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 I (5 credits)
• MATH-M 216 Calculus II (5 credits)
• MATH-M 311 Calculus III (3 credits) 
• MATH-M 447 Mathematical Modeling and Application I (3 credits)
• MATH-M 448 Mathematical Modeling and Application II (3 credits)

Select One Course

• MATH-M 301 Linear Algebra and Applications
• MATH-M 303 Linear Algebra (3 credits)

Probability and Statistics Core (24 cr.)

Complete the Following Courses:

• MATH-M 463 Probability (3 credits) 
• MATH-M 466 Statistics (3 credits)    

Select One Course:

• MATH-M 367 Introduction to Statistical Programming in R
• STAT-I 421 Modern Statistical Modeling Using R and SAS (3 credits) 

Complete all of the following courses (15 credits) 

• STAT-S 431 Applied Linear Models I (3 credits) 
• STAT-S 437 Categorical Data Analysis (3 credits) 
• STAT-S 412 Statistical Learning Using R (3 credits) 
• STAT-S 470 Exploratory Data Analysis (3 credits) 
• STAT-S 352 Data Modeling and Inference (3 credits) 

Programming Core (4 cr.)

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

Upper-Level Statistics Electives (12 cr.)

• STAT-S 432 Applied Linear Models II 
• STAT-S 450 Time Series Analysis  
• STAT-S 460 Sampling 
• STAT-I 414 Introduction to Design of Experiments  

Additional electives may be added.

In addition, students must complete general education and college/school requirements according to the campus of enrollment.