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- Actuarial Modelling IIACTL30002
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
The aim of this subject is to provide students with grounding in mathematical and statistical modelling techniques that are of particular relevance to actuarial work, including methods of estimating mortality rates and assessing their adherence to data and smoothness, as well as techniques for mo...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Rui Zhou Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Two 1-hour lectures and one 1-hour tutorial per week (commencing in second week of semester) Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 26 February 2024 to 26 May 2024 Last self-enrol date 8 March 2024 Census date 3 April 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 3 May 2024 Assessment period ends 21 June 2024 Semester 1 contact information
Rui Zhou: rui.zhou@unimelb.edu.au
- Actuarial Modelling IIIACTL30007
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
This subject aims to provide a grounding in stochastic modelling techniques that are of particular relevance to actuarial work in general insurance, covering loss distribution with and without risk sharing, calculation of moments and moment generating function of aggregate claims, recursion for...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Benjamin Avanzi 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 26 February 2024 to 26 May 2024 Last self-enrol date 8 March 2024 Census date 3 April 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 3 May 2024 Assessment period ends 21 June 2024 Semester 1 contact information
Benjamin Avanzi: b.avanzi@unimelb.edu.au
- Actuarial Practice and Control IACTL40006
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
Topics include insurance markets and products; underwriting and risk assessment; policy design; actuarial modelling; actuarial assumptions and feedback; reserving methods.
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator David Heath Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Two 2-hour lectures per week Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 26 February 2024 to 26 May 2024 Last self-enrol date 8 March 2024 Census date 3 April 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 3 May 2024 Assessment period ends 21 June 2024 Semester 1 contact information
David Heath: dnheath@unimelb.edu.au
- Actuarial Practice and Control IIACTL40007
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
Topics include assessment of solvency; analysis of experience; analysis of surplus; actuarial techniques in the wider fields; and an introduction to professionalism.
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator David Heath Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Four hours of lectures and/or tutorials per week Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 22 July 2024 to 20 October 2024 Last self-enrol date 2 August 2024 Census date 2 September 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 20 September 2024 Assessment period ends 15 November 2024 Semester 2 contact information
- Actuarial Practice and Control IIIACTL40009
Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024
This subject covers analysis of investment portfolios and asset classes from the perspective of an appointed actuary, with a view to identifying assets that suit the requirements of a variety of general insurance, life insurance, superannuation and other defined benefit liabilities.
Not available in 2024
View details - Actuarial StatisticsACTL30004
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
This subject aims to provide students with grounding in advanced linear regression analysis which includes multiple linear regression, Spearman's and Kendall's measures of correlation, principal component analysis and generalised linear models. This subject also focuses on explaining the fundamen...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Enrique Calderin 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 22 July 2024 to 20 October 2024 Last self-enrol date 2 August 2024 Census date 2 September 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 20 September 2024 Assessment period ends 15 November 2024 Semester 2 contact information
- Actuarial Studies Projects Part 1ACTL40010
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 (Extended) Year:2024
Students will be required to submit three assignments of between 3,000 and 3,500 words each, on dates specified at the start of the academic year. The word count includes bibliography, footnotes, appendices and the number of words which would take up space used for tables, formulae and charts.
- Semester 1 (Extended)
Principal coordinator Ping Chen Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours A series of, at most, five 1-hour meetings per semester Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 26 February 2024 to 30 June 2024 Last self-enrol date 8 March 2024 Census date 3 April 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 3 May 2024 Assessment period ends 30 June 2024 Semester 1 (Extended) contact information
Ping Chen: ping.chen@unimelb.edu.au
- Actuarial Studies Projects Part 2ACTL40011
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 (Early-Start) Year:2024
Students will be required to submit three assignments of between 3,000 and 3,500 words each, on dates specified at the start of the academic year. The word count includes bibliography, footnotes, appendices and the number of words which would take up space used for tables, formulae and charts.
- Semester 2 (Early-Start)
Principal coordinator Ping Chen Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours A series of, at most, five 1-hour meetings per semester Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 1 July 2024 to 20 October 2024 Last self-enrol date 12 July 2024 Census date 2 September 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 20 September 2024 Assessment period ends 15 November 2024 Semester 2 (Early-Start) contact information
Ping Chen: ping.chen@unimelb.edu.au
- Actuarial Studies Research EssayACTL40001
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2024
A research essay of not more than 10,000 words on a topic approved by the Head of Department. The word count includes bibliography, footnotes, appendices and the number of words which would take up space used for tables, formulae and charts.
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Yuyu Chen Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours To be advised Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 26 February 2024 to 26 May 2024 Last self-enrol date 8 March 2024 Census date 3 April 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 3 May 2024 Assessment period ends 21 June 2024 Semester 1 contact information
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Yuyu Chen Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours To be advised Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 22 July 2024 to 20 October 2024 Last self-enrol date 2 August 2024 Census date 2 September 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 20 September 2024 Assessment period ends 15 November 2024 Semester 2 contact information
Yuyu Chen: yuyu.chen@unimelb.edu.au
- Advanced Art FieldworkAHIS40013
Undergraduate subject Offered:June Year:2024
This subject is taught on location in a major art centre (the subject may be taught one year in China, or another year in New York, or in other destinations, as appropriate), using the social, economic, geographical and cultural effects of the art centre as a case study of historical and contempo...
- June - Off Campus
Coordinator Claire Roberts Mode of delivery Off Campus Contact hours Contact Hours: 60 Total Time Commitment: Total expected time commitment is 170 hours across the semester, including class time. Total time commitment 340 hours Teaching period 24 June 2024 to 12 July 2024 Last self-enrol date 24 June 2024 Census date 12 July 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 16 August 2024 Assessment period ends 13 September 2024 June contact information
- Advanced Chinese TranslationCHIN20026
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
In this subject students will learn to translate from Chinese to English and English to Chinese. The selection of texts will be limited to modern literature and to documents and news items on politics and international affairs. In their translations students will learn to focus on accuracy as wel...
- Semester 2
Coordinator Yongxian Luo Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours A total of 36 hours: A 1 hour lecture and a 2 hour textual study class per week. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 22 July 2024 to 20 October 2024 Last self-enrol date 2 August 2024 Census date 2 September 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 20 September 2024 Assessment period ends 15 November 2024 Semester 2 contact information
- Advanced Chinese TranslationCHIN30005
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
In this subject students will learn to translate from Chinese to English and English to Chinese. The selection of texts will be limited to modern literature and to documents and news items on politics and international affairs. In their translations students will learn to focus on accuracy as wel...
- Semester 2
Coordinator Yongxian Luo Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours A total of 36 hours: A 1 hour lecture and a 2 hour textual study class per week. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 22 July 2024 to 20 October 2024 Last self-enrol date 2 August 2024 Census date 2 September 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 20 September 2024 Assessment period ends 15 November 2024 Semester 2 contact information
- Advanced Corporate FinanceFNCE40001
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
This subject introduces a study of recent literature in a number of areas of financial management. Topics include real options, mergers and acquisitions, capital structure decisions, dividend policy, security analysis and design, and corporate hedging.
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Gabriele Lattanzio Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours One 3-hour seminar per week Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 26 February 2024 to 26 May 2024 Last self-enrol date 8 March 2024 Census date 3 April 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 3 May 2024 Assessment period ends 21 June 2024 Semester 1 contact information
Gabriele Lattanzio: gabriele.lattanzio@unimelb.edu.au
- Advanced Coursework in Medical BiologyBIOL40014
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 (Early-Start) Year:2024
The purpose of the advanced coursework is to develop professional and scientific skills necessary for general scientific inquiry. The knowledge gained will foster the student’s capacity to identify questions and generate ideas as well as providing a framework for students to use in order to appro...
- Semester 1 (Early-Start)
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 26 Total time commitment 340 hours Teaching period 12 February 2024 to 26 May 2024 Last self-enrol date 23 February 2024 Census date 3 April 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 3 May 2024 Assessment period ends 21 June 2024 Semester 1 (Early-Start) contact information
Subject Coordinator:
Dr Jessica Borger
borger.j@wehi.edu.auAdministrative Coordinator:
Kerry Ko
education@wehi.edu.auFor more information:
www.wehi.edu.au/education
- Advanced Derivative SecuritiesFNCE40009
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
Arbitrage bounds, stock price dynamics, geometric Brownian motion and Itos Lemma, Cox-Ross-Rubinstein binomial model, Black-Scholes model, risk neutral valuation, forwards and futures, currency, stock index, futures and exotic options, Interest rate derivative securities.
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Thijs van der Heijden Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Three hours of lectures and seminars per week Total time commitment 120 hours Teaching period 22 July 2024 to 20 October 2024 Last self-enrol date 2 August 2024 Census date 2 September 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 20 September 2024 Assessment period ends 15 November 2024 Semester 2 contact information
Thijs van der Heijden: thijs.vanderheijden@unimelb.edu.au
- Advanced Design and Data AnalysisPSYC40005
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 (Early-Start) Year:2024
This subject provides an introduction to multivariate data analysis in the behavioural and social sciences, including the nature, rationale and application of a number of widely used multivariate data analysis models. For each model, issues covered include the nature of the model and its assumpti...
- Semester 1 (Early-Start)
Principal coordinator Andrew Legg Coordinator Geoff Saw Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Six-hour workshop day in Orientation Week; 24 hours of lectures, 12 hours of laboratory classes. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 23 February 2024 to 26 May 2024 Last self-enrol date 1 March 2024 Census date 3 April 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 3 May 2024 Assessment period ends 21 June 2024 Semester 1 (Early-Start) contact information
Principal Coordinator:
Andrew Legg
andrew.legg1@unimelb.edu.auCoordinator:
Geoff Saw
gsaw@unimelb.edu.au
- Advanced Financial MathematicsACTL40004
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
This subject aims to provide students with grounding in advanced financial mathematics, covering option pricing under the binomial model; risk-neutral pricing of derivative securities; Brownian motion; introduction to Itô΄s formula and SDEs; stochastic asset models; Black-Scholes model; arbitrage...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Yuyu Chen Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Three hours of lectures and/or tutorials per week Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 26 February 2024 to 26 May 2024 Last self-enrol date 8 March 2024 Census date 3 April 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 3 May 2024 Assessment period ends 21 June 2024 Semester 1 contact information
Yuyu Chen: yuyu.chen@unimelb.edu.au
- Advanced Food AnalysisFOOD30008
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
Advanced food analysis will teach students most rapid and standard conventional methods commonly used in food analysis. These analytical techniques will include: The selection of appropriate scientific methods for a specific food analysis, physical and chemical parametersPrinciples of instrumen...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Said Ajlouni Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 12x1hr lectures, 12x1hr zoom discussion 6x3hr practicals and 10x1hr zoom prac discussions Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 26 February 2024 to 26 May 2024 Last self-enrol date 8 March 2024 Census date 3 April 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 3 May 2024 Assessment period ends 21 June 2024 Semester 1 contact information
- Advanced Harmonic StudiesMUSI30281
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
This subject introduces Jazz & Improvisation students to advanced harmonic concepts and techniques. Through practical performance activities, deep listening exercises and transcription, students acquire tools to creatively navigate highly chromatic and atonal environments as players and list...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Andrea Meagher Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 12 hours, comprising one 1-hour practical class per week Total time commitment 85 hours Teaching period 26 February 2024 to 26 May 2024 Last self-enrol date 8 March 2024 Census date 3 April 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 3 May 2024 Assessment period ends 21 June 2024 Semester 1 contact information
Andrea Keller-Meagher: andrea.keller@unimelb.edu.au
- Advanced Human PhysiologyPHYS30010
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
Advanced Human Physiology builds on foundations of second-year Physiology to provide students with a more robust understanding of some key body systems and physiological concepts. The subject will focus on integrating concepts and synthesizing ideas to tackle challenging Physiological questions r...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Charles Sevigny Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 3 x 1 hour workshops per week Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 26 February 2024 to 26 May 2024 Last self-enrol date 8 March 2024 Census date 3 April 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 3 May 2024 Assessment period ends 21 June 2024 Semester 1 contact information
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