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Actuarial Practice and Control I (ACTL90010)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Dual-Delivery (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 1
Overview
Availability | Semester 1 - Dual-Delivery |
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Fees | Look up fees |
Topics include insurance markets and products; underwriting and risk assessment; policy design; actuarial modelling; actuarial assumptions and feedback; reserving methods.
Intended learning outcomes
- Discuss and apply an actuarial control cycle in a variety of practical commercial situations
- Apply the tests of professionalism
- Relate the main features within the general environment to medium and long term commercial decisions
- Examine the need for and impact of regulation and government policy on medium and long term commercial decisions
- Analyse the main features and risks of financial products and contracts, from the point of view of consumers and providers
- Demonstrate an understanding of enterprise risk management and its role in organisational management
- Apply a risk assessment framework to identify and assess the risks in a range of commercial situations
- Discuss and apply the process of product design
- Select an appropriate model to solve client problems
Generic skills
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High level of development: written communication; collaborative learning; problem solving; team work; application of theory to practice; interpretation and analysis; critical thinking; synthesis of data and other information; evaluation of data and other information; accessing data and other information from a range of sources.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Students must meet one of the following prerequisite options:
Option 1
Admission into one of the following: MC-ACTSC Master of Actuarial Science, MC-ACTSCEN Master of Actuarial Science (Enhanced)
AND
Completion of a minimum of 100 credit points of study (including 4 core subjects; or equivalent)
Option 2
Admission into the MC-COMACTS Master of Commerce (Actuarial Science)
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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ACTL40006 | Actuarial Practice and Control I | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
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: 31 January 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Group assignment, draft due in week 7.
| Week 10 | 30% |
End-of-semester examination
| During the examination period | 70% |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator David Heath Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours Two 2-hour recorded lectures. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 28 February 2022 to 29 May 2022 Last self-enrol date 11 March 2022 Census date 31 March 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 6 May 2022 Assessment period ends 24 June 2022 Semester 1 contact information
Time commitment details
170 Hours
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
You will be advised of prescribed texts by your lecturer.
Recommended texts and other resources
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Type Name Course Master of Commerce (Actuarial Science) - 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: 31 January 2024