Welcome to the Department of Economics & Related

Studies

Welcome by Head of Department Professor Jo Swaffield

Dr Fabrizio Iacone Chair, Department Teaching Committee

Dr Judith Spicksley Department Supervisor Co-ordinator

Chris Scott - President, Economics Society

Running order

Martin Philip – Library & IT Services, Academic Liaison Team

Francis Duah - Manager, Maths Skills Centre

Kelly McDonald - Careers Adviser, Careers Service

Carol Feasby/Vicki Welchman - Centre for Global Programmes

Thomas Ron – York University Students’ Union YUSU

Running order

Academic community

Academic staff: including your personal supervisor

Board of Studies - Chair, Professor Neil Rankin

Administrative staff: Department and University

Student Services Manager - Diane Atkinson

Student representatives - by cohort and by module

A large and international Department

Undergraduates

four within department degrees

six combined degrees Home students Overseas students 517 students 109 students

Postgraduates

ten 1 year MSc degrees MPhil & PhD research

degrees 160 MSc students 77 research degree

students

Students from 40 countries

General information

General information about the Department can be found in the Student Handbook

The student handbook can also 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 & feedback sessions’ each week, displayed on their door and 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

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

Finding Programme Information

Information (Yorkshare)

General details about modules can be found on our ‘current students’ web pages.

Detailed information on courses and related tutorials etc can be found in the YORKSHARE web pages.

Yorkshare

Yorkshare

IMPORTANT

• Please keep your University of York email account accessible and also check it regularly

• Complete the online plagiarism module (it’s a progression requirement)

Enjoying 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!