Curricular information is subject to change.
The student will develop:
1. a familiarity with basic financial instruments;
2. computational skills used in the actuarial profession;
3. team skills by working together on problems;
4. a good class spirit (future financial contacts).
| Student Effort Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Lectures | 36 |
| Tutorial | 12 |
| Specified Learning Activities | 24 |
| Autonomous Student Learning | 36 |
| Total | 108 |
Students must have taken MATH20130 prior to this module.
A good knowledge of first year undergraduate calculus and algebra will be assumed, such as that given in (a) MATH10120, Linear Algebra with Applications to Economics; MATH10130 Introduction to Analysis for Economics and Finance; MATH10140 Advanced Calculus for Economics and Finance or (b) MATH10040, Numbers and Functions; MATH10340, Linear Algebra in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences; MATH10350, Calculus in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences or (c) their equivalents from other universities.
Students NOT taking a degree or diploma in Actuarial Science or Financial Mathematics CANNOT take this module.
| Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exam (Take-Home): Homework-1 | Week 6 | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 5 |
No |
| Exam (Online): Lab Test Exam | Week 8 | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 20 |
No |
| Exam (Take-Home): Homework-2 | Week 11 | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 5 |
No |
| Exam (In-person): Final Exam | End of trimester Duration: 2 hr(s) |
Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 70 |
No |
| Resit In | Terminal Exam |
|---|---|
| Autumn | Yes - 2 Hour |
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
Not yet recorded.
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Mr Damian Conway | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
| Spring | Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 32 | Mon 14:00 - 15:50 |
| Spring | Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 31 | Mon 14:00 - 15:50 |
| Spring | Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 33 | Mon 14:00 - 15:50 |
| Spring | Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Thurs 14:00 - 14:50 |