30-33 credits
The master’s program in actuarial science provides training for careers that involve analyzing and solving financial, business, and social problems related to economic risk. The program includes course work that prepares students for the professional examinations given by the Society of Actuaries and the Casualty Actuarial Society. Students taking THES 698 are expected to make an oral presentation on their thesis topic, at the discretion of the committee.
Admission requirements
Applicants must meet the regular admission requirements of the Graduate School. It is also expected that students will have had three semesters of calculus, a course in linear algebra, at least one semester of probability and one semester of statistics.
Degree requirements
Financial Mathematics, 3-4 credits
| MATH 551 | Mathematics of Finance | 4 |
| Total Credits: | 3-4 |
(Program advisor will approve 3-4 credit substitution in financial mathematics for students who have passed Exam FM.)
Probability, 3-4 credits
| MATH 620 | Probability and Random Vars | 4 |
| Total Credits: | 3-4 |
(Program advisor will approve 600-level 3-4 credit substitution in probability/statistics for students who have passed Exam P.)
3-8 credits from
More credits from this list will be required if courses are waived due to undergraduate or actuarial exam credit.
Research component, 3-6 credits from
Total Credits: 30-33