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Courses Handbook 2012

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2012.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2011.

312617 (v.1) Actuarial Economics 502

Area: Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 4.0
Tuition Patterns: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Lecture: 1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Syllabus: The aim of the subject is to provide a grounding in the fundamental concepts of economics as they affect the operation of insurance and other financial systems, both from the point of view of individuals and their requirements for financial security, andfrom the point of view of financial institutions and their ability to provide products that meet the customer needs. It will also provide a sufficient understanding of macroeconomics to enable the future actuary to interpret the economic environment and to make informed judgements as to suitable assumptions to make regarding future inflation, returns on investment, stock market behaviour, exchange rates and economic growth.
Unit references, texts, outcomes and assessment details The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Field of Education: 091901 Economics
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2012 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External