Expand your skills in modeling, analytics, and actuarial practice and pursue your career as an actuary. This program from a designated Center of Actuarial Excellence will help you learn to evaluate insurance and financial risks for insurance companies, consulting firms, and other organizations that demand actuarial skills. Through courses that are approved by the Casualty Actuarial Society and the Society of Actuaries, you’ll prepare for your professional actuarial examinations. Plus, because the Fox School is home to the Sigma chapter of Gamma Iota Sigma, you’ll benefit from robust professional development that can expand your network—and your opportunities.
Admissions Criteria
Candidates for the Fox Actuarial Science 4+1 program must meet the following guidelines for admission:
- Meet the general 4+1 program admissions criteria.
- Complete three calculus courses with a minimum B- grade in each course.
- Complete a probability course covering discrete & continuous probability distributions with a minimum B- grade.
- Coursework in microeconomics and macroeconomics with a minimum B- grade is preferred but not mandatory; candidates without this background will follow a curriculum path that includes AS 5105: Actuarial Economics in the spring semester of their junior year.
Courses to Be Completed as an Undergraduate* (12 credits)
Undergraduate Year |
Fall Semester |
Spring Semester |
---|---|---|
Junior |
AS 5101: Theory of Interest (3 credits) |
AS 5106: Actuarial Corporate Finance (3 credits)* |
Senior |
RMI 5104: Property and Liability Insurance (3 credits) |
RMI 5101: Life & Health Insurance and Employee Benefits (3 credits) |
*Students without B- grades or better in microeconomics and/or macroeconomics will follow the below curriculum path:
Undergraduate Year |
Fall Semester |
Spring Semester |
---|---|---|
Junior |
AS 5101: Theory of Interest (3 credits) |
AS 5105: Actuarial Economics (3 credits) |
Senior |
AS 5106: Actuarial Corporate Finance (3 credits) |
RMI 5104: Property and Liability Insurance (3 credits) or |
Remaining Master’s Requirements (18 credits)
Fall Semester |
Spring Semester |
---|---|
AS 5102: Actuarial Modeling |
AS 5103: Actuarial Modeling |
AS 5105: Actuarial Economics |
IIAS 5104: Actuarial Modeling III |
STAT 8109: Regression, Time Series, and Forecasting for Business Applications |
AS 5107: Advanced Theory of Interest |