This online course is designed to meet the needs of students preparing
for SOA Course MLC. It will be like a regular academic course except that you won't have to travel and you
won't have to be at a certain place at a certain time to attend the class.
How will it be run?
Every week I will send you a reading assignment, a write-up summarizing the basic
concepts, illustrative exercises, and a quiz. You may ask me questions at any time and I will try to respond as promptly as
I can. Also, I will put up discussions of common interest on the web site or send them by e-mail. This continual interaction
is the most important part of the course.
There will be a Forum page on this web site through which you can hold discussions
with other students.
During the course there will be three exams. (Please see the calendar below for
dates.) They will constitute excellent practice for taking the SOA exam.
How will the exams be given?
I will post it on course web site at 9 A.M. Central time. You take the allotted
time and send me your answers. Then I will send you complete solutions and we will discuss any questions you might have.
Required Text:
ACTUARIAL MODELS : A Study Guide for Course MLC - by G.V. Ramanathan - 2010
Edition, Downloadable PDF format; Cost 130 dollars.
To see a description and sample pages please click here.
The assignments will follow the Study Guide. It is a self-contained text,
but I will also provide cross references to the SOA textbooks and occasionally assign exercises from them.
Here is a sample session for the online course:
Software requirements: I will send out and post files in pdf format. In
order to read them you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader,
which you can download from:
SCHEDULE
(There
may be changes. Note that the durations of sessions vary depending on the material.)
