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Lectures EC484: 50 hours MT and LT

Does this course has 50 hours in MT and 50 hours in LT or is it 25 and 25?

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jiawei

How's your timetable like? Did you have any days off?

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yves

Lectures EC484: 50 hours MT and LT

Does this course has 50 hours in MT and 50 hours in LT or is it 25 and 25?

hi, i've just checked the timetable for EC484, and it says you have 50 hours of lectures spread over the two terms, like this:

Monday 1-2 (Weeks 2,4,6,8,10)
Thursday 10-12 (Every week)

So you'll have 20 lots of 2 hour lectures on thursdays, 1 for every week in the two terms, and then 10 x 1 hour lectures on mondays, every other week.

hope this helped, ollie :biggrin:

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jiawei

Hi, I'll be going to LSE for BSc Actuarial Science too. How's the workload like? Is it easy to cope? Did you study for the exams? :smile:

Hey, good choice of degree :biggrin:

. Yer the first year is pretty nice, its the same work as most people that are studying anything economics/accounting/actuarial based, so there'll be plenty of people to help you with your work.

The workload is not bad at all, you'll have a class exercise sheet every week for every subject, but they are not actually compulsory. however, the marks for each exercise are put on LSEforyou where you get a report at the end of the term, so you really have to do them. Its a lot less work than you will have been used to at a-level so workload is defo not a problem :smile:

And with regards to the exams, yes i did study a bit - started about 1/2 weeks before the exams started and i really should have done more. but as much as you plan to do lots of revision, it rarely materialises :biggrin:

hehe.

ollie :biggrin:

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jiawei

How's your timetable like? Did you have any days off?

hey, my first year timetable wasn't actually too bad - didnt have any days off as such, but there were days when i would have only 1 or 2 hours of stuff, which were nice days. if you know the modules you'll be doing, head on to: http://www.lse.ac.uk/admin/timetables/confirmed/provtimetable2005.htm and you can see your own lecture timetable. however, you cannot until september see your class timetable, so thats 4 hours of stuff that you will not know yet how it is timetabled.

hope that answered your question

ollie :biggrin:

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Blondin

olliemccowan

hi, i've just checked the timetable for EC484, and it says you have 50 hours of lectures spread over the two terms, like this:

Monday 1-2 (Weeks 2,4,6,8,10)
Thursday 10-12 (Every week)

So you'll have 20 lots of 2 hour lectures on thursdays, 1 for every week in the two terms, and then 10 x 1 hour lectures on mondays, every other week.

hope this helped, ollie :biggrin:

yes it did!

thanks a lot

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Leifde

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Hey Ollie, do you have any idea how often seminars are held for law modules? I know there is 2hrs of lectures per module (total 8 hrs), but what about for seminars?

Also what is usually required of students in seminars? is this where work is set and collected? is the teacher teaching most of the time and questions being asked by students? or is it more of a discussion?

Thanks (as you can tell my understanding is somewhat limited)

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Leifde

Hey Ollie, do you have any idea how often seminars are held for law modules? I know there is 2hrs of lectures per module (total 8 hrs), but what about for seminars?

Also what is usually required of students in seminars? is this where work is set and collected? is the teacher teaching most of the time and questions being asked by students? or is it more of a discussion?

Thanks (as you can tell my understanding is somewhat limited)

to be honest im not entirely sure, because i never had any seminars as such. i did post a link to next years timetable at LSE, so I would suggest you look on there (if you havent already) as that tells you seminar and lecture timetabling. i think seminars are just more practical lectures, like you can throw up questions and stuff, but i really am not sure.

hope what i said had some use, ollie :biggrin:

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dpali

Hey...I checked the timetable. Why do we hardly have any lectures in the third term (As compared to the first two?) Err..Are we supposed to spend the remaining time in the library? :rolleyes:

Oh..I already feel dorky for checking out my timetable when its still almost 2.5 months away :redface:

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dpali

Hey...I checked the timetable. Why do we hardly have any lectures in the third term (As compared to the first two?) Err..Are we supposed to spend the remaining time in the library? :rolleyes:

Oh..I already feel dorky for checking out my timetable when its still almost 2.5 months away :redface:

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lol thats mainly cos the exams start in the fourth/fifth week of the summer term, so you only have a couple of quick revision things before hand, and then a couple of weeks to revise before the exams start.

dont worry about it, its good to know what you've got when etc.

ollie :biggrin:

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dpali

olliemccowan

lol thats mainly cos the exams start in the fourth/fifth week of the summer term, so you only have a couple of quick revision things before hand, and then a couple of weeks to revise before the exams start.

dont worry about it, its good to know what you've got when etc.

ollie :biggrin:

Ahh well...that's alright then...It's a good thing exams are right at the end as compared to being right after the Xmas holidays. My books won't be able to haunt me this time :p:

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social7bee

Hi Ollie,

Congrats on completing your first year! I was wondering if you've ever seen the inside of Grosvenor house and can tell me anything about the rooms there - anything at all

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social7bee

Hi Ollie,

Congrats on completing your first year! I was wondering if you've ever seen the inside of Grosvenor house and can tell me anything about the rooms there - anything at all

thanks

i havent seen inside it, i dont think anyone has yet - because its only opening for the first time in september. however, it is on drury lane, literally round the corner from LSE, and judging from the outside of the building and buildings around it, i assume it will be top dog. everything will be brand spanking new, so im pretty sure there wont be any complaints :smile:

ollie

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hampshire

Leifde

Hey Ollie, do you have any idea how often seminars are held for law modules? I know there is 2hrs of lectures per module (total 8 hrs), but what about for seminars?

Also what is usually required of students in seminars? is this where work is set and collected? is the teacher teaching most of the time and questions being asked by students? or is it more of a discussion?

Thanks (as you can tell my understanding is somewhat limited)

2 hrs of lectures per module, thats quite alot many have 4 + 4 hrs of classes. Of course such degress give you more freedom and rely on you to use your initiative more without being spoon fed.

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Zeppelin86

Hi Ollie,
i will be starting Business Math and Statistics in october 2005 and i was wandering about the exams at the end of the year. Do the final exams usually cover the whole chapters that we study during the year or only some parts of the whole course?
Do you have an idea about the percentage of failure for Business Math and Statistics for the first year?
and those who fail, can they just re-do the first year once again?
thanks for your help
Zeppelin

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Zeppelin86

Hi Ollie,
i will be starting Business Math and Statistics in october 2005 and i was wandering about the exams at the end of the year. Do the final exams usually cover the whole chapters that we study during the year or only some parts of the whole course?
Do you have an idea about the percentage of failure for Business Math and Statistics for the first year?
and those who fail, can they just re-do the first year once again?
thanks for your help
Zeppelin

Hi, the final exams at the end of the year cover the entire syllabus, however you do not have to do all the questions in the papers - for example maths you answer 6 out of 8 ish questions, which allows you to leave out a couple of the ones which you find particularly difficult. but you will not know what is in the exam paper itself, so you have to learn everything.

percentage of failure for most courses is pretty low, because you only need 35% in the exams to pass. what happens is, you are allowed to fail one exam out of 4, if you fail more you will be kicked out (end of), and if you fail one you will have to resit it every year until you pass.

ollie :biggrin:

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Zeppelin86

Thanks Ollie,
and about the Economics B course, id like to know if we have to write an ESSAY during the exam, or it is just multiple choice questions?
thanks a lot for your feedback :smile:

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OP