5. Teaching and Learning

Organisation of Teaching

Teaching for the course will be provided jointly by the Mathematical Institute, Department of Statistics and Department of Computer Science through a series of lectures and classes. In addition, students will have supervision meetings for their dissertation with an allocated dissertation supervisor, usually alongside other students offering the same dissertation topic.

On arrival in Oxford, MSc students will be assigned both a departmental supervisor and a college personal tutor. Students will be able to seek guidance on academic matters from their supervisors, who will have been allocated based on a student’s interests. College tutors will be available to MSc students as a source of pastoral advice throughout the year.

Part C students will continue to receive both academic and pastoral advice from their college tutor. Beyond this, however, the college will have no role in the teaching of the course.