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| MA 27302 - Financial Math Practicum |
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Credit Hours: 1.00. This course teaches techniques for solving problems in financial mathematics, utilizing an understanding of interest rates, annuities, and financial instruments. The course helps actuarial students prepare for the Society of Actuaries and Casualty Actuarial Society Exam FM/2.
1.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated an unlimited number of times Learning Outcomes: 1. Understand and be able to perform calculations relating to present value, current value, and accumulated value. 2. Calculate present value, current value, and accumulated value for sequences of non-contingent payments. 3. Understand key concepts concerning loans and how to perform related calculations. 4. Understand key concepts concerning bonds, and how to perform related calculations. 5. Understand key concepts concerning yield curves, rates of return, and measures of duration and convexity, and how to perform related calculations. 6. Understand key concepts concerning cash flow matching and immunization, and how to perform related calculations. 7. Understand key concepts concerning interest rate swaps, and how to perform related calculations. 8. Understand key concepts concerning the determinants of interest rates, the components of interest, and how to perform related calculations. |
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