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AMS 318 Syllabus, Summer 2022 Online
Synchronous/Asynchronous combined
Course Title: AMS 318.30 Financial Mathematics
Stony Brook Course ID number: SEC 30-64481
Instructor and TAs by last name of student:
Instructor Bakoo Hagedorn (Instructor) bakhtavar.hagedorn@stonybrook.edu
A - Lin Angel Li Angel.Li@stonybrook.edu
Liu - Z Chengyang Sun Chengyang.sun@stonybrook.edu
Text: Mathematical Interest Theory, 2nd edition, by Daniel and Vaaler ISBN #
987-0- 8-8385754-0
Course Description:
This course will focus on accumulation functions, yield rates, annuities, loan repayment, term
structure of interest rates/spot rates/forward rates. This course follows the syllabus for the Financial
Mathematics (FM) Exam of the Society of Actuaries and begins to prepare students for the FM
Exam.
Prerequisites: AMS 310, 3 credits
Office hours:
Each of us will be holding multiple office hours per week via Zoom. Please check Staff
information on blackboard for office hours and Zoom links. No appointment is necessary, simply
join as soon as you need help on this material. It is wise to maintain "in-person" contact to
facilitate learning whenever possible. For all Zoom calls, please mute your microphone unless
you are speaking or otherwise directly participating in the discussion.
Each of us will also be checking the Discussion board on Blackboard daily for your general
questions. Outside of office hours, you may post on the Discussion board and one of us will
respond quickly. Please see above for the assignment of graders. This is the person who will be
providing a grade for each assignment that you submit. For a grading discrepancy please email
your TA directly.
Examinations: There will be a midterm exam online and a final exam online.
Make-up examinations are only considered if there is a doctor's note submitted prior to the
exam.
All your exams will be administered online using Respondus Monitor. A dummy quiz will
be available to get you familiar with Respondus LockDown browser and Monitor. Please take it
after you are familiar with your syllabus (due July 9). Accordingly, any issues related to taking
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exams on Blackboard will be resolved very early, prior to the exams themselves. Always
remember to start Respondus first and then go to Assignments on Blackboard to access your
exam, otherwise it will ask you for a “password”. This means that you neglected to start
Respondus before accessing the exam.
You will be observed via Respondus Monitor and recorded as you take your exams. Any
attempt to cheat on an exam will have serious consequences. You will be brought to the
Academic Judiciary committee. There will be no room for explanations and negotiation.
● Before you begin any exam, you will be required to clearly show your workspace to the
webcam. Clearly show your blank booklet and your index card.
● Please hold each page to the webcam before proceeding to the following page of
your booklet.
● If you are guessing on a question, simply say GUESSED.
● Please pack away your cell phone, do NOT communicate with anyone, do NOT use an
i-watch. Please make sure you know your net id and password, without these you will be
unable to access the exam.
● Non actuarial Calculators are allowed on all exams.
● The following calculators will NOT be allowed:
BA-35
BA II Plus
BA II Plus Professional
TI-30Xa
TI-30X II (IIS solar or IIB battery)
TI-30XS MultiView (or XB battery
The exams will be administered through Respondus Lockdown Browser. Please open
Respondus first, then click on Assignments in Blackboard to access your exam. Each
exam can only be accessed by you ONCE. Do not tamper with the link prematurely, that
will be disastrous for you.
● All exams are multiple choice.
● You will be able to backtrack and change your answers while taking the exam.
● Click on Documents on Blackboard for a complete set of practice problems for every
exam.
These will be the requirements, and disregarding these instructions will invalidate your exam.
Sending an email apology, after the fact, for not following the directions not acceptable practice.
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Tentative exam dates are as follows:
The online midterm, exam 1 (35% of semester grade) will take place Tuesday, July 26,
9:30 AM - 12:55 PM Eastern Standard Time.
We chose this time considering the fact that we have our Stony Brook students taking this exam
all over the globe. It is nearly impossible to schedule a time perfect for each and every student.
We ask you to make room in your schedule to take this exam when it is offered as it is important
that all students sit for this exam at the same time. Thank you for your understanding.
Your Open book assignment (25% of Final exam grade) will become available on Tuesday,
Aug 9, at 12:01 AM and will be due Friday, August 12, at midnight. Solutions will be
posted by 8 AM EST on Saturday, August 13. Accordingly, late assignments cannot be
accepted for any reason.
The online Final exam will take place on Tuesday, August 16, from 9:30 - 12:30 PM
Eastern Standard Time. Please arrange to be available at that time as it is mandatory that
all students sit for their exam at the same time.
Course Delivery Mode and Structure:
This is a Synchronous/Asynchronous combined course delivered in the Blackboard learning
management system (LMS). You will be provided videos of the required material for you to
watch, along with the corresponding notes, already prepared for you. Please print the notes and
follow along while watching the videos. We will meet, via Zoom, to discuss specific problems
(HW and review problems) during a small subset of your class time, giving you the opportunity
to attend if you wish. In addition, we will all hold office hours for extra help. This will allow you to
feel connected and be supported, and not feel alone in this endeavor. Please see
Announcements for Zoom meetings by week or Staff Info/Office hours in the left margin of
your Blackboard for a complete list of Zoom meeting times and office hours. I think you will be
happy with the level of support offered for this class despite it being an online class.
Other than Zoom meeting times for interaction with your instructor (optional but extremely
beneficial - we will be going over specific problems), office hours with your instructor and TAs
(optional), exam times (fixed, not flexible), and hw due dates (not flexible), you will have total
flexibility regarding when you learn the material (watch the lecture videos provided, following
along with the notes, already taken for you). There will be no mandatory class meetings.
Attending our zoom meetings and office hours, however, will keep you engaged and connected
to your instructor and fellow students.
The course is not self-paced. All activities have specific deadlines designed to help you
complete the course in the required number of weeks. Students must be mindful of all course
expectations, deliverables, and due dates. All assignments will utilize internet technologies. See
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“Technical Requirements” section for more information. In Blackboard, you will access online
videotaped lectures, as well as typed and handwritten class notes. There will be ongoing written
assignments to be submitted regularly through blackboard (one pdf requested per assignment
please). Please see the posting under Announcements regarding the process for submitting
written assignments via blackboard and ask a TA to help you if you are unsure of how to submit.
Written assignments will be accepted after their due date with a 10% penalty per day of
lateness.
A plethora of review problems with solutions will be provided before every exam for your
convenience, and will be posted under Assignments. These review problems are crucial and will
help you fare well on your exams. We will go over some of the review problems during our class
meetings to prepare you for your exams.
This course will be divided into 2 sections. The lecture material for Exam 1 will be available at
the start of the course. After Exam 1, we will ensure that the lecture material for the rest of the
course is available to you on Blackboard.
All of the lecture notes and videos for each exam will become available to you at once, so you
can work ahead of schedule.
How We Will Communicate: If you have a general question, it is highly likely that others taking
this class with you have the same question. Posting it in the Discussions area enables us to
answer it once in a place where everyone can see, saving us from responding to multiple emails
about the same question. Accordingly, please confine your general questions to the Discussions
area. You can expect us to reply to Discussions within 24-48 hours. If you need to contact me
about a private or personal matter, please email me directly.
If you have a Financial Mathematics question, (for example questions on HW), it is best
that you plan on visiting one of the office hours listed. Feel free to use the Discussion
board to communicate with your classmates regarding hw. We will be monitoring the
Discussion board daily and you can post there on days when there are no office hours.
When you use Blackboard’s Email Tool, it will automatically include your full name, course name
and section whenever you send us an email. Your Stony Brook University email must be used
for all University related communications. Accordingly you must have an active Stony Brook
University e-mail account as well as access to the Internet. All Instructor correspondence will be
sent to your SBU email account. Please plan on checking your SBU email account as well as
Announcements regularly for course related messages.
Students who need assistance with their personal devices can contact DoIT’s service desk at
(631)632-9800 or submit an online request. For more information please visit:
https://it.stonybrook.edu/students. You should also cc both myself and your TA on your email so
that we are aware of the situation.
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Technical Requirements:
This course uses Blackboard for communication between faculty and students, submission of
assignments, and posting of grades. The Blackboard course site can be accessed at
https://Blackboard.stonybrook.edu.
Caution! You may be at a disadvantage if you attempt to complete all coursework on a
smartphone or tablet. It may not be possible to submit the files required for your assignments.
The following list details a minimum recommended computer set-up and the software packages
you will need :
· PC with Windows 8 or higher or Macintosh with OS 10.11 or higher
· Intel Core i5 or higher
· 250 GB Hard Drive
· 8 GB RAM
· Latest version of Chrome, Firefox or Explorer/Edge (Windows), Mac users may use Chrome,
Firefox or Safari. (A complete list of supported browsers and operating systems can be
found on the My Institution page when you log in to Blackboard.)
· High speed internet connection. Note that public WiFi (ex. Starbucks) and internet service
provider hotspots (ex. Optimumwife or xfinitywifi) are not recommended.
· Printer and scanner. A cell phone or tablet camera can work for the latter with apps such as
CamScanner or MyScans (there are myriad others). You must be able to create a high
quality scan in PDF format.
· Microphone (either internal or external) and Speakers (either internal or external) or
headphones. Headphones are strongly recommended to reduce the risk of feedback during
communications.
· WebCam or other camera for producing video (either internal or external).
· Word processing software (Microsoft Software applications and plug-ins (note: you must
have administrator access to install applications and plug-ins).
· You will need the ability to download and install software applications and plug-ins. You may
need administrator access on your computer to install some applications and plug-ins.
· Adobe Flash player with the latest update is crucial for playing multiple videos throughout
the course
· PDF viewer, such as Adobe Reader or Preview (MacOS).
· Zoom. Stony Brook has a site license for Zoom. You can find information for downloading,
installing and using Zoom at https://it.stonybrook.edu/services/zoom/students.
· Respondus LockDown browser and Monitor. Stonybrook has a site license for these
packages; https://download.respondus.com/lockdown/download.php?id=772113517.
Just a word of caution: Chromebooks and ipads are not suitable for exams,
Respondus is not compatible with the Chromebook, per CELT.
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Technical Assistance:
If you need technical assistance at any time during the course or to report a problem with
Blackboard you can:
• Visit the Stony Brook University Student Help Desk Page, http://www.stonybrook.edu/helpme
• Phone: (631) 632-2358 (technical support and Blackboard issues)
(631) 632-9800 (client support, wifi, software and hardware)
• Create a ticket at http://service.stonybrook.edu.
You should also cc both myself and your TA on your email to Blackboard so that we are aware
of the situation.
Calculator: You will need a calculator that takes square roots and raises numbers to powers
(y^x), and one that solves n-th degree equations. I have found the TI 83+/TI 84 to be most
helpful in this class. You will be able to use it on exams. If you choose to use a different
calculator, please look up the appropriate commands in your user manual or on the internet.
Since we will be stressing understanding and theory, the use of the actuarial calculator
commands will NOT be communicated.
Actuarial calculators will NOT be allowed on examinations.
We are interested in seeing if you can solve these problems, not hit a button on the calculator.
Accordingly, the following calculators will NOT be allowed:
● BA-35
● BA II Plus
● BA II Plus Professional
● TI-30Xa
● TI-30X II (IIS solar or IIB battery)
● TI-30XS MultiView (or XB battery)
Course Objectives:
This course will provide students an introduction to most of the concepts required for the second
actuarial exam, the FM exam. Once you have been exposed to the basic concepts you should
plan on further study to prepare for the FM exam.
We will cover the following topics:
1. Accumulation functions (simple, compounded, general)
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2. Yield rates, Approximate yield rates
3. Annuities (simple, geometric, arithmetic)
4. Loan repayment, Amortization, Sinking funds, Replacement of Capital, Yield rates
5. Bonds
Only if time allows:
6. Term structure of interest rates / Spot rates / Forward rates
7. MaCaulay duration and Modified duration
Learning Outcomes
1. Provide the basics to help students to prepare for the Financial Mathematics exam of the Society
of Actuaries. Please understand that further study will be required on the student’s part once these
concepts are learned.
2. Understand, and solve, problems involving, the theory of interest.
* simple interest:
* compound interest;
* discounting future interest;
* nominal rates of interest and discount.
* Force of interest
3. Understand and solve problems involving the mathematics of annuities.
* annuities immediate, due and deferred;
* different payment rates;
* yield rates for annuities;
* level annuities with different payment periods;
* continuously paying annuities.
4. Understand, and solve, problems involving yield rates and loans.
* value of investments with a single deposit;
* value of investments with multiple deposits;
* dollar-weighted and time-weighted yield rates;
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* amortization schedules;
* sinking fund method;
* loans with other repayment patterns.
* Replacement of capital
5. Understand the fundamentals of bond pricing
* The basic price formulas for bonds;
* The premium – discount formula for bonds
* Other pricing formulas for bonds
* bond amortization schedules;
* callable and floating-rate bonds;
Only if time allows:
6. Spot rates and forward rates
7. Duration – MaCaulay duration and Modified duration
Netiquette Guidelines:
The following are guidelines for participation on the discussion Board:
● Remember that with the absence of face-to-face communication it can become easy to
misunderstand. Carefully review and read materials that you receive electronically to
ensure that you fully understand the message.
● Be sure to carefully re-read and understand what you will be sending in order to ensure
that you are not misunderstood by anyone.
● Disagreement and discussion in higher education is normal but it is important to be
polite, and to clearly communicate why you disagree, supporting your own ideas with
academic sources.
● Avoid cluttering your messages with excessive emphasis (stars, arrows, exclamations)
● If you are responding to a message, either include the relevant part of the original
message in your message, or make sure you refer to the original's contents so as to
avoid confusion.
● Be specific and clear, especially when asking questions If your messages can be typed
in UPPER and lower case, please use the two appropriately instead of all UPPERCASE
characters. This gives the appearance of shouting and makes the message less
readable; Remember that not all readers have English as their native language, so
make allowance for possible misunderstandings.
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Tips for success in this course:
Please refer to the typed notes while watching the videos and follow along with the class notes
provided. Keeping up with the written HWs (30% of your semester grade) and review problems
will result in a successful experience.
Please do not upload or post any material from our course on any public site. I have
worked tirelessly to provide complete class notes and homework solutions to make this
course run smoothly for YOU. Your posting any lecture notes or homeworks on public
sites would be such a disservice.
Course Schedule including Assignments and due dates:
All assignments will be due at 11:59 PM on the due date. Late assignments are accepted
with a 10 percent penalty per day of lateness.
Week 1.
Print Typed
Lec &
Class notes
Videos
HW due
Topics:
Simple and Compound interest, Accumulation and Amount functions, effective
discount rates, simple and compound discount, nominal rates of interest and
discount
To do:
Please read your syllabus. Then download Respondus from
https://download.respondus.com/lockdown/download.php?id=772113517 and
complete the Dummy Quiz found under Assignments right away. (See Announcements
and Documents on Blackboard regarding this).
Go to Blackboard, Lectures → Lectures→Lecture 1A parts 1 and 2 as well
as the class notes to accompany these. Print both the typed notes and
class notes.
Go to Blackboard, Lectures → Videos to go with all your class notes. This
is the very top link under LECTURES. Please watch all the Lecture 1A videos
this week, referring to the typed notes and to the class notes already provided.
Please work on HW 1, due July 12.
HW 1 is due on Tuesday, July 12.
It would be smart to get a head-start on Week 2 material.
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Week2.
Same typed
lecture notes
and class
notes
Print
Videos
HW due
Topics:
Force of interest, Time tau equations of value, investment return and
reinvestment considerations, approximated dollar-weighted and time-weighted
yield rates.
To do:
Go to Blackboard, Lectures → Typed Lecture 1B as well as the Class
notes for Lec 1B.
Also print typed Lecture 2 notes and class notes for Lecture 2.
Go to Blackboard, Lectures → Videos to go with all your class notes.
Please watch the videos pertaining to Lecture 1B and Lecture 2 this week
referring to the typed notes and referring to the class notes provided.
Assignments to be submitted this week:
Written HW #2, (still on Lec 1 material) is due Thursday, July 14, 11:59 PM.
Submit as one PDF via Blackboard, see Announcements for instructions.
Week 3 and
beginning of
week 4.
Print
Videos
HW due
Topics:
Annuities-immediate, annuities-due, perpetuities, deferred annuities, outstanding
loan balances, non-level annuities, annuities with payments in geometric
progression, annuities with payments in arithmetic progression, yield rates
involving annuities
To do:
Please refer to the Lecture 3 typed notes and the Lecture 3 class notes
Please watch the Lecture 3 videos.
Please submit the homework specified below and study the review
problems for your midterm.
Assignments to be submitted this week:
HW #3 is due Sunday, July 17. We have done a similar problem on the video to
help prepare you for this writing assignment.
Written HW #4, (on Lec 2, material) is due Wednesday, July 20, 11:59 PM.
Written HW #4B is due via Blackboard on Friday, July 22, 11:59 PM. This is a
low-pressure assignment, solutions are posted ahead of time. Please do these
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Review
Videos
problems and compare your solutions, and then submit to Blackboard via one
pdf.
Written HW #5 is due via Blackboard on Sunday July 24, 11:59 PM.
Study all the various review problems provided for Exam 1 material,
including old actuarial problems by chapter. Their solutions are provided.
These will not be collected, but they are necessary if you want to be prepared for
the exam.
Watch Exam 1 Review Problems -21 And Exam 1 Review Problems-22
once posted.
Study for Exam 1. This will be a 3.5 hour exam.
Exam 1 will take place on Tuesday, July 26 9:30 AM - 12:55 PM EST
Please adjust your schedules to accommodate this exam. Make up exams will
not be available in this course. We have made this entire course online
(including your exams online) to make it convenient for you, but we must insist
that all students sit for this exam at the same time. Thanks for your
understanding regarding this. Exam 1 is a closed book exam. Please make
sure that you are at a location with proper internet.
All questions will be multiple choice, just like the Actuarial exam-FM.
As you make progress with your exam you are being asked to hold your work to
the webcam before proceeding to the next page of your booklet. Immediately
after you submit, you are asked to scan your work to Assignments. The link
(same link where you print the booklet) is provided in Assignments.
Week 4,
Following
exam 1
Videos
Topics:
Annuities with payments less frequent than interest periods,
Annuities with payments more frequent than interest periods,
Continuously paying annuities, Introduction to Loan repayment
To do:
Go to Blackboard, Lectures → Lecture 4 typed notes and Lecture 4 class
notes. Please watch the Lecture 4 videos.
Go to Blackboard, Lectures → Lecture 5 typed notes and Lecture 5 class
notes. Please watch the Lecture 5 videos.
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Week 5.
(3
assignments
due)
Assignments to be submitted early this week:
HW #6 on Chapter 4 material is due on Sat, July 31, but it will not be
collected. You should go over these problems before the recommended due
date. Most of these problems can be done using Chapter 3 methods.
It would be a good idea to move on to Week 5 material.
Extra credit (optional) due Tuesday, August 2, 5 points towards exam 1.
Topics: Amortized loans and amortization schedules
The sinking fund method
Loans with other repayment patterns
Yield rate examples, replacement of capital
To do:
Please go through the Lecture 5 videos with Class notes that are provided.
HW #7 on Chapter 5 material is due Saturday, August 6, 11:59 PM
Week 6. Assignments to be submitted this week:
HW #8 on Chapter 5 material is due Tuesday, August 9, 11:59 PM
Topics:
Bonds and the basic price formula, the premium-discount formula, bond
amortization schedules, yield rate examples, callable bonds, floating-rate bonds
To do:
Please print Chapter 6 typed Lecture notes and class notes found under
Lectures. Please view the videos pertaining to Chapter 6.
We will not assign regular hw this week and Chapter 6 problems will not be
collected. Instead,solutions to chosen chapter problems will be posted for your
convenience. There is enough work in this course and we feel no need to add to
the pressure at this point.
Your Open book assignment will become available on Tuesday, August 9
and will be due on Friday, August 12 at midnight. Solutions will be posted
at 8 AM EST on Saturday, August 13. Late assignments cannot be
accepted on this assignment.
Your Final exam will take place on Tuesday, Aug 16, 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Eastern Standard Time. Please arrange to be available at that time as it is
mandatory that all students sit for their exam at the same time.
It will have 14 multiple choice questions, and you are expected to answer any
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12 questions during the 180 minutes.
You are expected to submit all your work for this part of the exam within 10
minutes of completing your final online.
Please scroll down to the end of Assignments, this is where you will find
the Final exam booklet link. Print out this document ahead of your final so
you can do your work on it and scan it upon completion of the online
exam. The answer that you enter online will be graded. The booklet will be
examined to ensure that you are doing your own work.
For best results on the final, please study:
● your class notes for Chapters 4,5,6. (most emphasis on the end of
Lec 4 and 5 and 6). Payments more frequent and Payments less
frequent than interest can be handled by Chap 3 methods if you
choose.
● Actuarial problems with solutions Chapters 4,5,6
● Most important: please study the practice problems for the final
(solutions provided)
● the solutions to the open book assignment. (As mentioned
previously, solutions will be provided by 8 AM on August 13, 2022).
You will not be tested on Chapters 1,2,3 directly on the Final, but you will
need to know the basic formulas (such as PV of arithmetic, geometric
annuity), as they apply to the Chapter 4, 5, 6 material.
Congratulations! You have completed your online course for AMS 318.
Your open book assignment will be graded and semester grades will be compiled
shortly.
Please note: Sadly, unless you have TA’d for this class it is not possible for me to write a letter
of recommendation for you as it is not possible to address your character or your work ethic.
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Assessment & Grading:
Percentage/Points Activity/Assignment
30% Written Homework
35% Midterm Exam
35% Open book assignment and
multiple choice Final Exam
combined
Grading
A 90 average will earn you an A in this class, 85 translates to A-, 80 earns a B+, etc.
A 65 will translate to a C+ in this class. Your grade will not depend on the performance of other
students. If every student deserves an A, every student will get an A.
Homework Policy: Homework will be worth 30% of the semester grade and you can
expect homework to be time consuming and detailed. Rather than studying only before
examinations, in this class you will be plugging away throughout the semester. I hope that you
will learn to appreciate the nuances of this subject by working on dozens of problems every
week. To compensate you for this heavy workload, we have decided that an unusually large
percent of the semester grade be attributed to homework in this class. This allows the
hard-working student to achieve a higher semester average compared to the alternate scenario
where homework is worth only 15 or so percent (the usual case) and examinations are worth
the rest. We will help by solving specific hw problems during our Zoom class meetings
too.
Please compute interest and discount rates to at least 7 decimal places on HWs and
exams.
Written homework will be submitted directly to Blackboard. The TA assigned to you based on
your last name will grade the assignment. Neatly write out your complete solutions on paper.
Then use your mobile camera or mobile application, such as Tiny scanner app, to take pictures
of your assignment and save them as ONE single PDF. This PDF is what you will submit via
Blackboard under your assignment. Submitting your HW as multiple PDFs or in alternate
formats is not acceptable and your assignment will not be graded. Late assignments are
accepted with penalty. Since all assignments will be submitted to Blackboard there will also be
no question as to when an assignment was submitted. Please submit the questions in the
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order in which they are assigned and submit a well thought through, detailed and
complete solution for full credit on each question. Your work should be neat and clean so
that your TA can read it and grade it. This is your opportunity to showcase what you
understand.
You may be able to omit a few problems on each hw, submitting the stated number of required
problems from amongst those assigned. Solutions to the complete assignment will be posted
after the due date. For exam purposes you will be responsible for all the questions assigned.
Please go to Blackboard for all notes to be printed, homework assignments, and
announcements pertaining to this class. As stated previously, the notes will be posted and
made available to you in advance.
Academic Integrity Statement:
Each student must pursue his or her academic goals honestly and be personally accountable
for all submitted work. Representing another person's work as your own is always wrong.
Faculty is required to report any suspected instances of academic dishonesty to the Academic
Judiciary. Faculty in the Health Sciences Center (School of Health Technology & Management,
Nursing, Social Welfare, Dental Medicine) and School of Medicine are required to follow their
school-specific procedures. For more comprehensive information on academic integrity,
including categories of academic dishonesty please refer to the academic judiciary website at
http://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/academic_integrity/index.html
Important Note: Any form of academic dishonesty, including cheating and plagiarism, will be
reported to the Academic Judiciary.
Student Accessibility Support Center Statement:
If you have a physical, psychological, medical, or learning disability that may impact your course
work, please contact the Student Accessibility Support Center, Stony Brook Union Suite 107,
(631) 632-6748, or at sasc@stonybrook.edu. They will determine with you what
accommodations are necessary and appropriate. All information and documentation is
confidential.
Critical Incident Management:
Critical Incident Management: Stony Brook University expects students to respect the
rights, privileges, and property of other people. Faculty are required to report to the Office
of Student Conduct and Community Standards any disruptive behavior that interrupts
their ability to teach, compromises the safety of the learning environment, or inhibits
students' ability to learn. Until/unless the latest COVID guidance is explicitly amended by
SBU, during Spring 2022 "disruptive behavior” will include refusal to wear a mask during
classes.For the latest COVID guidance, please refer to:
https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/strongertogether/latest.php
Understand When You May Drop This Course:
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It is the student’s responsibility to understand when they need to consider disenrolling from a
course. Refer to the Stony Brook Academic Schedule for dates and deadlines for registration:
http://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/registrar/calendars/academic_calendars
Incomplete Policy:
Under emergency/special circumstances, students may petition for an incomplete grade.
Circumstances must be documented and significant enough to merit an Incomplete. If you need
to request an incomplete for this course, contact me for approval as far in advance as possible.
All incomplete grades must be approved by the undergraduate director.
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Brook's Academic Integrity.
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● Disability Support Services: Students in need of special accommodations should contact
DSS. Phone: (631) 632-6748; email: dss@stonybrook.edu;
http://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/studentaffairs/dss/
● Support for Online Learning http://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/onlineed/student.html
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Synchronous/Asynchronous combined
Course Title: AMS 318.30 Financial Mathematics
Stony Brook Course ID number: SEC 30-64481
Instructor and TAs by last name of student:
Instructor Bakoo Hagedorn (Instructor) bakhtavar.hagedorn@stonybrook.edu
A - Lin Angel Li Angel.Li@stonybrook.edu
Liu - Z Chengyang Sun Chengyang.sun@stonybrook.edu
Text: Mathematical Interest Theory, 2nd edition, by Daniel and Vaaler ISBN #
987-0- 8-8385754-0
Course Description:
This course will focus on accumulation functions, yield rates, annuities, loan repayment, term
structure of interest rates/spot rates/forward rates. This course follows the syllabus for the Financial
Mathematics (FM) Exam of the Society of Actuaries and begins to prepare students for the FM
Exam.
Prerequisites: AMS 310, 3 credits
Office hours:
Each of us will be holding multiple office hours per week via Zoom. Please check Staff
information on blackboard for office hours and Zoom links. No appointment is necessary, simply
join as soon as you need help on this material. It is wise to maintain "in-person" contact to
facilitate learning whenever possible. For all Zoom calls, please mute your microphone unless
you are speaking or otherwise directly participating in the discussion.
Each of us will also be checking the Discussion board on Blackboard daily for your general
questions. Outside of office hours, you may post on the Discussion board and one of us will
respond quickly. Please see above for the assignment of graders. This is the person who will be
providing a grade for each assignment that you submit. For a grading discrepancy please email
your TA directly.
Examinations: There will be a midterm exam online and a final exam online.
Make-up examinations are only considered if there is a doctor's note submitted prior to the
exam.
All your exams will be administered online using Respondus Monitor. A dummy quiz will
be available to get you familiar with Respondus LockDown browser and Monitor. Please take it
after you are familiar with your syllabus (due July 9). Accordingly, any issues related to taking
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exams on Blackboard will be resolved very early, prior to the exams themselves. Always
remember to start Respondus first and then go to Assignments on Blackboard to access your
exam, otherwise it will ask you for a “password”. This means that you neglected to start
Respondus before accessing the exam.
You will be observed via Respondus Monitor and recorded as you take your exams. Any
attempt to cheat on an exam will have serious consequences. You will be brought to the
Academic Judiciary committee. There will be no room for explanations and negotiation.
● Before you begin any exam, you will be required to clearly show your workspace to the
webcam. Clearly show your blank booklet and your index card.
● Please hold each page to the webcam before proceeding to the following page of
your booklet.
● If you are guessing on a question, simply say GUESSED.
● Please pack away your cell phone, do NOT communicate with anyone, do NOT use an
i-watch. Please make sure you know your net id and password, without these you will be
unable to access the exam.
● Non actuarial Calculators are allowed on all exams.
● The following calculators will NOT be allowed:
BA-35
BA II Plus
BA II Plus Professional
TI-30Xa
TI-30X II (IIS solar or IIB battery)
TI-30XS MultiView (or XB battery
The exams will be administered through Respondus Lockdown Browser. Please open
Respondus first, then click on Assignments in Blackboard to access your exam. Each
exam can only be accessed by you ONCE. Do not tamper with the link prematurely, that
will be disastrous for you.
● All exams are multiple choice.
● You will be able to backtrack and change your answers while taking the exam.
● Click on Documents on Blackboard for a complete set of practice problems for every
exam.
These will be the requirements, and disregarding these instructions will invalidate your exam.
Sending an email apology, after the fact, for not following the directions not acceptable practice.
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Tentative exam dates are as follows:
The online midterm, exam 1 (35% of semester grade) will take place Tuesday, July 26,
9:30 AM - 12:55 PM Eastern Standard Time.
We chose this time considering the fact that we have our Stony Brook students taking this exam
all over the globe. It is nearly impossible to schedule a time perfect for each and every student.
We ask you to make room in your schedule to take this exam when it is offered as it is important
that all students sit for this exam at the same time. Thank you for your understanding.
Your Open book assignment (25% of Final exam grade) will become available on Tuesday,
Aug 9, at 12:01 AM and will be due Friday, August 12, at midnight. Solutions will be
posted by 8 AM EST on Saturday, August 13. Accordingly, late assignments cannot be
accepted for any reason.
The online Final exam will take place on Tuesday, August 16, from 9:30 - 12:30 PM
Eastern Standard Time. Please arrange to be available at that time as it is mandatory that
all students sit for their exam at the same time.
Course Delivery Mode and Structure:
This is a Synchronous/Asynchronous combined course delivered in the Blackboard learning
management system (LMS). You will be provided videos of the required material for you to
watch, along with the corresponding notes, already prepared for you. Please print the notes and
follow along while watching the videos. We will meet, via Zoom, to discuss specific problems
(HW and review problems) during a small subset of your class time, giving you the opportunity
to attend if you wish. In addition, we will all hold office hours for extra help. This will allow you to
feel connected and be supported, and not feel alone in this endeavor. Please see
Announcements for Zoom meetings by week or Staff Info/Office hours in the left margin of
your Blackboard for a complete list of Zoom meeting times and office hours. I think you will be
happy with the level of support offered for this class despite it being an online class.
Other than Zoom meeting times for interaction with your instructor (optional but extremely
beneficial - we will be going over specific problems), office hours with your instructor and TAs
(optional), exam times (fixed, not flexible), and hw due dates (not flexible), you will have total
flexibility regarding when you learn the material (watch the lecture videos provided, following
along with the notes, already taken for you). There will be no mandatory class meetings.
Attending our zoom meetings and office hours, however, will keep you engaged and connected
to your instructor and fellow students.
The course is not self-paced. All activities have specific deadlines designed to help you
complete the course in the required number of weeks. Students must be mindful of all course
expectations, deliverables, and due dates. All assignments will utilize internet technologies. See
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“Technical Requirements” section for more information. In Blackboard, you will access online
videotaped lectures, as well as typed and handwritten class notes. There will be ongoing written
assignments to be submitted regularly through blackboard (one pdf requested per assignment
please). Please see the posting under Announcements regarding the process for submitting
written assignments via blackboard and ask a TA to help you if you are unsure of how to submit.
Written assignments will be accepted after their due date with a 10% penalty per day of
lateness.
A plethora of review problems with solutions will be provided before every exam for your
convenience, and will be posted under Assignments. These review problems are crucial and will
help you fare well on your exams. We will go over some of the review problems during our class
meetings to prepare you for your exams.
This course will be divided into 2 sections. The lecture material for Exam 1 will be available at
the start of the course. After Exam 1, we will ensure that the lecture material for the rest of the
course is available to you on Blackboard.
All of the lecture notes and videos for each exam will become available to you at once, so you
can work ahead of schedule.
How We Will Communicate: If you have a general question, it is highly likely that others taking
this class with you have the same question. Posting it in the Discussions area enables us to
answer it once in a place where everyone can see, saving us from responding to multiple emails
about the same question. Accordingly, please confine your general questions to the Discussions
area. You can expect us to reply to Discussions within 24-48 hours. If you need to contact me
about a private or personal matter, please email me directly.
If you have a Financial Mathematics question, (for example questions on HW), it is best
that you plan on visiting one of the office hours listed. Feel free to use the Discussion
board to communicate with your classmates regarding hw. We will be monitoring the
Discussion board daily and you can post there on days when there are no office hours.
When you use Blackboard’s Email Tool, it will automatically include your full name, course name
and section whenever you send us an email. Your Stony Brook University email must be used
for all University related communications. Accordingly you must have an active Stony Brook
University e-mail account as well as access to the Internet. All Instructor correspondence will be
sent to your SBU email account. Please plan on checking your SBU email account as well as
Announcements regularly for course related messages.
Students who need assistance with their personal devices can contact DoIT’s service desk at
(631)632-9800 or submit an online request. For more information please visit:
https://it.stonybrook.edu/students. You should also cc both myself and your TA on your email so
that we are aware of the situation.
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Technical Requirements:
This course uses Blackboard for communication between faculty and students, submission of
assignments, and posting of grades. The Blackboard course site can be accessed at
https://Blackboard.stonybrook.edu.
Caution! You may be at a disadvantage if you attempt to complete all coursework on a
smartphone or tablet. It may not be possible to submit the files required for your assignments.
The following list details a minimum recommended computer set-up and the software packages
you will need :
· PC with Windows 8 or higher or Macintosh with OS 10.11 or higher
· Intel Core i5 or higher
· 250 GB Hard Drive
· 8 GB RAM
· Latest version of Chrome, Firefox or Explorer/Edge (Windows), Mac users may use Chrome,
Firefox or Safari. (A complete list of supported browsers and operating systems can be
found on the My Institution page when you log in to Blackboard.)
· High speed internet connection. Note that public WiFi (ex. Starbucks) and internet service
provider hotspots (ex. Optimumwife or xfinitywifi) are not recommended.
· Printer and scanner. A cell phone or tablet camera can work for the latter with apps such as
CamScanner or MyScans (there are myriad others). You must be able to create a high
quality scan in PDF format.
· Microphone (either internal or external) and Speakers (either internal or external) or
headphones. Headphones are strongly recommended to reduce the risk of feedback during
communications.
· WebCam or other camera for producing video (either internal or external).
· Word processing software (Microsoft Software applications and plug-ins (note: you must
have administrator access to install applications and plug-ins).
· You will need the ability to download and install software applications and plug-ins. You may
need administrator access on your computer to install some applications and plug-ins.
· Adobe Flash player with the latest update is crucial for playing multiple videos throughout
the course
· PDF viewer, such as Adobe Reader or Preview (MacOS).
· Zoom. Stony Brook has a site license for Zoom. You can find information for downloading,
installing and using Zoom at https://it.stonybrook.edu/services/zoom/students.
· Respondus LockDown browser and Monitor. Stonybrook has a site license for these
packages; https://download.respondus.com/lockdown/download.php?id=772113517.
Just a word of caution: Chromebooks and ipads are not suitable for exams,
Respondus is not compatible with the Chromebook, per CELT.
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Technical Assistance:
If you need technical assistance at any time during the course or to report a problem with
Blackboard you can:
• Visit the Stony Brook University Student Help Desk Page, http://www.stonybrook.edu/helpme
• Phone: (631) 632-2358 (technical support and Blackboard issues)
(631) 632-9800 (client support, wifi, software and hardware)
• Create a ticket at http://service.stonybrook.edu.
You should also cc both myself and your TA on your email to Blackboard so that we are aware
of the situation.
Calculator: You will need a calculator that takes square roots and raises numbers to powers
(y^x), and one that solves n-th degree equations. I have found the TI 83+/TI 84 to be most
helpful in this class. You will be able to use it on exams. If you choose to use a different
calculator, please look up the appropriate commands in your user manual or on the internet.
Since we will be stressing understanding and theory, the use of the actuarial calculator
commands will NOT be communicated.
Actuarial calculators will NOT be allowed on examinations.
We are interested in seeing if you can solve these problems, not hit a button on the calculator.
Accordingly, the following calculators will NOT be allowed:
● BA-35
● BA II Plus
● BA II Plus Professional
● TI-30Xa
● TI-30X II (IIS solar or IIB battery)
● TI-30XS MultiView (or XB battery)
Course Objectives:
This course will provide students an introduction to most of the concepts required for the second
actuarial exam, the FM exam. Once you have been exposed to the basic concepts you should
plan on further study to prepare for the FM exam.
We will cover the following topics:
1. Accumulation functions (simple, compounded, general)
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2. Yield rates, Approximate yield rates
3. Annuities (simple, geometric, arithmetic)
4. Loan repayment, Amortization, Sinking funds, Replacement of Capital, Yield rates
5. Bonds
Only if time allows:
6. Term structure of interest rates / Spot rates / Forward rates
7. MaCaulay duration and Modified duration
Learning Outcomes
1. Provide the basics to help students to prepare for the Financial Mathematics exam of the Society
of Actuaries. Please understand that further study will be required on the student’s part once these
concepts are learned.
2. Understand, and solve, problems involving, the theory of interest.
* simple interest:
* compound interest;
* discounting future interest;
* nominal rates of interest and discount.
* Force of interest
3. Understand and solve problems involving the mathematics of annuities.
* annuities immediate, due and deferred;
* different payment rates;
* yield rates for annuities;
* level annuities with different payment periods;
* continuously paying annuities.
4. Understand, and solve, problems involving yield rates and loans.
* value of investments with a single deposit;
* value of investments with multiple deposits;
* dollar-weighted and time-weighted yield rates;
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* amortization schedules;
* sinking fund method;
* loans with other repayment patterns.
* Replacement of capital
5. Understand the fundamentals of bond pricing
* The basic price formulas for bonds;
* The premium – discount formula for bonds
* Other pricing formulas for bonds
* bond amortization schedules;
* callable and floating-rate bonds;
Only if time allows:
6. Spot rates and forward rates
7. Duration – MaCaulay duration and Modified duration
Netiquette Guidelines:
The following are guidelines for participation on the discussion Board:
● Remember that with the absence of face-to-face communication it can become easy to
misunderstand. Carefully review and read materials that you receive electronically to
ensure that you fully understand the message.
● Be sure to carefully re-read and understand what you will be sending in order to ensure
that you are not misunderstood by anyone.
● Disagreement and discussion in higher education is normal but it is important to be
polite, and to clearly communicate why you disagree, supporting your own ideas with
academic sources.
● Avoid cluttering your messages with excessive emphasis (stars, arrows, exclamations)
● If you are responding to a message, either include the relevant part of the original
message in your message, or make sure you refer to the original's contents so as to
avoid confusion.
● Be specific and clear, especially when asking questions If your messages can be typed
in UPPER and lower case, please use the two appropriately instead of all UPPERCASE
characters. This gives the appearance of shouting and makes the message less
readable; Remember that not all readers have English as their native language, so
make allowance for possible misunderstandings.
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Tips for success in this course:
Please refer to the typed notes while watching the videos and follow along with the class notes
provided. Keeping up with the written HWs (30% of your semester grade) and review problems
will result in a successful experience.
Please do not upload or post any material from our course on any public site. I have
worked tirelessly to provide complete class notes and homework solutions to make this
course run smoothly for YOU. Your posting any lecture notes or homeworks on public
sites would be such a disservice.
Course Schedule including Assignments and due dates:
All assignments will be due at 11:59 PM on the due date. Late assignments are accepted
with a 10 percent penalty per day of lateness.
Week 1.
Print Typed
Lec &
Class notes
Videos
HW due
Topics:
Simple and Compound interest, Accumulation and Amount functions, effective
discount rates, simple and compound discount, nominal rates of interest and
discount
To do:
Please read your syllabus. Then download Respondus from
https://download.respondus.com/lockdown/download.php?id=772113517 and
complete the Dummy Quiz found under Assignments right away. (See Announcements
and Documents on Blackboard regarding this).
Go to Blackboard, Lectures → Lectures→Lecture 1A parts 1 and 2 as well
as the class notes to accompany these. Print both the typed notes and
class notes.
Go to Blackboard, Lectures → Videos to go with all your class notes. This
is the very top link under LECTURES. Please watch all the Lecture 1A videos
this week, referring to the typed notes and to the class notes already provided.
Please work on HW 1, due July 12.
HW 1 is due on Tuesday, July 12.
It would be smart to get a head-start on Week 2 material.
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Week2.
Same typed
lecture notes
and class
notes
Videos
HW due
Topics:
Force of interest, Time tau equations of value, investment return and
reinvestment considerations, approximated dollar-weighted and time-weighted
yield rates.
To do:
Go to Blackboard, Lectures → Typed Lecture 1B as well as the Class
notes for Lec 1B.
Also print typed Lecture 2 notes and class notes for Lecture 2.
Go to Blackboard, Lectures → Videos to go with all your class notes.
Please watch the videos pertaining to Lecture 1B and Lecture 2 this week
referring to the typed notes and referring to the class notes provided.
Assignments to be submitted this week:
Written HW #2, (still on Lec 1 material) is due Thursday, July 14, 11:59 PM.
Submit as one PDF via Blackboard, see Announcements for instructions.
Week 3 and
beginning of
week 4.
Videos
HW due
Topics:
Annuities-immediate, annuities-due, perpetuities, deferred annuities, outstanding
loan balances, non-level annuities, annuities with payments in geometric
progression, annuities with payments in arithmetic progression, yield rates
involving annuities
To do:
Please refer to the Lecture 3 typed notes and the Lecture 3 class notes
Please watch the Lecture 3 videos.
Please submit the homework specified below and study the review
problems for your midterm.
Assignments to be submitted this week:
HW #3 is due Sunday, July 17. We have done a similar problem on the video to
help prepare you for this writing assignment.
Written HW #4, (on Lec 2, material) is due Wednesday, July 20, 11:59 PM.
Written HW #4B is due via Blackboard on Friday, July 22, 11:59 PM. This is a
low-pressure assignment, solutions are posted ahead of time. Please do these
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Review
Videos
problems and compare your solutions, and then submit to Blackboard via one
pdf.
Written HW #5 is due via Blackboard on Sunday July 24, 11:59 PM.
Study all the various review problems provided for Exam 1 material,
including old actuarial problems by chapter. Their solutions are provided.
These will not be collected, but they are necessary if you want to be prepared for
the exam.
Watch Exam 1 Review Problems -21 And Exam 1 Review Problems-22
once posted.
Study for Exam 1. This will be a 3.5 hour exam.
Exam 1 will take place on Tuesday, July 26 9:30 AM - 12:55 PM EST
Please adjust your schedules to accommodate this exam. Make up exams will
not be available in this course. We have made this entire course online
(including your exams online) to make it convenient for you, but we must insist
that all students sit for this exam at the same time. Thanks for your
understanding regarding this. Exam 1 is a closed book exam. Please make
sure that you are at a location with proper internet.
All questions will be multiple choice, just like the Actuarial exam-FM.
As you make progress with your exam you are being asked to hold your work to
the webcam before proceeding to the next page of your booklet. Immediately
after you submit, you are asked to scan your work to Assignments. The link
(same link where you print the booklet) is provided in Assignments.
Week 4,
Following
exam 1
Videos
Topics:
Annuities with payments less frequent than interest periods,
Annuities with payments more frequent than interest periods,
Continuously paying annuities, Introduction to Loan repayment
To do:
Go to Blackboard, Lectures → Lecture 4 typed notes and Lecture 4 class
notes. Please watch the Lecture 4 videos.
Go to Blackboard, Lectures → Lecture 5 typed notes and Lecture 5 class
notes. Please watch the Lecture 5 videos.
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Week 5.
(3
assignments
due)
Assignments to be submitted early this week:
HW #6 on Chapter 4 material is due on Sat, July 31, but it will not be
collected. You should go over these problems before the recommended due
date. Most of these problems can be done using Chapter 3 methods.
It would be a good idea to move on to Week 5 material.
Extra credit (optional) due Tuesday, August 2, 5 points towards exam 1.
Topics: Amortized loans and amortization schedules
The sinking fund method
Loans with other repayment patterns
Yield rate examples, replacement of capital
To do:
Please go through the Lecture 5 videos with Class notes that are provided.
HW #7 on Chapter 5 material is due Saturday, August 6, 11:59 PM
Week 6. Assignments to be submitted this week:
HW #8 on Chapter 5 material is due Tuesday, August 9, 11:59 PM
Topics:
Bonds and the basic price formula, the premium-discount formula, bond
amortization schedules, yield rate examples, callable bonds, floating-rate bonds
To do:
Please print Chapter 6 typed Lecture notes and class notes found under
Lectures. Please view the videos pertaining to Chapter 6.
We will not assign regular hw this week and Chapter 6 problems will not be
collected. Instead,solutions to chosen chapter problems will be posted for your
convenience. There is enough work in this course and we feel no need to add to
the pressure at this point.
Your Open book assignment will become available on Tuesday, August 9
and will be due on Friday, August 12 at midnight. Solutions will be posted
at 8 AM EST on Saturday, August 13. Late assignments cannot be
accepted on this assignment.
Your Final exam will take place on Tuesday, Aug 16, 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Eastern Standard Time. Please arrange to be available at that time as it is
mandatory that all students sit for their exam at the same time.
It will have 14 multiple choice questions, and you are expected to answer any
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12 questions during the 180 minutes.
You are expected to submit all your work for this part of the exam within 10
minutes of completing your final online.
Please scroll down to the end of Assignments, this is where you will find
the Final exam booklet link. Print out this document ahead of your final so
you can do your work on it and scan it upon completion of the online
exam. The answer that you enter online will be graded. The booklet will be
examined to ensure that you are doing your own work.
For best results on the final, please study:
● your class notes for Chapters 4,5,6. (most emphasis on the end of
Lec 4 and 5 and 6). Payments more frequent and Payments less
frequent than interest can be handled by Chap 3 methods if you
choose.
● Actuarial problems with solutions Chapters 4,5,6
● Most important: please study the practice problems for the final
(solutions provided)
● the solutions to the open book assignment. (As mentioned
previously, solutions will be provided by 8 AM on August 13, 2022).
You will not be tested on Chapters 1,2,3 directly on the Final, but you will
need to know the basic formulas (such as PV of arithmetic, geometric
annuity), as they apply to the Chapter 4, 5, 6 material.
Congratulations! You have completed your online course for AMS 318.
Your open book assignment will be graded and semester grades will be compiled
shortly.
Please note: Sadly, unless you have TA’d for this class it is not possible for me to write a letter
of recommendation for you as it is not possible to address your character or your work ethic.
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Assessment & Grading:
Percentage/Points Activity/Assignment
30% Written Homework
35% Midterm Exam
35% Open book assignment and
multiple choice Final Exam
combined
Grading
A 90 average will earn you an A in this class, 85 translates to A-, 80 earns a B+, etc.
A 65 will translate to a C+ in this class. Your grade will not depend on the performance of other
students. If every student deserves an A, every student will get an A.
Homework Policy: Homework will be worth 30% of the semester grade and you can
expect homework to be time consuming and detailed. Rather than studying only before
examinations, in this class you will be plugging away throughout the semester. I hope that you
will learn to appreciate the nuances of this subject by working on dozens of problems every
week. To compensate you for this heavy workload, we have decided that an unusually large
percent of the semester grade be attributed to homework in this class. This allows the
hard-working student to achieve a higher semester average compared to the alternate scenario
where homework is worth only 15 or so percent (the usual case) and examinations are worth
the rest. We will help by solving specific hw problems during our Zoom class meetings
too.
Please compute interest and discount rates to at least 7 decimal places on HWs and
exams.
Written homework will be submitted directly to Blackboard. The TA assigned to you based on
your last name will grade the assignment. Neatly write out your complete solutions on paper.
Then use your mobile camera or mobile application, such as Tiny scanner app, to take pictures
of your assignment and save them as ONE single PDF. This PDF is what you will submit via
Blackboard under your assignment. Submitting your HW as multiple PDFs or in alternate
formats is not acceptable and your assignment will not be graded. Late assignments are
accepted with penalty. Since all assignments will be submitted to Blackboard there will also be
no question as to when an assignment was submitted. Please submit the questions in the
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order in which they are assigned and submit a well thought through, detailed and
complete solution for full credit on each question. Your work should be neat and clean so
that your TA can read it and grade it. This is your opportunity to showcase what you
understand.
You may be able to omit a few problems on each hw, submitting the stated number of required
problems from amongst those assigned. Solutions to the complete assignment will be posted
after the due date. For exam purposes you will be responsible for all the questions assigned.
Please go to Blackboard for all notes to be printed, homework assignments, and
announcements pertaining to this class. As stated previously, the notes will be posted and
made available to you in advance.
Academic Integrity Statement:
Each student must pursue his or her academic goals honestly and be personally accountable
for all submitted work. Representing another person's work as your own is always wrong.
Faculty is required to report any suspected instances of academic dishonesty to the Academic
Judiciary. Faculty in the Health Sciences Center (School of Health Technology & Management,
Nursing, Social Welfare, Dental Medicine) and School of Medicine are required to follow their
school-specific procedures. For more comprehensive information on academic integrity,
including categories of academic dishonesty please refer to the academic judiciary website at
http://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/academic_integrity/index.html
Important Note: Any form of academic dishonesty, including cheating and plagiarism, will be
reported to the Academic Judiciary.
Student Accessibility Support Center Statement:
If you have a physical, psychological, medical, or learning disability that may impact your course
work, please contact the Student Accessibility Support Center, Stony Brook Union Suite 107,
(631) 632-6748, or at sasc@stonybrook.edu. They will determine with you what
accommodations are necessary and appropriate. All information and documentation is
confidential.
Critical Incident Management:
Critical Incident Management: Stony Brook University expects students to respect the
rights, privileges, and property of other people. Faculty are required to report to the Office
of Student Conduct and Community Standards any disruptive behavior that interrupts
their ability to teach, compromises the safety of the learning environment, or inhibits
students' ability to learn. Until/unless the latest COVID guidance is explicitly amended by
SBU, during Spring 2022 "disruptive behavior” will include refusal to wear a mask during
classes.For the latest COVID guidance, please refer to:
https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/strongertogether/latest.php
Understand When You May Drop This Course:
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It is the student’s responsibility to understand when they need to consider disenrolling from a
course. Refer to the Stony Brook Academic Schedule for dates and deadlines for registration:
http://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/registrar/calendars/academic_calendars
Incomplete Policy:
Under emergency/special circumstances, students may petition for an incomplete grade.
Circumstances must be documented and significant enough to merit an Incomplete. If you need
to request an incomplete for this course, contact me for approval as far in advance as possible.
All incomplete grades must be approved by the undergraduate director.
Course Materials and Copyright Statement:
Course material accessed from Blackboard, SB Connect, SB Capture or a Stony Brook Course
website is for the exclusive use of students who are currently enrolled in the course. Content
from these systems cannot be reused or distributed without written permission of the instructor
and/or the copyright holder. Duplication of materials protected by copyright, without permission
of the copyright holder is a violation of the Federal copyright law, as well as a violation of Stony
Brook's Academic Integrity.
Student Learning Resources:
● Academic and Transfer Advising Services: Have questions about choosing the right
course? Contact an advisor today. Phone: (631) 632-7082 (option 2); email:
advising@stonybrook.edu; website: http://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/advising/
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bursar@stonybrook.edu; website: http://www.stonybrook.edu/bursar/
● Disability Support Services: Students in need of special accommodations should contact
DSS. Phone: (631) 632-6748; email: dss@stonybrook.edu;
http://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/studentaffairs/dss/
● Support for Online Learning http://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/onlineed/student.html
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