Models for Insurance and Finance

Subject 300-316 (2009)

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Credit Points: 12.50
Level: 3 (Undergraduate)
Dates & Locations:

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2009:

Semester 2, - 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


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Time Commitment: Contact Hours: Three hours of lectures and/or tutorials per week
Total Time Commitment: Not available
Prerequisites:

For students who started their degree in 2007 or earlier: 300-334 Financial Mathematics III, 620-202 Statistics and either 620-113 Applied Mathematics (Advanced Plus) or 620-123 Applied Mathematics (Advanced). For students who started their degree in 2008 or later: 300-334 Financial Mathematics III and 620-202 Statistics.

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

Assoc Prof Shuanming Li
Subject Overview:

Topics include: probability concepts; martingales in actuarial studies and finance; applications of Brownian Motion, geometric Brownian Motion and the lognormal distribution; stochastic calculus; models for financial time series; applications of Monte Carlo simulation in insurance and finance.
Objectives: .
Assessment:

A 2-hour end of semester examination (80%) and up to three assignments totalling not more than 20 pages (20%).
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:

You should visit learn more about breadth subjects and read the breadth requirements for your degree, and should discuss your choice with your student adviser, before deciding on your subjects.

Fees Information: Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date
Generic Skills:

  • High level of development: written communication; problem solving; statistical reasoning; application of theory to practice; synthesis of data and other information.
Notes:

Student may not gain credit for both 300-316 Models for Insurance and Finance and 300-332 Modelling in Insurance and Finance II.

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