ACTL3151 Actuarial Mathematics for Insurance and Superannuation (UNSW Sydney): rated 2.0/5 overall across 4 reviews collected on UNSW Wall.
ACTL3151 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: 保险与养老金精算数学
Type: Undergraduate course
Credit points: 6
Subject area: School of Risk and Actuarial Studies
Faculty: UNSW Business School
Level: Undergraduate Level 3
Handbook year: 2026
Long-term contingent cashflow valuation is fundamental for actuarial work, especially for life-, disability- and health insurance, pensions and superannuation. They are also increasingly applied in broader areas in social protection and policy.
ACTL3151 has 4 scored reviews: overall 2.0/5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 4 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 2.0/5).
On Reddit: "I think the requirement was that you needed to complete 4x level 3 ACTL courses to be eligible for graduation. In my opinion, the easiest to hardest subjects are: 1. ACTL3142 (barely any maths, just need to be good in R and yapping) 2. ACTL3162 (teaching staff is really helpful …"
On Reddit: "ACTL3151 Actuarial Mathematics for Insurance and Superannuation (23T1) Difficulty: 3/5 (1/5 from technical aspects but its 5/5 very very annoying) Overall rating: 1.5/5 Mark: 75 DN (there must’ve been some crazy scaling…) Assessment Structure: 6% Formative, 5% Oral Presentation,…"
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Q: Is ACTL3151 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 4 reviews: overall 2.0/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches ACTL3151, and when is it offered?
A: ACTL3151 is taught by the UNSW Business School. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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