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Now & looking ahead

Changing modules,

standards, assessment, …

John Aldrich

Slides will be emailed to students

Now —changing modules

 Changes of modules for this semester must be done by 5pm, 11th^ October

 You need to collect a form from outside the Student Office and have it approved and signed by your tutor

 Do not leave changes until the last minute

In particular 2026 or 2006

 ‘economics’ package:

• ECON 2026 Introduction to Econometrics in Semester 1
• ECON 2032 Methods of Econometrics in S

 ‘mathematics’ package

• ECON 2006 Statistical Theory in S
• ECON 2007 Econometrics II in S 2

Each package has 2 modules—making a quarter of the year

Only choose the maths package if you can do the maths!

In particular ANTH

Culture, Communication and Cognition

 The course description says “no prerequisites” but a second year module in Sociology will presume some prior study of the subject.

 The assessment is by essay and investigative report —these are big writing jobs in English

 This is a difficult module for non-native speakers whose background is in economics

The rules (or regulations)

 These govern passing/failing, resitting etc.

 They are written down

 Everyone has access to them

The regulations are at http://www.calendar.soton.ac.uk/sectionIV/sectIV-index.html

They are hard to understand—you need someone like me to translate!

Student Handbook

(undergraduate student guide)

 The SH contains a lot of useful information and I refer to it in later slides

 It is available (with other handbooks) at

http://www.southampton.ac.uk/studentservices/ac ademic-life/faculty-handbooks.page

Scroll down the list to Social Sciences and then click on Economics undergraduate programmes.

Looking ahead

 Work

Standards —what to aim for & what to avoid

Problems —special considerations & academic integrity

 and … Holidays

Standards: UK terms & what they mean in Soton

class Average mark

First I 70+

Upper second II/i 60+

Lower second II/ii 50+

Third III 40+

What to aim for/what to avoid

 The usual requirement for admission to a UK Master’s course is a first (average of 70+) or upper second (average of 60+)

 In Soton a fail is a mark <40. (Visiting students get no credit for modules they fail)

 A bad fail is a mark <25. (This is an un compensatable fail and you have to re- sit in August in order to obtain DipHE or to pass the year for 2+2)

Transcript and overall class

 All marks appear on your University transcript

 There is no forgiving or cancelling of bad marks

 There is no possibility of retaking papers to improve your marks

 For 2+2s the final year marks are weighted twice as heavily as this year’s

 Otherwise all marks count equally.

What can go wrong— bad things

 Bad things happen to you— Special

Considerations

 You do bad things—breaches of

Academic Integrity AI

Mid-terms—what can go wrong?

 You do not turn up. If you are ill you should tell the lecturer responsible for the module.

 You appear to cheat. The mid-terms are often held in the lecture theatre used for the course. Students sit very close to each other and it is tempting to talk to your neighbour or look across at your neighbour’s work. Resist the temptation.

Plagiarism

Plagiarism is presenting somebody else’s work as your own. It is form of cheating. And is punished.

There are 2 aspects Using somebody else’s work Presenting it as your own.

What is Plagiarism?  In some countries/cultures students may expect to copy. Teachers may want students to repeat exactly what is in text books or lecture notes.  At the University of Southampton all work you submit for marking must be your own original creation.  Presenting another’s work as if it was your own is called "plagiarism" and is the wrong thing to do.  Plagiarism is what you do when you copy without acknowledging your sources.  There are academic conventions for acknowledging sources.  We have clear university regulations against plagiarism. Plagiarism is using someone else’s work without indicating that it is not your own