/current/ugaffil.pdf www.ucl.ac.uk/statistics/current/ugaffil.pdf See handout for departments within the SHS Faculty

13. STUDY METHODS independent learning self-directed study reading lists - where to get books - see p10 handbook SELCS Writing Lab group workshops and walk in sessions - see handbook p17 Honour code beware of plagiarism - see handbook p17

14. EVALUATION Final grade based on examinations only (December or May/June) Only failing grades are reviewed by Affiliate Tutor under the conditions outlined in the handbook (see handbook p24) NO midterms Coursework completion and tutorial (75% minimum) attendance compulsory to sit the exam Questionnaire – asking for your feedback at the end of term

15. SOURCES OF INFORMATION www.ucl.ac.uk/economics departmental web page affiliate web page www.ucl.ac.uk/isd check your UCL email regularly we will contact you at your @ucl.ac.uk address Affiliate Student Handbook rules and regulations; exams and illness

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17. GETTING INVOLVED Student Staff Consultative Committee (SSCC) meets once a term, one Affiliate member on Committee - see SSCC Secretary (Paula Moore) if interested StARs (Student Academic Representative) talk by existing StAR at end of session today UCL Union Welcome Fair – Saturday 27 & Sunday 28 September Economics and Finance Society (EFS) UCL Global Citizenship Programme for full year students – takes place at the end of the academic year after exams have finished

18. The Economist’s Society www.ucl.ac.uk/economics/undergraduate/economists-society GETTING INVOLVED (cont’d)

19. STUDENT SOCIALS (organised by the Economist’s Society) 1.The Big White UCL Pub Crawl 2.Sports Night 3.Visit to the Bank of England and a Cocktail Evening 4.Presentation by George Magnus from UBS

20. Any questions?