Degree Requirements

Students receiving the Bachelor of Science in Actuarial Science must complete 120 total credit hours including:

• General Education Core (30 cr.)
• Mathematics Core (22 cr.)
• Statistics and Probability Core (24 cr.)
• Programming Core (4 cr.)
• Upper-level Statistics Electives (12 cr.)
• Electives as needed to complete 120 total credit hours

• A minimum of 30 credit hours at the 300- or 400-level
• Courses required for the major must be completed with a grade of C or higher
• Courses are 3 credit hours unless otherwise noted
• A minimum GPA of 2.0 is required

Mathematics Core (22 cr.)

• MATH-M 215 Calculus 1 (5 cr)
• MATH-M 216 Calculus II (5 cr)
• MATH-M 311 Calculus III 
• MATH-M 301 or MATH-M 303 Linear Algebra
• MATH-M 447 Mathematical Models/Applications I
• MATH-M 448 Mathematical Models/Applications II

Probability and Statistics Core (24 cr.)

• Complete one of the following
  • MATH-M 466 Introduction to Mathematical Statistics
  • MATH-M 463 Introduction to Probability Theory 1
• Complete one of the following
  • MATH-M 366 Elements of Statistical Inference
  • MATH-S 420 Introduction to Statistical Theory
• MATH-M 367 Introduction to Stat Programming in R
• Complete one of the following
  • MATH-M 574 Applied Linear Regression
  • STAT-S 431 Applied Linear Modeling
• STAT-S 252 Data Modeling and Inference
• STAT-S XXX Categorical Data Analysis
• STAT-S 470 Exploratory Data Analysis
• STAT-S 475 Statistical Learning and High-Dimensional Data Analysis

Programming Core (4 cr.)

• CSCI-A 201 Introduction to Programming I (4 cr.)

Upper-Level Statistics Electives (12 cr.)

• MATH-M 562 Designing of Experiments
• STAT-S 432 Applied Linear Models II
• STAT-S XXX Statistical Survey Methods
• Complete one of the following
  • STAT-S 450 Time Series Analysis
  • MATH-M 576 Forecasting