Minors and Certificates for Actuarial Science Students

Minors available to students in Actuarial Science

Minor programs allow students to develop subject specialities in addition to their Major or Honours subjects. Minors in other subjects are normally added to 120 credit hour BSc or BA programs. Students in a BSc or BA (120 credit hour) program in Actuarial Science may choose to include a Minor selected from the list of approved Minors in this Calendar. Courses counted toward a Major or Honours subject cannot be used to fulfill the requirements of a Minor program. Minor subjects in Economics or Commerce are highly recommended subjects for Actuarial Science major students.

Certificates

In combination with a BSc or BA in Actuarial Science, students may obtain one or more Certificates. A Certificate indicates that a student has achieved a certain level of proficiency in a given area or subspecialty. Courses counted toward a Major, Honours or Minor subject may also be used to fulfill the requirements of a Certificate. Students must apply to the Certificate Coordinator to be considered for a Certificate.  Certificates are awarded upon graduation and are noted on the student’s academic transcript.

A complete list of Faculty of Science Certificates and requirements can be found in the Faculty of Science section of this calendar. Students may also work toward obtaining Certificates offered by other Faculties; some of these are listed in the College of Arts and Science Degree Requirements section of the calendar.

Certificates of particular interest to student enrolled in a BSc or BA in Actuarial science include:

• Certificate in Applied and Computational Mathematics
• Certificate in Data Science