UCD offers a number of student support services that all students should be aware of.
The links below provide a range of information and resources to help you complete your degree.
If you cannot find what you are looking for please contact us at economics@ucd.ie or call into the School office in G201 Newman Building
If you miss a component of continuous assessment during the trimester, you should contact the module coordinator immediately and provide the module coordinator any documentation in support of your extenuating circumstances.
If you miss the final exam, you should follow the procedure outlined in the UCD’s policy on extenuating circumstances and submit the necessary documentation online to the relevant College Office. For more information please go to this page.
In the case of missing an exam, you should also contact the relevant module coordinator as soon as possible.
Please note that the School follows the UCD’s policy on extenuating circumstances as to what we do and do not consider grounds for extenuating circumstances.
The module coordinator will then tell you how to make up for the missing component if they deem acceptable the documentation provided.
Unless otherwise stated by the module coordinator, modules will follow UCD’s policy on late submission of essays and projects.
The policy requires:
1. The due date for each item of coursework must be clearly indicated to students.
2. Coursework must be submitted electronically via Brightspace no later than 3 pm on the due date.
3. Coursework received at any time within the two weeks following the due date will be graded but a penalty will apply. Coursework submitted at any time up to one week after the due date will have the grade awarded reduced by one grade point (or the percentage mark reduced by 5%). Coursework submitted more than one week but up to two weeks after the due date will have the grade reduced by two grade points (or the percentage mark reduced by 10%).
4. Coursework received more than two weeks after the due date will not be accepted.
5. Where coursework is submitted late due to unanticipated exceptional or extenuating
circumstances, students must follow the appropriate procedures for extenuating circumstances
(see previous section).
Within the School of Economics, each module coordinator may decide whether the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) is permitted or not (and for what purposes). Please review the module descriptors to check the AI usage policy for each individual module.
In cases where AI is permitted, the module descriptor will list the ways in which you are allowed to use it. In all cases, you are required to explicitly state whether AI was used in any assignments you submit and in what ways. Also, you are required to provide a reference for the software used, and what prompts (if any) where used. Please use the template below:
ChatGPT (or equivalent) was used in this assignment for the following purposes:
- To generate ideas YES/NO
- To find references YES/NO
- To generate text YES/NO
- To edit & proofread text YES/NO
- To create code YES/NO
- Other YES/NO How _____________________
Also, you should provide a citation for the software used and the prompts given (if any). Here is an example of a citation:
“Text generated by ChatGPT, March 31, 2023, OpenAI, (opens in a new window)https://chat.openai.com.”
“The following prompts were used “XYZ”.
Remember, plagiarism risk is high when using AI, and it is not acceptable to submit AI-generated content as it is. If you copy and paste entire AI-generated answers, it will be considered plagiarism. Even AI co-created work is considered collusion if you present it all as your own. Note, AI-generated lists of publications and other sources are predictions only; they may not truly exist, therefore you should check all sources of information provided for accuracy.
Plagiarism is academic theft and is taken very seriously by the School of Economics and UCD in general. The School’s policy on plagiarism can be found here, while UCD comprehensive regulations and procedures can be found at this website.
For more information on how to avoid plagiarism please consult the library guide at
(opens in a new window)http://libguides.ucd.ie/academicintegrity.
From 1 September 2024, UCD has updated its policies. Please see the links here for further information.
Contact details of undergraduate coordinators:
- Stage 1 Coordinator Dr Ciara Whelan (ciara.whelan@ucd.ie)
- Stage 2 Coordinator Dr Sarah Parlane (sarah.parlane@ucd.ie)
- Stage 3 Coordinator Prof Karl Whelan (karl.whelan@ucd.ie)
- Stage 4 Coordinator Prof Morgan Kelly(morgan.kelly@ucd.ie)
- Head of Teaching and Learning Prof Orla Doyle (econteaching@ucd.ie)
Economics Resource Centre Information
Transferring to Economics Single Subject Major
For more detailed information on our undergraduate programmes please visit our UNDERGRADUATE HANDBOOK
Economics in Action: Topics and Resources
Suggested specification for an Undergraduate Student's PC.
UCD Dignity & Respect Support Service
More information on support for students and staff in relation to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).