Financial Mathematics I

Subject 300-203 (2009)

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Credit Points: 12.50
Level: 2 (Undergraduate)
Dates & Locations:

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2009:

Semester 1, - Taught on campus.
Pre-teaching Period Start not applicable
Teaching Period not applicable
Assessment Period End not applicable
Last date to Self-Enrol not applicable
Census Date not applicable
Last date to Withdraw without fail not applicable


Timetable can be viewed here. For information about these dates, click here.
Time Commitment: Contact Hours: Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial per week
Total Time Commitment: Not available
Prerequisites:

One of (i) a mark of 60 or better in 620-120 UMEP Mathematics for High Achieving Students or 620-121 Mathematics A (Advanced) (for students who took these subjects in 2007 or earlier); (ii) an average mark of 60 or better in 620-157 Mathematics 1 and 620-158 Mathematics 2, with a pass in each subject; (iii) a mark of 75 or better in 620-141 Mathematics A; (iv) an average mark of 75 or better in 620-155 Calculus 2 and 620-156 Linear Algebra (for enrolment in 2009 only); (v) a mark of 75 or better in 620-156 Linear Algebra and a mark of 60 or better in 620-158 Mathematics 2; and (vi) an average mark of 60 or better in 620-120 UMEP Mathematics for High Achieving Students and 620-158 Mathematics 2, with a pass in each subject

Corequisites: None
Recommended Background Knowledge: None
Non Allowed Subjects: None
Core Participation Requirements:

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

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Coordinator

Dr Xueyuan Wu
Subject Overview:

Topics include compound interest functions; valuation of a series of payments, including where the cash flows and/or the force of interest are continuous functions of time; equations of value; loans repayable by instalments; characteristics of major asset types; and discount valuation of fixed interest securities, ordinary shares and property, including effects of tax.

Objectives: .
Assessment:

A 2-hour end-of-semester examination (70%), two assignments totalling not more than 2000 words (20%), and a 45 minute mid-semester examination (10%). Satisfactory completion of this subject requires a 50% pass in the end of semester examination

Prescribed Texts: None
Recommended Texts:

Information Not Available

Breadth Options:

This subject potentially can be taken as a breadth subject component for the following courses:

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Fees Information: Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date
Generic Skills:
  • High level of development: written communication; problem solving; application of theory to practice; synthesis of data and other information; use of computer software.

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