Lectures #

Lecture Times #

All green components of the course (discussion of actuarial practice) will be delivered synchronously. We hope to do so in class in PAR-Medical-C403 (Wright Theatre), but in case face-to-face teaching is not allowed, these will be covered synchronously on Zoom. The dates are shown with a “Sync” in the table above.

All blue components will be pre-recorded, and students will be able to watch those at their convenience. We believe technical components are best delivered so, as students have very different speeds of learning of those components, due naturally to the great diversity of backgrounds in class.

Video lectures will be released according to the plan provided above. Videos won’t be of 50 minutes exactly, but of whatever ideal length is required for that sub-topic. There may be only one or several videos per lecture, or varying time lengths. Generally, it is expected that the length of video lectures will be at least 50 minutes per lecture on average. Release of video lectures will roughly follow the timing of lectures to help students keep the correct learning rhythm (that is, on Mondays or Wednesdays).

Lecture Slides and Materials #

Lecture contents will be available from the course website concurrently with the release of the video lectures.

Recorded Lectures #

Audio and video recordings of lectures delivered in this subject will be made available for review. These recordings allow you to revise lectures during the semester, or to review them in preparation for the end of semester exam.

You can access recorded lectures by clicking on the Lecture Recordings (or similar) menu item on the LMS page for this subject.

Please note that for live classes, recordings are not a substitute for attendance; rather they are designed for revision. On rare occasions the recordings can fail to take place due to technical reasons.

Tutorials #

Tutorial Times #

Tutorials start in Week 1.

You must attend the tutorials you are enrolled in.

Tutorial Details and Materials #

The tutorial schedule is provided in the plan above. Note that the tutorial number corresponds to the week’s number of which materials are supposed to be covered (such that there is a one week gap). In other words, materials of week 1 are covered in week 2’s materials.

Problem sets contain three types of questions:

• tutorial questions for discussion in the tutorial class; these should be attempted before you attend your tutorial and you should be prepared to present your solutions in class. You must come to class with questions.
• revision questions (typically from past mid-semester or end of semester exams); these are not for discussion in tutorial classes. After each tutorial class, you should attempt these questions.
• additional questions, to which solutions are readily available. These are to help you prepare and revise, in addition to the tutorial and revision questions.

While solutions are available in advance, it recommended not to look at them before you have attempted the questions. A suggested timing is provided in the study plan.

By the end of semester you will have been presented with about 150 problems of varying length and of varying degrees of difficulty. If you understand the solutions to these questions you are adequately prepared for the end of semester examination. If you do not understand the solutions, extra problems will not help you.

Private Tutoring Services #

The Faculty has become increasingly concerned about the existence of a number of private tutoring services operating in Melbourne that heavily target University of Melbourne students enrolled in FBE subjects.

Students are urged to show caution and exercise their judgement if they are considering using any of these services, and to please take note of the following:

• Any claim by any of these businesses that they have a “special” or “collaborative” or “partnership” style relationship with the University or Faculty is false and misleading. Any claim by a private tutoring service that they are in possession of, or can supply you with, forthcoming University exam or assignment questions or “insider” or “exclusive” information is also false and misleading.
• The University has no relationship whatsoever with any of these services and takes these claims very seriously as they threaten to damage the University’s reputation and undermine its independence.

It is also not appropriate for students to provide course materials (including University curricula, reading materials, exam and assignment questions and answers) to operators of these businesses for the purposes of allowing them to conduct commercial tutoring activities. Doing so may amount to misconduct and will be taken seriously. Those materials contain intellectual property owned or controlled by the University.

We encourage you to bring to the attention of Faculty staff any behaviour or activity that is not aligned with University expectations or policy as outlined above.