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 University of Calgary Calendar 2016-2017 COURSES OF INSTRUCTION Course Descriptions A Actuarial Science ACSC
Actuarial Science ACSC
ACSC 325 327 425 427 437 511 513 515 517 519 527 531 535 537 539
 

Instruction offered by members of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics in the Faculty of Science.

Notes:

  • For listings of related courses, see also Applied Mathematics, Mathematics, Pure Mathematics, and Statistics.
  • Effective Fall 2014, Mathematics 265, 267, 367, Mathematics 275, 277, 375 and 377 replaced respectively Mathematics 251, 253, 353, Applied Mathematics 217, 219, 307 and 309 and serves as prerequisites for appropriate courses. In some special cases, Mathematics 267 replaces Mathematics 349 or 353. For these and other deviations from the general rule, see individual course entries for details. Mathematics 267 supplemented by Mathematics 177 will be accepted as equivalent to Mathematics 277.
 
Senior Courses
 
Actuarial Science 325       Theory of Interest/Mathematics of Finance
Measurement of interest, elementary annuities, general annuities, amortization schedules and sinking funds, bonds and other securities.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-1T)
Prerequisite(s): One of Mathematics 253 or 267 or 277 or 283 or Applied Mathematics 219; or one of Mathematics 249 or 251 or 265 or 275 or 281 or Applied Mathematics 217 and consent of the Department.
Notes: Actuarial Science 325 is strongly recommended as a prerequisite.   
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Actuarial Science 327       Life Contingencies I
The survival function, force of mortality, life tables, analytical laws of mortality, life insurance, continuous and discrete life annuities, recursion equations. Introduction to benefit premiums and/or insurance and annuity models with interest as a random variable as time permits.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-1T)
Prerequisite(s): A grade of "C" or higher in Statistics 321 or Mathematics 321.
Notes: Actuarial Science 325 is strongly recommended as a prerequisite.
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Actuarial Science 425       Intermediate Topics in Finance and Investment
Selected topics relevant to students with an interest in actuarial science, enterprise risk management, financial mathematics, etc. Topics include financial instruments; sources and cost of capital; portfolio selection; CAPM and alternatives; dividend policy; taxation; basic option pricing theory; stock valuation; measurement and assessment of financial performance; risk management.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Actuarial Science 325 and Statistics 323 or Mathematics 323; or Actuarial Science 325 and 60 units (10 full-course equivalents) and consent of the Department.
Antirequisite(s): Credit for Actuarial Science 425 and Finance 317 will be not be allowed without consent of the Department.
Notes: Students with credit for Finance 317 but requiring Actuarial Science 425 for VEE credit from the Society of Actuaries should consult with the Department.
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Actuarial Science 427       Life Contingencies II
Benefit premiums, premium principles, fully continuous and fully discrete premiums. Benefit reserves and their analysis. Insurance models including expenses. Multiple-state models.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Actuarial Science 327; and Statistics 323 or Mathematics 323; and one of Mathematics 353 or 367 or 377 or 381.
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Actuarial Science 437       Actuarial Models
Basic distributional quantities; characteristics of actuarial models; continuous models; Basic and advanced discrete distributions; frequency and severity with coverage modifications (deductibles, policy limits, coinsurance); aggregate loss models.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Statistics 321 or Mathematics 321.
Also known as: (formerly Statistics 437)
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Actuarial Science 511       Generalized Linear Models for Actuaries
Description of insurance data, response distributions, exponential family responses and estimation, GLMs, models for count data, categorical and continuous responses. Applications include: personal injury insurance, vehicle insurance, diabetes deaths, third party claims, and degree of vehicle crash. Software for fitting GLMs will be discussed.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Statistics 323 or Mathematics 323.
Notes: Statistics 429 is recommended as a corequisite or prerequisite.
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Actuarial Science 513       Fundamentals of Actuarial Practice
An introduction to the foundations of actuarial science including the history and development of insurance, the actuarial profession, and the professional societies. Standards of practice and codes of ethics and conduct. An examination of the contexts and environments (including the legal, political, and societal) in which actuarial work takes place.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Actuarial Science 327; and Statistics 321 or Mathematics 321.
Antirequisite(s): Credit for Actuarial Science 513 and 539.02 will not be allowed.
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Actuarial Science 515       Models for Financial Economics
Survey of financial derivatives, valuation of derivatives using binomial trees, Black-Scholes-Merton equation, dynamic hedging, Brownian motion and Ito’s Lemma.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Actuarial Science 325; and Statistics 321 or Mathematics 321.
Antirequisite(s): Credit for Actuarial Science 515 and 539.04 will not be allowed.
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Actuarial Science 517       Estimating Unpaid Claims in General Insurance
Data collection, adjusting premiums, trending losses, development triangles, expected method, frequency -severity method, Bornhuetter Ferguson method, Benktander method, Cape Cod method, impact of changing conditions on projection method.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Actuarial Science 327.
Antirequisite(s): Credit for Actuarial Science 517 and 539.06 will not be allowed.
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Actuarial Science 519       Quantitative Financial Risk Management
Risk measures, correlations and copulas, various approaches to modelling market and credit risk, liquidity risk, enterprise risk management.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Actuarial Science 327.
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Actuarial Science 527       Life Contingencies III
Multiple life functions, dependent and independent models, related annuities and insurances. Multiple decrement models: time until and causes of death. Associated single decrement tables. Applications of  multiple decrement theory. Asset shares. Business and regulatory considerations.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Actuarial Science 327; and Statistics 323 or Mathematics 323; and one of Mathematics 353 or 367 or 377 or 381.
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Actuarial Science 531       Loss Distributions and Their Estimations
Review of mathematical statistics; estimation based on complete and modified data; frequentist estimation; Bayesian estimation; simulation in actuarial modelling; model selection.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Actuarial Science 327; and Statistics 323 or Mathematics 323; and one of Mathematics 353 or 367 or 377 or 381.
Antirequisite(s): Credit for Actuarial Science 531 and 533 will not be allowed.
Notes: Actuarial Science 437 or Statistics 437 is strongly recommended as a prerequisite.
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Actuarial Science 535       Mathematics of Demography
Conventional and adjusted measures of mortality; measures of fertility; measures of morbidity; North American demographic characteristics and trends; evaluation of demographic data; projections for stable and stationary populations; actuarial applications of demographic characteristics and trends.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Actuarial Science 327; and Statistics 323 or Mathematics 323.
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Actuarial Science 537       Credibility Theory
Limited fluctuation credibility; full and partial credibility; greatest accuracy credibility; Bayesian methodology; credibility premium; Buhlmann model; Buhlmann-Straub model; empirical Bayes method; bonus-malus system.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Actuarial Science 327; and Statistics 323 or Mathematics 323; and one of Mathematics 353 or 367 or 377 or 381.
Antirequisite(s): Credit for Actuarial Science 537 and 533 will not be allowed.
Notes: Actuarial Science 437 or Statistics 437 is strongly recommended as a prerequisite.
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Actuarial Science 539       Special Topics in Actuarial Science
Offered under various subtitles.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Actuarial Science 327; and Statistics 323 or Mathematics 323; and one of Mathematics 353 or 367 or 377 or 381.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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