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Welcome to the Department of Mathematics BSc Financial Mathematics and Statistics BSc Financial Mathematics and Statistics Prof Jan van den Heuvel Head of Department 1st year
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Welcome to theDepartment of Mathematics
BSc Financial Mathematics and StatisticsBSc Financial Mathematics and Statistics
Prof Jan van den HeuvelHead of Department
1st year
Welcome to theDepartment of Mathematics
BSc Financial Mathematics and StatisticsBSc Financial Mathematics and Statistics
Dr Peter AllenDepartmental Tutor
(1st years)
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Academic MentorsStays with you all three years (if possible)
Writes references for you
Deals with general academic problems
First point of contact (if you’re not sure where to go)
Supports you if things are not going as planned
Does not help with your courses or homework (Office hours, MSC)
Does not give out course packs (COL 4.01)
Does not deal with purely administrative things (COL 4.01)
Does not always know everything (but we do try) (Google!)
Will meet you individually this week.
Some mentors also have group meetings.
Dr Peter Allen COL 4.15Group meeting 13.00 Thu 26th Sept in COL 2.12.
Surname first nameFung King Chit JoshuaSeabright Michael
Dr Julia Bottcher COL 4.03Group meeting 14.30 Thu 26th Sept in COL 2.12.
Surname first nameAbou Jaoude FaridMiland Maciej
Dr Pavel Gapeev COL 4.10Meet Dr Allen 13.00 Thu 26th Sept in COL 2.12.
Surname first nameAu Ho CheungJin XiaomanNuako Papa-YawPolovinko Ruslan
Prof Jan van den Heuvel COL 3.07Group meeting 14.00 Thu 26th Sept in COL 2.12.
Surname first namePark Tae HyunSidqi Ahmad Said Sofiah
Dr Ioannis Kouletsis COL 4.13Group meeting 13.00 Fri 27th Sept in COL 2.12.
Surname first nameBerry Alyssa AnnFieros FedrosSunil DanielTcirkina Anna
Prof Andy Lewis-Pye COL 3.12Individual meetings only.25th
Surname first nameAndrews Brandon PeterHan Hongyi
Dr Arne Lokka COL 4.08Individual meetings only.25th
Surname first nameMalik SanketNeelam SanjitZhang Zeng
Prof Jozef Skokan COL 3.04Individual meetings only.25th
Surname first nameRichardson SamuelTang Ruize
Prof Konrad Swanepoel COL 3.09Group meeting 14.15 Tue 24th Sept in COL 2.12.
Surname first nameDiaz DennisSanghera Gurjinder SinghZhang Zhichen
Dr Luitgard Veraart COL 4.11Individual meetings only.25th
Surname first nameFu XinyanHua YiyangLi AnthonyReadings JackWang JunyaoZhao Zhuodi
Prof Bernhard von Stengel COL 4.12Individual meetings only.25th
Surname first namePeng Hongjie (Cedric)Yap Sebastian Hong Hui
Dr James Ward COL 4.14Individual meetings only.25th
Surname first nameBedford Brotchie Sarah IsabellaKersh AlexanderLi Xiaoqi
Prof Mihail Zervos COL 4.02Individual meetings only.25th
Surname first nameBakhda OmChanbour AnastasiaJain AvikWang Yimei
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Welcome - Part 1About the DepartmentAcademics and Professional Service StaffWays in Which we Mentor & SupportInputting Course ChoicesTeaching ArrangementsThings to do...
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Academic staff in the Department• Dr Ahmad Abdi • Dr Neil Olver• Dr Peter Allen • Prof Adam Ostaszewski• Prof Martin Anthony • Dr Katerina Papadaki• Dr Tugkan Batu • Prof Johannes Ruf• Prof Norman Biggs • Prof Amol Sasane• Dr Julia Bottcher • Dr Robert Simon• Prof Graham Brightwell • Prof Jozef Skokan• Dr Christoph Czichowsky • Prof Greg Sorkin• Dr Albina Danilova • Prof Bernhard von Stengel• Dr Paul Dutting • Prof Konrad Swanepoel• Dr Pavel Gapeev • Dr Victor Verdugo• Prof Olivier Gossner • Dr Laszlo Vegh• Prof Jan van den Heuvel • Dr Luitgard Veraart• Dr Rachel Kirsch • Dr James Ward• Dr Ioannis Kouletsis • Dr Nicola Wittur• Prof Andrew Lewis-Pye • Dr Giacomo Zambelli• Dr Arne Lokka • Prof Mihail Zervos
Tasks: teaching, advising, research & running the Department
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Academic staff in the Department
• Dr James Abdey • Prof Kostas Kardaras• Dr Beatrice Acciaio • Dr Jouni Kuha• Dr Matteo Barigozzi • Dr Clifford Lam• Prof Pauline Barrieu • Dr Gelly Mitrodima• Dr Erik Baurdox • Prof Irini Moustaki• Dr Wicher Bergsma • Dr Xinghao Qiao• Dr Luciano Campi • Dr Chengchun Shi• Prof Umut Cetin • Prof Chris Skinner• Dr Yining Chen • Prof Leonard Smith• Prof Angelos Dassios • Prof Fiona Steele• Dr Daniela Escobar • Dr. George Tzougas• Prof Piotr Fryzlewicz • Prof Milan Vojnovic• Dr Sara Geneletti • Dr Hao Xing• Dr Kostas Kalogeropoulos • Prof Qiwei Yao
Tasks: teaching, advising, research & running the Department
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Professional Services staff in the DepartmentJackie Everid — Undergraduate Programmes Manager
Rebecca Batey — MSc Programmes Manager
Enfale Farooq — Research Manager
Sarah Massey — Departmental Administrator: Communications & Student Support
Edward Perrin — Departmental Administrator: Finance, Projects & Facilities
Kate Barker — Departmental Manager
Tasks: providing all kinds of administrative support
Contact the office in COL 4.01:
If you need general information or help
If there are changes in your circumstances which we should know about
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The Departmental Tutor=me for 1st years,
Prof Jozef Skokan for 2nd/3rd years
Organises special events for academic and personal support
Monitors student progressAdvises on more special academic issues such as
Non-standard course options
If you want to see the Departmental Tutor
Make an appointment via the office in COL 4.01
Talk to your Academic Mentor first
Academic Mentoring Portal (AMP)
Academic mentoring: a keysource of academic support,guidance and advice for allstudents during their time atLSEAMP: online information andguidance about academicmentoringContent: your study, life, well-being and futureVisible to all: see what sup-port is available for all mem-bers of the LSE community
lse.ac.uk/AMP
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Student Mentors
If you are not living in student halls of residence, you will have beenassigned a student mentor who
Is a 2nd or 3rd year student at the LSE
Volunteered to be a mentorCan give informal advice, information and support on e.g.
Studying at the LSELiving in London
However
For academic guidance and serious problems
you should contact your Academic Mentor!!
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Other Places for Advice and SupportToo many to name them all — look at
The Handbook
Maths Support Centre and Stats Support Centre
LSE LIFE — Ground floor of The Library
Study Skills. Specifically, the advice given in the following link is veryimportant: http://www.lse.ac.uk/Mathematics/current-students/study-skills-for-mathematics
Student Services — Advice , Communications & Operations
Undergrad part of the Calendar www.lse.ac.uk/resources/calendar/
On the web: www.lse.ac.uk/ or www.lse.ac.uk/maths/
E-mails to your LSE address
So read your LSE e-mail regularly!!!
follow @LSEMaths on Twitter
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Inputting your course choicesBSc Financial Mathematics and Statistics
First year courses:
The degree regulations require you to take the following courses
Economics A/B (EC100/2)
Mathematical Methods (MA100)
Elementary Statistical Theory (ST102)
Introduction to Abstract Mathematics (MA103)
LSE 100 (Lent term)
Even though you have no choice, you need to enter these on LSEforYou.
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Economics A / B
You can take Economics B if you have done A-level Economics or anequivalent course.
Contact the Economics Department(Sarah Burton, [email protected])if you think you might have sufficient background.
Both Economics A and Economics B will prepare you for the advancedEconomics courses:
Your course choices will not be affected!
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A standard course at LSE hasTwo hours of lectures each week
Large groups (up to 900 students)Presentation of theoryStart in week 1 (next week)MA100 and MA103 both have an extra hour of ‘examples session’
One or two hours of classes each weekSmall groups (up to 15-30 students)Discussion of specific material / room for interactionCompulsory: attendance records keptStart in week 2Permission to sit an exam may be withdrawn if you regularly missclasses / do not hand in homework
Short exams in Lent Term week 0 for MA100, EC100/2 and ST102
Then exams on all courses in May / June
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And more still...
Most courses set regular homework, often weeklyWill be marked, for your benefit. This is feedback!
Time outside of class is neededto prepare for classesto understand lecturesto do your homeworkto study recommended material(eventually) to prepare for the exam
Details differ from course to coursewill usually be announced in first lecture or class
so be sure to attend those
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More on your studies
Lecturers and class teachers have office hoursto help you with the coursetimes of these on their doors or on the websometimes in the Maths Support CentreYou paid for these already, so use them!
Staff-Student Liaison Committeeto discuss issues on teaching, tutoring, the degree, etcmeets at least once a termhas student reps from each year, but open to all
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Things to do: next few days
Have fun and make new friends!Get a feel for what’s where at LSE
Teaching rooms for your coursesPublic computer rooms, LSE LIFEPlaces to eat, drink, rest
Figure out how to use your e-mail account, Moodle & LSEforYou
Register your courses
Browse through the mounds of paper collected this week
Attend Welcome Week : Part 2 this Thursday 26th September at11.00, Auditorium, CBG B1.02.
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Things to do: today
Have lunch in The Venue, basement of Saw Swee Hock building
Meet your fellow students, your Adviser, and other members of staff
Put on a name badge so that your Academic Mentor and StudentMentor can easily identify you and so that you can be served at thebar.
Find and write down the time of your appointment to see your Adviserthis week. A list will be displayed at the Reception in The Venue at12.15 today.
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Getting your priorities right
� Many enjoyable distractions �
Personal development, life at university and all that...
Learning must always come first
Poor grades come from inadequate application
Redeemable grades...?
Yes, you can (and you must) resit failed courses.
But then you lose your summer holiday
Your resit grade is capped at 40%
Last year about 80% failed their resits!
Knock-on effect: reference letters reflect not potential achievements,but actual first year exam outcomes.
This should not be your concern now — let’s not dwell on it!
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Getting your priorities right
� Many enjoyable distractions �
Personal development, life at university and all that...
Learning must always come first
Poor grades come from inadequate application
Redeemable grades...?
Yes, you can (and you must) resit failed courses.
But then you lose your summer holiday
Your resit grade is capped at 40%
Last year about 80% failed their resits!
Knock-on effect: reference letters reflect not potential achievements,but actual first year exam outcomes.
This should not be your concern now — let’s not dwell on it!
Mathematics
Getting your priorities right
� Many enjoyable distractions �
Personal development, life at university and all that...
Learning must always come first
Poor grades come from inadequate application
Redeemable grades...?
Yes, you can (and you must) resit failed courses.
But then you lose your summer holiday
Your resit grade is capped at 40%
Last year about 80% failed their resits!
Knock-on effect: reference letters reflect not potential achievements,but actual first year exam outcomes.
This should not be your concern now — let’s not dwell on it!
Mathematics
Getting your priorities right
� Many enjoyable distractions �
Personal development, life at university and all that...
Learning must always come first
Poor grades come from inadequate application
Redeemable grades...?
Yes, you can (and you must) resit failed courses.
But then you lose your summer holiday
Your resit grade is capped at 40%
Last year about 80% failed their resits!
Knock-on effect: reference letters reflect not potential achievements,but actual first year exam outcomes.
This should not be your concern now — let’s not dwell on it!
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Bye for now — see you soon...
Today at the Reception, 12.15 in The Venue, SAW
And next compulsory session: Welcome Week - Part 2 this Thursday26th September, 11.00, Auditorium, CBG B1.02
(We don’t like information over-load!)
