Total Courses Required
Ten
Core Courses
- MATH 151
- MATH 152
- ECON 100
- MATH 331/BUSA 331
- MATH 332/BUSA 332 (0.5 credit)
- MATH 441
- MATH 442 (0.5 credit)
Other Required Courses
Two (one from each list):
- One mathematics course at the 200 level (MATH 223, MATH 247 or MATH 270)
- One course in economics, finance or business at the 200 level (ECON 294, ECON 295, FIN 220 or BUSA 240)
One from the following courses (listed by area of specialization)
- Data Analytics: MATH 261, MATH 348, BUSA 210, BUSA 310, FIN 355, or CSC 370
- Finance: MATH 336/BUSA 336, FIN/ECON 293
- Statistics: MATH 341, ECON 385, ECON 450, FIN/ECON 451
Number 300 & 400 Level Courses
Five
Senior Requirement & Capstone Experience
The senior requirement consists of MATH 494 or MATH 495.
Additional Information
MATH 332/BUSA 332 and MATH 442 are one-half credit courses and will be offered in the same semester as MATH 331/BUSA 331 and MATH 441 respectively.
A student may not major in both Actuarial Science and in Mathematics. A student may not major in Actuarial Science and minor in Mathematics.
Writing in the Major
Actuarial Science majors develop their writing expertise by taking the classes Math 223, or Foundations of Advanced Mathematics, and Math 270, Linear Algebra or Math 336, An introduction to Financial Engineering. In lower level courses, significant emphasis will be placed on what it means to express mathematical thoughts and concepts through writing. In Math 336, emphasis will be placed on writing the project process and analyze the financial data by applying the theorems and techniques learned in class. Students are expected to explain the core mathematical tools and fundamental concepts of financial engineering in their papers. Discussion of writing in Actuarial Science takes place throughout the Actuarial Science curriculum, but receives special emphasis in these courses, where students have many opportunities to revise their writing after receiving feedback from the instructor and to integrate mathematical and financial symbols and prose writing, in the form of a cogent argument. The writing in the major requirement in Actuarial Science culminates in the math senior seminar, where students produce an expository paper of approximately twenty pages.
