BSc (120 credit hour) Major in Actuarial Science

The 120 credit hour major is suited to students who want to focus on Actuarial Science and prepare for sitting the Society of Actuaries examinations, but wish to have a program that is somewhat less constrained than the Honours program.

Departmental requirements

In addition to fulfilling the requirements outlined in the Academic Regulations and College of Arts and Science Degree Requirements sections of the calendar, students in a BSc Major program in Actuarial science must complete the following courses:

1000 level

• MATH 1000.03: Differential and Integral Calculus I/MATH 1010.03: Differential and Integral Calculus II or MATH 1215.03: Life Sciences Calculus/MATH 1010.03: Differential and Integral Calculus II or MATH 1500X/Y: Calculus
• MATH 1030.03: Matrix Theory and Linear Algebra
• ECON 1101.03: Principles of Microeconomics/ECON 1102.03: Principles of Macroeconomics

2000 level

• CSCI 2202.03: Computer modelling for scientists
• MATH 2001.03: Intermediate Calculus I
• MATH 2040.03: Matrix Theory and Linear Algebra II or MATH 2135.03: Linear Algebra
• STAT 2060.03: Introduction to Probability and Statistics
• STAT 2080.03: Statistical Methods for Data Analysis and Inference
• STAT 2450.03: Introduction to Data Mining with R
• STAT 2600.03 Theory of Interest/MATH 2600.03: Theory of Interest

3000 level

• STAT 3340.03: Regression Analysis
• STAT 3360.03: Probability
• STAT 3460.03: Intermediate Statistical Theory
• ACSC 3703.03/STAT 3703.03: Actuarial Models I
• ACSC 3720.03/STAT 3720.03: Life Contingencies I

Choices


Two of the following courses:

• ACSC 3740.03: Predictive Analysis
• ACSC 4703.03/STAT 4703.03: Actuarial Models II
• ACSC 4720.03/STAT 4720.03: Life Contingencies II
  
  

One of the following course:

• STAT 3450.03: Statistical learning with R
• STAT 4350.03: Applied Multivariate Analysis
• STAT 4390.03: Time Series Analysis
• STAT 4620.03: Date Analysis