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Major Requirements

Major Requirements

Course Requirements

In addition to FIN 310 , a student majoring in Actuarial Science is required to complete the following courses totaling at least 44.0 hours:

Course Title Quarter Hours
Required Courses
DSC 341FOUNDATIONS OF DATA SCIENCE4
FIN 251CAREER MANAGEMENT IN ACTUARIAL SCIENCE0
FIN 365PRINCIPLES OF RISK & INSURANCE4
MAT 260MULTIVARIABLE CALCULUS I4
MAT 262LINEAR ALGEBRA4
MAT 351PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS I4
MAT 352PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS II4
MAT 353PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS III4
MAT 361THEORY OF INTEREST4
MAT 368MATHEMATICS FOR FINANCE4
or MAT 369 ACTUARIAL SCIENCE SEMINAR
Electives
Select two elective courses to be chosen as a pair from the following:8
Elective Pair 1
DSC 323
DATA ANALYSIS AND REGRESSION
DSC 324
ADVANCED DATA ANALYSIS
Elective Pair 2
MAT 356
APPLIED REGRESSION ANALYSIS
MAT 358
APPLIED TIME SERIES AND FORECASTING
Elective Pair 3
MAT 359
SIMULATION MODELS AND MONTE CARLO METHOD
MAT 360
GENERALIZED LINEAR MODELS
Elective Pair 4
MAT 362
LIFE CONTINGENCIES I
MAT 363
LIFE CONTINGENCIES II
Elective Pair 5
MAT 364
LOSS MODELS I
MAT 365
LOSS MODELS II
Elective Pair 6
MAT 362
LIFE CONTINGENCIES I
MAT 364
LOSS MODELS I

Career Management Course

Students are required to complete the Career Course (FIN 251) associated with the major. Students who double major may choose the Career Course (250/251) associated with either major provided that hours for graduation are satisfied. Students should take the Career Course as soon as possible.

Open Electives

Open elective credit (8.0 hours) is needed to meet the minimum graduation requirement of 192 hours.

Graduation Requirements

All Finance (FIN) courses and any course used towards the Actuarial Science major must be completed with a minimum grade of C- and with a combined GPA of 2.000 or higher.

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