Actuary Exam P/1 Preparation

MATH4010, Fall semester, 2016

Instructor: Yizao Wang
Email: yizao.wang@uc.edu
Office: 4302 French Hall
Office Hours: M 2:45-4pm, other time by appointment.
Class meeting: Wed 5:05-6:20pm, 4206 French Hall, Seminar Room.

Course description

Preparation for Actuary Exam P/1. This is a one-credit course with passing/fail grade. Key knowledge points will be reviewed and problem-solving techniques will be demonstrated. However, to make sure to be able to pass the exam, students need to put in around 150-200 hours of study/practice for preparation.

Grades

Pass/Fail grade.

Lecture Format/Contents

The following list of knowledge points is taken from the 2016 Exam 1 Syllabus. I will go over them very quickly during the lectures. Student are expected to go through them in details by oneself.

The lectures will be mostly focusing on SOA/CAS Exam P/1 Sample Questions (Solutions) Updated version with more recent problems until November 2015 (Solutions). In the parenthesis of each knowledge point are the numbers of questions related in the Sample Questions. Students are expected to solve them all as a minimum preparation of the exam. It is also recommended to work on these problems following weekly Schedule below. Recommended problems will be discussed in class. Also bring any questions you have during the study to class.

A selected number of questions will be discussed in the lectures, as indicated in Schedule below.

General Probability (1-28)

Univariate Probability Distributions (29-75)

Multivariate Probability Distributions (76-125)

Schedule

Other preparation materials for SOA/CAS Exam P/1