Department of Mathematics

B.S. in Actuarial Science: Course Sequence

Students will be prepared to take an actuarial exam no later than the summer following their third year.  Please contact your academic advisor prior to registration.

 

Freshman Year
First Semester (Fall) Sem. Hours Second Semester (Spring) Sem. Hours
MATH 180 Differential Calculus 3 MATH 18 Integral Calculus 3
MACS 101 Intro to Actuarial Science 3 MATH 225 Foundations of Higher Mathematics (*) 3
ENGL 101 English Composition or ENGL 115 Rhetoric 3 ECON 201 Macroeconomic Principles 3
ECON 200 Microeconomic Principles 3 PHIL 100 Ethics as Intro to Philosophy 3
CORE 100 First Year Seminar 3 THEO 111 Theological Foundations 3
CORE 101 First Year Co-Curricular Program I (GOA) 0 Core 102 First Year Co-Curricular Program II (GOA) 0
TOTAL 15 TOTAL 15
* MATH 225 satisfies the Writing Flag requirement of the Core Curriculum.

Sophomore Year

First Semester (Fall) Sem. Hours Second Semester (Spring) Sem. Hours
MATH 182 Sequences and Series 3 MATH 256 Intro to Probability & Statistics 3
ENGL 205 Lit & Moral Imag 3 MATH 311 Probability Theory 3
ACCT 200 Introduction to Financial Accounting 3 FINC 300 Business Finance 3
CSCI 170 Computer Science I 3 Oral Communication flag 3
Second Language I 3 Second Language II 3
TOTAL 15 TOTAL 15
Junior Year
First Semester (Fall) Sem. Hours Second Semester (Spring) Sem. Hours
MATH 220 Multivariable Calculus 5 FINC 465 Options and Futures Markets 3
FINC 365 Investments 3 MACS 200 or MACS 201 or MATH 230 3
MATH 312 Statistical Inference 3 MATH 240 Linear Algebra 3
Scientific Perspectives 3 Natural Sciences elective 3
Creative Perspectives 3 Elective 3
TOTAL 17 TOTAL 15
Senior Year
First Semester (Fall) Sem. Hours Second Semester (Spring) Sem. Hours
Phil 200 Philosophical Perspectives 3 MACS 200 or MACS 201 or MATH 230 3
Humanities Elective 3 Solidarity and Kinship Elective 3
E/RS Elective 3 Theological Perspectives 3
Elective 3 Elective 3
Elective 3 Elective 3
TOTAL 15 TOTAL 15