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Actuarial Modelling I (ACTL30001)
Undergraduate level 3Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
Semester 1
Prof. Shuanming Li shli@unimelb.edu.au
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Overview
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This subject aims to provide students with a grounding in mathematical and statistical modelling techniques that are of particular relevance to actuarial work, covering survival models concepts, estimation procedures for lifetime distributions, multiple state models, binomial and Poisson models of mortality, actuarial applications of discrete-time and continuous-time Markov chains. This subject focuses on modelling techniques in life insurance.
Intended learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Explain the concept of survival model
- Summarise estimation procedures for lifetime distributions
- Analyse discrete-time Markov chains and interpret their actuarial applications
- Analyse continuous-time Markov processes and apply them in actuarial problems
- Construct models of transfer between multiple states, including processes with single or multiple decrements, and derive relationships between probabilities of transfer and transition intensities
- Derive maximum likelihood estimators for the transition intensities in models of transfers between states with piecewise constant transition intensities
- Analyse the binomial model of mortality, derive the maximum likelihood estimator for the probability of death and compare the binomial model with the multiple state models
- Apply prerequisite mathematical and statistical concepts to the solution of problems on the above topics
Generic skills
High level of development: written communication; problem solving; statistical reasoning; application of theory to practice; use of computer software.
Last updated: 27 April 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
For students who commenced their degree in 2018 or earlier
All of
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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MAST20005 | Statistics |
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
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12.5 |
ACTL20002 Financial Mathematics II
For students who commenced their degree in 2019 or later (i.e. enrollment into this subject from 2021 onwards)
All of
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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ACTL20003 | Stochastic Techniques in Insurance | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MAST20005 | Statistics |
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
300-330 Survival Models: Theory and Applications
Recommended background knowledge
Please refer to Prerequisites and Corequisites.
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 27 April 2024
Assessment
Due to the impact of COVID-19, assessment may differ from that published in the Handbook. Students are reminded to check the subject assessment requirements published in the subject outline on the LMS
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Assignment 1 (Week 5 or 6)
| First half of the teaching period | 15% |
Assignment 2 (Week 10 or 11)
| Second half of the teaching period | 15% |
End-of-semester exam
| During the examination period | 70% |
Last updated: 27 April 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Coordinator Shuanming Li Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Two 1-hour lectures and one 1-hour tutorial per week Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 2 March 2020 to 7 June 2020 Last self-enrol date 13 March 2020 Census date 30 April 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 June 2020 Assessment period ends 3 July 2020 Semester 1 contact information
Prof. Shuanming Li shli@unimelb.edu.au
Time commitment details
170 hours
Last updated: 27 April 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
You will be advised of prescribed texts by your lecturer.
Recommended texts and other resources
Information Not Available
- Breadth options
This subject is available as breadth in the following courses:
- Bachelor of Arts
- Bachelor of Design
- Bachelor of Environments
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Animation)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Film and Television)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Music Theatre)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Screenwriting)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Theatre)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Art)
- Bachelor of Music
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 27 April 2024