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Welcome to the Department of Economics

Running order Welcome by Head of Department  Professor Jo Swaffield Dr Maria Garcia Reyes  Department Supervisor Co-ordinator Dr Paulo Santos Monteiro  Chair Board of Studies & Staff/Student Liaison Committee Dr Michael Thornton  Chair, Department Teaching Committee Kelly McDonald – Careers Consultant, Careers Service  Hizzer Ramzan & Saj Theivendran (Economics Society), Anna Kpikpi (Department Rep), Faz  Kazmi (Investment Finance Society, IFS) and Adam Davis & Joel Chweidan (York Community Consulting)

Academic Community  Academic staff: including your personal supervisor  PhD Teaching Scholars – our PGR/PhD students  Board of Studies - Chair, Dr Paulo Santos Monteiro  Administrative staff: Department and University  Student Services Manager - Diane Atkinson  Student representatives - by cohort and by module

A large and international department  Undergraduates  four degrees within department  six combined degrees  Home students Overseas students  625 students 70 students  Students from 40 countries  Postgraduates  ten 1-year MSc degrees  MPhil & PhD research degrees  192 MSc students  55 research degree students

General information  General information about the Department can be found in the Student Handbook  The student handbook can be found on the Department web pages

Supervisor  You have been assigned an academic supervisor.  The University requires all students to see their supervisor at least once every term of every year.  All academic staff are supervisors and have ‘Office hour & feed back sessions’ each week, displayed on their door or personal webpage.

Lectures, tutorials etc  You should attend lectures  Unless specified otherwise, attendance is compulsory at all seminars, tutorials and practicals which form part of the modules you are studying. In most cases there will also be specified requirements for submitted coursework.  If you are unable to attend your usual session or submit required non-assessed coursework, you must: inform your seminar tutor as soon as possible explaining the reasons and arrange to attend an alternative seminar session

Finding Programme Information

Yorkshare  For information on courses, tutorials and lectures please see Yorkshare. Each module has a dedicated area in Yorkshare, which contains lecture notes, examples and other useful information.  Exam dates will be in your e:Vision account.  Contact details for members of staff can be found on the departmental notice boards in the Economics Department Reception area and on the web pages

IMPORTANT  Please keep your University of York email account accessible and also check it regularly  Complete the online plagiarism module (it is a progression requirement)

Enjoy your University life  University is a special period in your life.  Economics is an exciting subject, and now is a particularly interesting time to study our discipline.  Best experiences of student life include strong academic commitment and motivation .

And in less than three years ...

… this will be you