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Specialisation Structure
48 Units of Credit:

Students must complete 48 UOC.

Core Courses

Students must take 30 UOC of the following courses.

ACTL4003
6 UOC
Research Methods in Risk and Actuarial Studies
ACTL4010
6 UOC
Thesis (Actuarial Studies) A
ACTL4011
6 UOC
Thesis (Actuarial Studies) B
ACTL4012
12 UOC
Thesis (Actuarial Studies) C

Prescribed Electives

Students must take 18 UOC of the following courses.

Any relevant course at Honours or Masters level in, e.g., RISK, ECON, FINS or MATH are also possible choices.

Elective courses selected must be relevant to the honours topic and approved by the proposed supervisor(s) when they sign off the EOI Form. Any alteration to this study plan is subject to approval by the Honours Coordinator after consultation with the supervisor(s). Note that students should not be enrolled in more than two elective courses in Semester 2.

ACTL4001
6 UOC
Actuarial Theory and Practice A
ACTL4002
6 UOC
Actuarial Theory and Practice B
ACTL4303
6 UOC
Asset-Liability Management
ACTL5301
6 UOC
Models for Risk Management
ACTL5302
6 UOC
Risk and Capital Management

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You are responsible for ensuring that you enrol in courses according to your program requirements and by following the advice of your Program Authority. myUNSW enrolment checks that you have met enrolment requirements such as pre-requisites for individual courses but not that you are enrolling in courses that will count towards your program requirements.

Additional Information

Entry Requirements

In addition to the requirements set by the University of New South Wales and the UNSW Business School for enrolment in the program, the School of Risk and Actuarial Studies expects applicants to:

  1. Be eligible for exemption from all Part I courses from the Actuaries Institute;
  2. Have a weighted average mark (WAM) of at least 80 in all core actuarial courses (the ones are considered for the purpose of exemption from the Part I examinations of the Actuaries Institute) in the degree in which they are currently enrolled;
  3. Have a weighted average mark (WAM) of at least 80 in the degree in which they are currently enrolled.

Furthermore, candidates must follow the application procedure described on the website of the School of Risk and Actuarial Studies.

Professional Recognition

The Institute of Actuaries of Australia

Academic Rules

Please refer to the Stream Structure for the Academic requirements.

Further Information

Please note that these requirements may be subject to change.
Students are advised to follow requirements according to the year they commenced. Please refer to previous editions of the Online Handbook for your program requirements.

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