Academic Requirements for the Actuarial Science Major

Students majoring in Actuarial Science must complete core curriculum requirements plus an additional 57 hours, including:

• 30 hours of mathematics including calculus I-III, differential equations, linear algebra, introduction to probability and statistics, probability, and statistical inference
• 3 hours of either introduction to actuarial science or data modeling
• 3 hours of actuarial mathematics
• 9 hours of finance
• 6 hours of economics
• 3 hours of accounting
• 3 hours of computer science

Students are prepared to take the first actuarial exam, (Exam P/1), upon completion of the probability course. Students are prepared to take the second actuarial exam (Exam FM/2), upon completion of the third finance course.  Prior to the final semester in the program, a student must successfully pass at least one actuarial exam, or complete an appropriate project under the supervision of a faculty mentor which includes an oral presentation to the faculty of the mathematics department.