STA4019H - Statistical Sciences For Actuaries

104 credits at NQF level 8

Entry Requirements:

Completion of STA2004F, STA2005S, STA3041F, STA3043S, or their deemed equivalents, at a satisfactory level (an average of 65% or more in the 3rd year courses at first attempt), as well as a pass in MAM2000W. In addition, admission to STA4019H requires that the student is admitted by the Actuarial Science Division of the School of Management Studies to BUS4027W and BUS4028F. Acceptance will be at the discretion of the Head of Department who will consider quality of final year results, material covered in the undergraduate curriculum, and possibly referee reports. Preference may be given to UCT students who meet the course entry requirements.

Course Outline:

This course covers theoretical and applied statistics and operations research. It constitutes 65% of complete Statistical Computing and Matrix Methods (25 credits) and a research project (40 credits). The remaining 39 credits are obtained by selecting from the core and elective modules of Portfolio Theory, Time Series Analysis, Biostatistics, Decision Modelling, Spatial Statistics, Multivariate Analysis and Analytics.