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05/10/2015/ Adam Jacobsson Staff Director of studies Adam Jacobsson. Office hours: by agreement, room A734, phone: , Administrator Veronika Wallinder. Office hours: Mon-Thur , room A491, phone: , Academic Adviser Peter Langenius. Office hours: Mon - Thu , room A481, phone: ,

05/10/2015/ Adam Jacobsson Agenda –Presentation of an overview of the program –Presentation by some student associations –Short break –Two of the teachers on the programme will tell you a bit about their research and courses

05/10/2015/ Adam Jacobsson Structure of the programme 2 years of studies, 120 HECs (higher education credits) 45 credits compulsory courses 45 credits optional courses –Out of which 15 credits may be in some other field (must be approved by Peter Langenius) 30 credits thesis

05/10/2015/ Adam Jacobsson About the courses Courses are mostly taught part-time; students usually take 2 courses in parallel Each course is 7.5 credits; one semester is 30 credits The programme is part of a network of master programs – you will meet students from other programmes

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05/10/2015/ Adam Jacobsson … about each course and the Master programme in general, see the homepage at …if you feel unsure about which courses to pick and which course is a prerequisite for what, talk to Peter… For more details and updated info…

05/10/2015/ Adam Jacobsson Pick-up of exams Room: A491 Opening hours: Mon-Thu

05/10/2015/ Adam Jacobsson 2 different degrees Master Degree in Economics Master Degree in Econometrics (at least 22,5 credits from the optional courses have to be courses in econometrics and the thesis needs to be econometric)

05/10/2015/ Adam Jacobsson Some advise… Teaching is very much based on students’ presence at lectures. Even if lectures are mostly voluntarily I strongly recommend you to attend Lectures often include aspects not provided by the literature Please be on time at lectures Economics at the Department is to a large extent applied and requires computer skills (statistical softwares, dealing with data, writing term papers, assignments, and finally thesis)

05/10/2015/ Adam Jacobsson …some more advice Make use of computer labs in different courses! Difficult to catch up if you miss much You have the right to a supervisor for the thesis at the fourth semester only. The supervisor has no obligations except at this semester This is an “integrated” program. Try to follow the sequence of courses. See course syllabi for prerequisites (talk to Peter)!

…finally… No aides such as calculators, mobile phones etc are allowed on exams (unless otherwise specified)! Be careful to comply with exam instructions as failing to do so can lead to disciplinary actions. When writing your thesis, be careful to avoid plagiarism (more about this next year)! 05/10/2015/ Adam Jacobsson

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Tough to get in, hard to get through, but if you do…. …you are very likely to get a good job! 05/10/2015/ Adam Jacobsson

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