ACTL1101 Introduction to Actuarial Studies (UNSW Sydney): rated 3.2/5 overall across 19 reviews collected on UNSW Wall.
ACTL1101 is a UNSW Sydney course taught by the UNSW Business School in School of Risk and Actuarial Studies. This page brings together its handbook details and what UNSW students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 精算学导论
Type: Undergraduate course
Credit points: 6
Subject area: School of Risk and Actuarial Studies
Faculty: UNSW Business School
Level: Undergraduate Level 1
Handbook year: 2026
This course is designed to provide an introduction to actuarial studies. It covers the fundamental modelling tools used by actuaries (probability, statistics, financial mathematics), as well as some of the basic actuarial models in areas such as insurance, superannuation or financial risk management, and which will be studied in great depth during the remainder of the degree.
ACTL1101 has 19 scored reviews: overall 3.2/5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 19 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.2/5).
On Reddit: "Current actl/comp student just finishing 1st year now. ACTL1101 is pretty hard it's most definitely the hardest of my first year subjects and if your interested in maths that will definitely help, having said that none of the content is too challenging and the current lecturer G…"
On Reddit: "The workload will be tough,but nothing out of the ordinary for actuarial studies. ACTL1101 is a pretty well taught course and the content will overlap with 2901. MATH2901 is terribly taught from my experience, and the stats section may be new and difficult but overall doing ACTL…"
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Q: Is ACTL1101 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 19 reviews: overall 3.2/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches ACTL1101, and when is it offered?
A: ACTL1101 is taught by the UNSW Business School. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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