MLC Resources for APPLICATIONS OF QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN FINANCE
This page contains various resources for the University of Adelaide course "Apllications of Quantitative Methods in Finance". To find out more about this course, please search for it on the Course Information Page
There are a number of revision seminars, study skills seminars and resources that students in this course might find useful:
- Revision seminar: probability distributions
- Revision seminar: two-variable calculus
- Revision seminar: integration techniques
- Revision seminar: upper and lower sums
- Revision seminar: miscellaneous
- Study skills seminar: doing a maths exam
- Study skills seminar: making and using a cheat sheet
- Resource: example "cheat sheet" for the exam
Revision seminar: probability distributions
In Semester 2, 2012, the MLC gave a revision seminar on probability distributions. David covered discrete distributions, the binomial distribution, the normal distribution, expected values and variance. To watch or download the seminar, follow the link below:
To download a PDF copy of the notes written on the document camera, follow the link below:
Revision seminar: two-variable calculus
In Semester 2, 2012, the MLC gave a revision seminar on two-variable calculus. David covered domains and ranges, partial derivatives and finding maxima and minima. (Note this seminar was also given to the students in Maths 1B.) To watch or download the seminar, follow the link below:
To download a PDF copy of the notes written on the document camera, follow the link below:
Revision seminar: integration techniques
In Semester 2, 2012, the MLC gave a revision seminar on integration techniques. David covered the basic formulas, substitution and integration by parts. To watch or download the seminar, follow the link below:
To download a PDF copy of the notes written on the document camera, follow the link below:
Revision seminar: upper and lower sums
In Semester 2, 2012, the MLC gave a revision seminar on upper and lower sums. David covered how to calculate upper and lower sums when you know the number of intervals, and in terms of n. (Note that this seminar was designed for students in Maths 1A, but it is the same content.) To watch or download the seminar, follow the link below:
To download a PDF copy of the notes written on the document camera, follow the link below:
Revision seminar: miscellaneous
In Semester 2, 2012, the MLC gave a revision seminar where questions were answered from the audience. David discussed implicit differentiation, and differential equations. To watch or download the seminar, follow the link below:
To download a PDF copy of the notes written on the document camera, follow the link below:
Study skills seminar: doing a maths exam
In Semester 1, 2012, the MLC gave a seminar on how to prepare for and do mathematical exams. To view the seminar online, or download the video or the notes, follow the link below:
Study skills seminar: writing and using a "cheat sheet"
In Semester 1, 2012, the MLC gave a seminar on how to make and use a "cheat sheet". To view the seminar online, or download the video or the notes, follow the link below:
Resource: example cheat sheet for the exam
In this course, the course rules allow you to make a sheet of notes to take into your exam. The following sample cheat sheet has been prepared by the Maths Learning Centre as an example.
Please note:
- It is your responsibility to check the exam regulations (note 2, para. 4) about what sort of cheat sheet you are allowed in your exam and that your cheat sheet complies with those regulations.
- This cheat sheet has been approved, provided that you print it at full size, double-sided on a single sheet of A4 paper.
- You may make hand written notes on it as well.
- Warning: the information in this sheet may be incomplete or inaccurate.
- No responsibility is taken by the university for errors arising from the use of this sheet in your exam.
