The purpose of this list is to give prospective students and employers an overview of our program. It should not be used by students as a scheduling resource.

If you are a student in our program and you need help regarding your scheduling decisions, please contact an advisor.

Also remember to direct degree requirement questions to your assigned advisor, not your actuarial studies program advisor.

Requirements

The courses listed below are the minimum required in order to complete the Actuarial Studies track of our program. Please note that you must score a "B+" or better in Calculus 1, 2, and 3. You must score a "C-" or better in all other courses.

Required Mathematics Courses
 
Course Number
Title
Credit Hours
MATH 1300/ APPM 1350
Calculus 1
5/4
MATH 2300/ APPM 1360
Calculus 2
5/4
MATH 2400/ APPM 2350
Calculus 3
4
MATH 3130/ APPM 3310
Linear Algebra
3
MATH 4510/ APPM 3570
Probability
3
MATH 4520/ APPM 4520
Statistics
3
MATH 4540 / APPM 4540
Intro to Time Series
3
 
Required Economics Courses
 
Course Number
Title
Credit Hours
ECON 1000
Intro Micro/Macro
4
ECON 3070
Intermediate Micro
3
ECON 3080
Intermediate Macro
3
ECON 4070
Topics in Microeconomics
3
 
Required Finance / Accounting Courses
 
Course Number
Title
Credit Hours
BCOR 2000
Intro to Accounting
4
BCOR 2200
Intro Finance
3
FNCE 3010
Corporate Finance
3
     
Additional Recommended Courses*
     
Course Number
Title
Credit Hours
APPM 4560
Markov Processes
3
MATH 4120 / APPM 4120
Operations Research
3
APPM 4650
Numerical Analysis
3
FNCE 3020
Financial Markets & Institutions
3
FNCE 4030
Investment Management
3
ECON 4818
Econometrics
3
APPM 4580 / ECON 3818
Computational Methods in Statistics
3

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