Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

ACS 310 — Survival Models

ACS department course · Nigerian universities

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What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

demonstrate adequate skills and to competences to prepare mortality table
perform the computation of force of mortality and relate it to force of interest under extra risk underwriting
describe the procedures required to estimate lifetime distributions such as Kaplan–Meier model
analyze actuarial models and their characteristics; and
generate new distributions and modify loss random variable

Course contents

Revision of probability theory for Actuarial Science. Actuarial survival models: Sources of survival data. Types of variables. Exposure to risk. Probability of living and dying. Mortality tables. Survival function in life contingencies. Time-until-death for a person of age x. Curtatefuture-lifetime. Force of mortality.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study ACS 310.

ACS 310 — Survival Models

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

Course contents

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