ACTL30004 Actuarial Statistics (University of Melbourne): rated 4.4/5 overall, difficulty 5.0/5 (higher is harder) across 3 reviews collected on UniMelb Wall.
ACTL30004 is a University of Melbourne course taught by the Faculty of Business and Economics in Actuarial Studies. This page brings together its handbook details and what UniMelb students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 精算统计学
Type: Undergraduate subject
Subject area: Actuarial Studies
Faculty: Faculty of Business and Economics
Level: Undergraduate Level 3
Handbook year: 2026
This subject aims to provide students with grounding in advanced linear regression analysis which includes multiple linear regression, Spearman's and Kendall's measures of correlation, principal component analysis and generalised linear models. This subject also focuses on explaining the fundamen.
ACTL30004 has 3 scored reviews: overall 4.4/5 · usefulness 4.8 · difficulty 5.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: the Actuarial Students' Society Subject Review 2025 course guide; 1 StudentVIP review (average 5.0 stars); 1 Reddit comment that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.7/5).
Actuarial Students' Society Subject Review 2025: "ACTL30004 Actuarial Statistics is often seen as an incredibly challenging subject due to its topics’ theoretical complexity, rather than the formulaic or arithmetic complexity found in other subjects such as ACTL30003 Contingencies or ACTL30001 Actuarial Modelling I. Success in this subject is heav…"
On Reddit: "Actuarial Stats is definitely not the most challenging subject in year 3."
The course panel on UniMelb Wall shows every review and discussion in full.
Q: Is ACTL30004 hard?
A: Students rate ACTL30004's difficulty 5.0/5 on average (higher is harder), which makes it one of the harder courses.
Q: Is ACTL30004 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 3 reviews: usefulness 4.8/5, overall 4.4/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches ACTL30004, and when is it offered?
A: ACTL30004 is taught by the Faculty of Business and Economics. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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