Viewing the timetable

There are three terms in a year:

• Michaelmas Term (MT)  - First term (Sept-Dec)
• Lent Term (LT) - Second term (Jan-March)
• Summer Term (ST) - Third term (April-June)

The term dates can be found on:

• Term Dates

The timetables:

You can use the Online Timetable to view all of the teaching (lectures, seminars, classes etc) for every course that has term time teaching in the current academic year. 

• Timetables viewed by course code

Table 1 contains a list of departments and their abbreviated forms. In order to view the timetable for a course you will need to know the Course Code e.g MA100.

 There are many changes in the first few weeks of Michaelmas Term and students are advised to check the timetable daily for the first three weeks of term.

Table 1:

AC	Department of Accounting	LL	Law
AN	Anthropology	LN	Language Centre
DV	Department of International Development	MA	Mathematics
EC	Economics	MC	Media and Communications
EH	Economic History	MG	Management
EU	European Institute	MY	Methodology
FM	Department of Finance	PH	Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method
GI	Gender Institute	PS	Psychological and Behavioural Science
GV	Government	SA	Social Policy
GY	Geography And Environment	SO	Sociology
HY	International History	ST	Statistics
IR	International Relations

To view the timetable of a particular course click on the department name at the bottom of the web page followed by the module code on the left hand side. Here you will be able to view the day, time and week information and also teacher's names for the course you have selected.

(See illustration 1).

Illustration 1 (Click on the illustration for a larger version of the image): 

 

Types of teaching:

For full details of the structure of each course please see the online Course Guide in the School's Calendar.

Lecture – Students should attend all lectures for each course.

Seminar – Seminars are a compulsory part of the teaching and learning experience and seminar attendance will be recorded for each session. You only need to attend the meetings for the seminar group you are assigned to.

Class   – Classes are a compulsory part of the teaching and learning experience and class attendance will be recorded for each session. Class sizes should not normally exceed 15 students. You only need to attend the meetings for the class group you are assigned to.

Workshop   – These are similar to classes and seminars and are usually computer help sessions.