2010 Course Handbook
BUSN03P - Actuarial Studies (Postgraduate Study Pattern)
| Major: | Business |
| Area of Study: | Business |
| Degree: | MCom - Master of Commerce |
| Offered By: |
The Faculty of Business and Economics |
| Admission Requirements: | Bachelor degree with a GPA of 2.7 or equivalent |
| Fees: | |
| Attendance Modes: | Internal |
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 | 16 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) | |||
| ACST865 | Quantitative Methods in Risk Management (4) | |||
| ACST864 | Actuarial Research Project B (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) | 16 | ||
| Required | two of | Modules (8 credit points each): | ||
| Accounting Module (8) | ||||
| Commercial Law Module (8) | ||||
| Economics Module (8) | ||||
| Finance Module (8) | ||||
| Information Systems and Technology Module (8) | ||||
| Marketing Module (8) | ||||
| Management, Organisations and Society Module (8) | ||||
| Research Module (8) | ||||
| Sport Business Management Module (8) | ||||
| Tourism and Hospitality Module (8) | 16 | |||
| Electives | ||||
| Balance of credit points required | 0 | |||
| TOTAL CREDIT POINTS REQUIRED FOR THIS PROGRAM | 32 | |||
Modules
For details of modules, consult this pdf document.
Notes
Note: Students who have not completed sufficient business units in a previous degree will be required to undertake a preliminary program.
