2010 Course Handbook
ACTL01P - Actuarial Studies (Postgraduate Study Pattern)
| Major: | Actuarial Studies |
| Area of Study: | Actuarial Studies |
| Degree: | MCom - Master of Commerce |
| Offered By: |
The Faculty of Business and Economics |
| Admission Requirements: | Bachelor degree with major in actuarial studies with a GPA of 2.7 OR equivalent professional qualification |
| Fees: | |
| Attendance Modes: | Internal External |
Study Loads: | Full Time (1.0) Part Time |
| Commencing Study Periods: | FH SH |
General Requirements
| Minimum number of credit points | 32 |
| and completion of other specific requirements as set out below |
Specific Requirements
| 800 level | ||||
| Required | 24 cp from | ACST801 | Actuarial Research Project (4) | |
| ACST815 | Superannuation (4) | |||
| ACST827 | Corporate and Structured Finance (4) | |||
| ACST828 | Options, Futures and Derivatives (4) | |||
| ACST829 | Capital Budgeting and Financial Modelling (4) | |||
| ACST831 | Actuarial Control Cycle 1 (4) | |||
| ACST832 | Actuarial Control Cycle 2 (4) | |||
| ACST833 | Insurance (4) | |||
| ACST834 | Financial Institutions Management and Regulation (4) | |||
| ACST863 | Actuarial Research Project A (4) | |||
| ACST864 | Actuarial Research Project B (4) | |||
| ACST865 | Quantitative Methods in Risk Management (4) | |||
| ACST871 | Investment Management (4) | |||
| ACST872 | Quantitative Techniques in Debt and Equity Investment Management (4) | |||
| ACST873 | Financial Derivatives Management (4) | |||
| BUS840 | Business Project Management (4) | 24 | ||
| Required | 8 cp from | ACCG808 | Corporate Finance (4) | |
| ACCG818 | Investments (4) | |||
| ACCG837 | Capital Markets (4) | |||
| ACCG838 | Business Valuation (4) | |||
| ACCG839 | Portfolio Management (4) | |||
| ACCG840 | Personal Financial Planning (4) | |||
| ACCG845 | Performance Measurement and Management (4) | |||
| ACCG890 | Corporate Financial Forecasting (4) | |||
| ACST801 | Actuarial Research Project (4) | |||
| ACST815 | Superannuation (4) | |||
| ACST827 | Corporate and Structured Finance (4) | |||
| ACST828 | Options, Futures and Derivatives (4) | |||
| ACST829 | Capital Budgeting and Financial Modelling (4) | |||
| ACST831 | Actuarial Control Cycle 1 (4) | |||
| ACST832 | Actuarial Control Cycle 2 (4) | |||
| ACST833 | Insurance (4) | |||
| ACST834 | Financial Institutions Management and Regulation (4) | |||
| ACST851 | Mathematics of Finance (4) | |||
| ACST852 | Finance and Financial Reporting (4) | |||
| ACST854 | Survival Models (4) | |||
| ACST858 | Financial Economics and Valuation (4) | |||
| ACST859 | Contingent Payments 1 (4) | |||
| ACST860 | Contingent Payments 2 (4) | |||
| ACST861 | Mathematical Theory of Risk (4) | |||
| ACST862 | General Insurance Pricing and Reserving (4) | |||
| ACST863 | Actuarial Research Project A (4) | |||
| ACST864 | Actuarial Research Project B (4) | |||
| ACST865 | Quantitative Methods in Risk Management (4) | |||
| ACST871 | Investment Management (4) | |||
| ACST872 | Quantitative Techniques in Debt and Equity Investment Management (4) | |||
| ACST873 | Financial Derivatives Management (4) | |||
| BCA801 | Epidemiology (4) | |||
| BCA804 | Data Management and Statistical Computing (4) | |||
| BCA808 | Linear Models (4) | |||
| BCA809 | Categorical Data and Generalised Linear Models (4) | |||
| BCA810 | Bioinformatics (4) | |||
| BUS840 | Business Project Management (4) | |||
| ECON822 | Microeconomics (4) | |||
| ECON823 | Macroeconomics (4) | |||
| ECON828 | International Investment and Risk (4) | |||
| ECON867 | International Financial Management (4) | |||
| GEOS801 | Introduction to Geographic Information Science for Postgraduates (4) | |||
| MKTG800 | Marketing and Finance (4) | |||
| STAT810 | Statistical Theory (4) | |||
| STAT811 | Generalized Linear Models (4) | |||
| STAT814 | Statistical Design (4) | |||
| STAT818 | Epidemiological Methods (4) | |||
| STAT822 | Time Series (4) | |||
| STAT827 | Survival Analysis (4) | |||
| STAT828 | Data Mining (4) | |||
| STAT878 | Modern Computational Statistical Methods (4) | |||
| STAT890 | Stochastic Finance (4) | 8 | ||
| Electives | ||||
| Balance of credit points required | 0 | |||
| TOTAL CREDIT POINTS REQUIRED FOR THIS PROGRAM | 32 | |||