ACTL2131 Probability and Mathematical Statistics (UNSW Sydney): rated 2.6/5 overall across 14 reviews collected on UNSW Wall.
ACTL2131 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: 概率与数理统计
Type: Undergraduate course
Credit points: 6
Subject area: School of Risk and Actuarial Studies
Faculty: UNSW Business School
Level: Undergraduate Level 2
Handbook year: 2026
This course covers probability and statistics topics relevant to actuarial studies. Topics covered include univariate/multivariate random variables, moments, probability generating functions, moment generating functions, marginal and conditional distributions, sampling distributions, estimation methods, hypothesis tests.
ACTL2131 has 14 scored reviews: overall 2.6/5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 14 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 2.6/5).
On Reddit: "Just did those two courses last term with a COMP course (doing ACTL/COMP), ended up making the exemption marks for both thankfully. You’ll most likely find that for any ACTL double degree, most of your time is devoted to the ACTL courses. They are definitely complicated courses …"
On Reddit: "It was hard, but thats the nature of the subject, all actl2131 exams are hard. I did horrid also Anyone else also doing ACTL2111 this term, cause im even more scared of failing that"
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Q: Is ACTL2131 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 14 reviews: overall 2.6/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches ACTL2131, and when is it offered?
A: ACTL2131 is taught by the UNSW Business School. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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