First-Term Courses 2011-2012

Compulsory Courses

These are in 3 blocks, with the background course on Mathematics starting on 30 August, and the courses on Statistics and Econometrics and on Microeconomics starting on 12 September [see also August-October Programme for First-Year Students Academic Year 2010-2011] and then twice a week until the middle of February 2012 (going into the second term). The Macroeconomics module will start in the second block (in November) and will continue until the middle of April. Each block is followed by exams, which will take place in the weeks of 24 October (block I), 12 December (block II) and 20 February (block III) while the Macro block III exams will take place in mid-April.

• Summer excercises
• Background course in Mathematics (Antonio Villanacci) (starts 30 August)
• Background Course in Probability and Statistics + Matlab (Aleksei Netšunajev) (starts 30 August)

Advanced courses for Second Year Students only

Current 2^nd year students must ensure that by the end of their 2^nd year they have passed the exams of 8 Advanced Courses, of which 6 should be Advanced Core courses (2 in each of the 3 fields).