Master of Actuarial Studies
Students must pass and achieve a grade average of 60% across the first 48 units attempted to progress to the second year of the program.
Degree Structure
The program is 96 units consisting of 48 units of core courses and 48 units of elective courses.
Core Courses (48 units)
Year 1:
STAT6045 Actuarial Techniques (6 units)
STAT6038 Regression Modelling (6 units)
STAT7042 Survival Models (6 units)
STAT6043 Life Contingencies (6 units)
Year 2:
STAT8040 - Control Cycle A1
STAT8041 - Control Cycle A2
and at least two of:
STAT8047 Advanced Life Insurance (6 units)
STAT8048 Advanced General Insurance (6 units)
STAT8049 Advanced Global Retirement Income Systems (6 units)
FINM8006 Advanced Investments (6 units)
Elective Courses (48 units)
Electives courses to the value of at least 48 units are to be chosen from the following list or other approved courses offered within the College.
FINM7008 Applied Investments (6 units)
FINM7007 Applied Corporate Finance (6 units)
FINM7003 Continuous Time Finance (6 units)
STAT8036 Credibility Theory (6 units)
STAT6046 Financial Mathematics (6 units)
STAT6039 Principles of Mathematical Statistics (6 units)
STAT8035 Risk Theory (6 units)
STAT7018 Stochastic Modelling (6 units)
STAT8050 Research Essay in Actuarial Studies (6 units)
A maximum of 12 units may be chosen from the current postgraduate courses offered within the College which are not included in the list above.
Working Rules
Working Rules for this program are available here
The information published on the Study at ANU 2012 website applies to the 2012 academic year only. All information provided on this website replaces the information contained in the Study at ANU 2011 website.




