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Welcome to May’s newsletter from the Department of
Economics at LSE. This month’s newsletter focuses on Pre-Reading
and Course Choice.
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Have you received our previous newsletters?
Remember we have a dedicated offer holder’s
webpage with an archive of our previous
newsletters. As always if you have any queries, do email us –
we’d love to hear from you and help if you have any questions.
Admissions related queries should be directed to Graduate Admissions.
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We are now on LinkedIn! Link with us for
departmental information and networking opportunities. Our Twitter and Facebook accounts will provide
you with up-to-date information on what’s happening in the
Department. Don’t forget the MSc Economics/EME
2016 Facebook group is available for you to join.
Introduce yourself to fellow classmates and take part in the MSc
Econ/EME 2016 discussion!
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Reminder
to accept offer
If you haven’t already done so, we advise you to
accept your offer. You can do this by going to your LSE for You
account and complete the offer reply form online.
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“In some
ways, EC210 is a conventional intermediate macroeconomics class
taught at a relatively high level in terms of rigor and depth. In
other ways, it is ahead in material relative to most textbooks,
by discussing topics that are closer to the research frontier and
are current policy debates, such as quantitative easing and
forward guidance, modern financial crisis, or overindebtedness.
Students are expected to leave the course with an understanding
of the central questions in macroeconomics, the models that are
used to answer them, and an appreciation of different sides in
current macroeconomic policy debates.”
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The MSc programme regulations can be found on the Calendar.
Note this link is for the 2015/16 academic year.
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Focus on: Pre-Reading & Course Choice
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Pre-Reading
Basic reading lists, teaching arrangements and
programme regulations for 2015/16 are given in the Calendar which will be updated
for 2016/17 later in the year. Full reading lists are not
available until teaching begins. As a starting point, we
encourage you to familiarise yourself with the following key
texts:
- Chapters 1 – 5
and 9 – 13 of E.T. Dowling, Schaum's Outline of Theory and
Problems of Mathematical Methods for Business and Economics,
McGraw Hill, 1993
- R.J. Larson, M.L.
Marx, Introduction to Mathematical Statistics and its
Applications, 4th edn, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 2006.
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Graduate
Course Choice
Every degree programme offered by the School has a
set of programme
regulations, which outline the courses available to
you. Course guides
provide descriptions of every individual course taught at the
School, including a brief synopsis, the number of teaching hours,
the method(s) of assessment and any recommended reading. Both
programme regulations and course guides for the new academic year
will be available from September here. Course selection is
undertaken using the School’s online portal, LSE for You
(LFY). Course choice tutorials are available from LFY. The tutorials show you how
to make your course selections. Further information can be found
at Graduate Course Choice (this
will be updated for 2016/7 closer to the start of the new
academic year).
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During Welcome Week
(19-23 September), you will individually meet with the MSc
Economics 2 year Programme Director, Dr Vassilis
Hajivassiliou to discuss your course choices. You will
also be invited to an advice session about EC201
Microeconomic Principles I/EC202
Microeconomic Principles II and EC220
Introduction to Econometrics/EC221
Principles of Econometrics.
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The Department of Economics and the Centre for
Macroeconomics will hold two public lectures over the
coming months.
In May Professor Robert J Gordon (Northwestern University)
examined the history of economic growth in the USA, and explored
solutions needed to overcome the economic challenges of the
future. His lecture was titled “The Rise and Fall of
American Growth”.
A podcast is
available.
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On Thursday 30 June 2016, Dr Gabriel Zucman
(LSE/UC Berkeley) will present on “The Hidden Wealth of
Nations”. This lecture will discuss how big the wealth
hidden in offshore tax havens is, what are the consequences for
inequality, how tax havens work and are organized, and how we can
begin to approach a solution.
This event is free and open to all. Entry is on a first
come, first served basis. So if you’re in London, come
along and join in the debate!
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We look forward to welcoming you to your MSc
programme, the Department and to LSE!
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