Based on the feedback from students concerning their different experiences 
with MA1581, I have settled on the following syllabus for MA2581.

Sections 2.8 and 2.9
Section 3.6
Sections 4.3 and 4.4
Sections 5.5 through 5.7
Sections 6.4 through 6.8 with a brief review of Sections 6.1 through 6.3
Sections 7.1 through 7.3
Sections 8.1 through 8.4
Sections 9.1 through 9.6

Further details:

Section 3.6 will be treated last; it is the section I have chosen to drop
if we run out of time since later sections of the text do not depend on it.

Section 7.4 was covered by most students in MA1581. There will be no 
additional treatment of depreciation in MA2581.

Sections 8.2 and 8.3 will be treated very lightly; we will only discuss 
probability and expectation as they apply to problems that relate to 
mortality. So from Section 8.2, we will cover Example 5 and Exercises A9, 
A10, and A11; from Section 8.3, Exercise A7.

Supplementary material for Chapter 9 will be posted on ACADLABS at a later date.

In addition to the above, there is the spreadsheet component of the 
course. I will occasionally bring a computer to class to demonstrate the 
use of EXCEL. There will be some questions on tests and on the final exam 
that require a basic knowledge of EXCEL. You will need to understand the 
distinction between absolute and relative cell references and be 
comfortable using many of EXCEL's built-in financial functions and the 
Goal-Seek operation.

Here is a list of those sections covered in MA1581 that continue to be 
essential for MA2581; test and exam questions may require use of this 
background material.
Sections 2.1 through 2.7
Sections 3.1 through 3.5
Sections 4.1 and 4.2
Sections 5.1 through 5.3
Sections 6.1 through 6.3
It is safe to assume that there will be no questions on simple interest in 
MA2581.