ACTL20002: Financial Mathematics II

Assignments 2 × 10%, Mid Semester Exam 10% (45 minutes), End of Semester Exam 70% (2 hours) - Hurdle: Need at least 50% on the final exam to pass the subject

the content in the second half of the subject when things became probabilistic was significantly more interesting than the first half. Although the latter half of the subject was meant to be harder, I actually found it easier to engage with (especially when trying to catch up in exam period) because of this.

Yes, with screen capture

Jason Davis

5 past/sample final exams and 4 past/sample mid semester exams, all with solutions

4 Out of 5 (Objective rating, not based on my personal level of enjoyment of the subject, or lack thereof )

Compound Interest and its Applications by Fitzherbert and Pitt (Also used in ACTL20001/FMI, one of the prerequisites for this subject) - As I said in my review for FMI, it's not vital but does provide very good explanations (which may not be completely clear from lectures and lecture slides) and extra questions with fully worked solutions. Also, given it's used in both the core level 2 actuarial subjects and is priced around $30 new, I'd suggest it'd be worth getting.

2 × 1hr lectures per week, 1 × 1hr tutorial per week

2018, Semester 2

H2B (72) ... Expected much lower