Teaching and Learning

Student Handbooks

Exams, Homework, and Feedback

• Undergraduate Examinations in Mathematics: information on how you might go about revising for an exam, how you can get help from the Department, what is expected of you on the exam, and how we go about marking and grading the exam.
• Exam advice from Tony Whelan, one of our guest teachers.
• Feedback on Student Work—Grading: an explanation of the Department's homework grading scheme, and how the weekly homework system provides students with regular feedback on their progress.

Assessment Criteria: the Department has general assessment criteria for all its taught courses. There are two versions available, one for undergraduate students, the other for MSc students:

• Undergraduate Assessment Criteria
• MSc Assessment Criteria

Programme Specifications

These are available to view here for the BSc in Mathematics and Economics, BSc Mathematics with Economics, MSc in Applicable Mathematics, MSc Financial Mathematics and our MPhil/PhD Programme.

Undergraduate Options Information

Departmental Information for undergraduate students choosing their courses for 2016/7 see the Moodle Page

TLAC Review of Mathematics

TLAC Review of Mathematics 2011
The five-yearly review of the Mathematics Department by the School's Teaching, Learning and Assessment Committee (TLAC) took place in February 2011. The purpose of TLAC Reviews is explained here. The department is asked to submit a Departmental Statement ahead of the review, and ours can be found here. The committee's full report, following the review and which is published in Word format, can be found by clicking here. The department was asked to make a formal response to the review one year after it had taken place, in the form of an implementation report, and you can view this, in PDF format, here.

Study Skills Information

• Study Skills General Information
• Study Skills Presentation
• LSE Teaching and Learning Centre's 'Learning World' Website (hosted on Moodle)
• Study Support offered by the Teaching and Learning Centre (including information on one-to-one support sessions)
• Study Toolkit
• Honing your quantitative skills
• Assessment Guide

For further information, it may also prove useful to look at:

• Algebra and Calculus refreshers from the Learning and Teaching Support Network (LTSN)