Math 520 Life Contingencies I Section 001 T Th 10 10 3088 East Hall Dr Kristen Moore 2863 East Hall 734 615 6864 ksmoore umich edu www math lsa umich edu ksmoore Text Actuarial Mathematics Second Edition Bowers et al ISBN 0 938959 46 8 Errata http www soa org ccm content exams education jobs candidate and exam information springexam session study notes errata for actuarial mathematics Office Hours Wednesday 1 30 4 30 and by appointment Prerequisites Math 424 and Math 425 Attendance Though I don t take attendance in class it benefits you to attend class regularly You are responsible for all of the material and announcements from each lecture I do post the handouts from lecture within a day or two but I do not post lecture notes If you miss a class it is your responsibility to get the notes from a classmate Grading Policy and Important Dates I will assign homework problems in class and on the course webpage regularly I will not collect homework However I will probably assign a few hand in problems or computer projects I will give you at least one week s notice for these assignments They will count as a quiz grade We will have 8 quizzes based on the homework problems and examples from lecture I do not give make up quizzes but I will drop your lowest quiz grade The quiz dates are 9 15 11 1 9 22 11 8 9 29 12 1 10 25 12 8 We will have two midterm exams the dates are Tuesday 10 11 and Tuesday 11 15 I do not give makeup exams except in the case of a well documented family or medical emergency Our final exam is cumulative It will be at the time scheduled by the registrar Tuesday 12 20 04 at 10 30AM Your final grade will be determined according to the following weights Quiz Total 20 First Exam 20 Second Exam 20 Final Exam 40 Guaranteed Minimum Grade A 93 100 A 90 92 B 87 89 B 83 86 B 80 82 C 77 79 C 73 76 C 70 72 D 60s E 60 Syllabus I plan to cover Chapters 3 6 of the text and possibly part of Chapter 7 A tentative course schedule appears on the next page I expect that our actual progress through the text will deviate somewhat from this schedule Course Website You can visit the course website by logging in at the CTools portal site https ctools umich edu portal If you are registered for Math 520 you should see a link to the course webpage I will post announcements homework assignments messages and other course resources on the course webpage regularly If you have trouble accessing the webpage please send me an e mail Tentative Schedule for Math 520 001 I expect our progress through the text to deviate somewhat from this schedule Tuesday Thursday 09 06 04 Chapter 3 9 8 04 Chapter 3 9 13 04 Chapter 3 9 15 04 Chapter 3 Quiz 1 9 20 04 Chapter 3 9 22 04 Chapter 4 Quiz 2 9 27 04 Chapter 4 9 29 04 Chapter 4 Quiz 3 10 4 04 10 6 04 Chapter 4 Catch up Review 10 11 04 10 13 04 Chapter 4 Mid term 1 Chapter 4 10 18 04 Fall Break no class 10 20 04 Chapter 5 10 25 04 Chapter 5 Quiz 4 10 27 04 Chapter 5 11 1 04 Chapter 5 Quiz 5 11 3 04 Chapter 5 11 8 04 Chapter 5 Quiz 6 11 10 04 Chapter 5 Catch up Review 11 15 04 Mid term 2 11 17 04 Chapter 6 11 22 04 Chapter 6 11 24 04 Thanksgiving no class 11 29 04 Chapter 6 12 1 04 Chapter 6 Quiz 7 12 6 04 Chapter 7 12 13 04 Chapter 7 Catch up Review Last Class 12 20 04 Cumulative Final Exam 10 30 12 30 12 8 04 Chapter 7 Quiz 8 12 15 04 12 22 04