Overview
Offerings
Requisites
Contacts
Chief Examiner(s)
Unit Coordinator(s)
Learning outcomes
Understand the basic concepts of probability including conditioning and independence, univariate and multivariate probability distributions, expectations, generating functions and limit theorems;
Appreciate the relevance of probability models to a variety of areas including Science, Engineering, Actuarial Science and Finance;
Derive means, variances, moments and distributions in a variety of univariate and multivariate contexts;
Use conditioning and moment generating functions to solve a variety of problems involving two or more events or random variables;
Understand the way random numbers are generated;
Formulate in probabilistic terms real-life situations involving uncertainty.
Assessment
Scheduled and non-scheduled teaching activities
Workload requirements
Learning resources
Other unit costs
Costs are indicative and subject to change.
Miscellaneous items required (unit course reader, printing, stationery) - $120
Availability in areas of study
Financial and insurance mathematics
Mathematical statistics
Mathematics
Pure mathematics