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Bachelor of Actuarial Studies with the degree of Bachelor of Science

ACTS04

Faculty:
Faculty of Business and Economics
Award:
Bachelor of Actuarial Studies with the degree of Bachelor of Science (BActStudBSc)
Study Mode:
Full-time
Attendance Mode:
Internal
Candidature Length:
Full-time: 4 years
Study Period Offerings:
Session 1 (March)
General requirements:
Minimum number of credit points for the degree 96
Minimum number of credit points at 200 level or above 60
Minimum number of credit points at 300 level or above 30
Minimum number of credit points designated as Science 42
Completion of a Qualifying Major for the Bachelor of Science
Completion of a designated People unit
Completion of a designated Planet unit
Completion of a designated PACE unit
Completion of other specific minimum requirements as set out below
Note:
Students must complete one designated People unit and one designated Planet unit. Those units must be taken in two different Faculties. Units which are already a required unit of the student's program of study or qualifying major will not satisfy the People unit requirement or Planet unit requirement.

In order to graduate students must ensure that they have satisfied all of the general requirements of the award: see the general requirements listed above.

Specific minimum requirements:

Credit points

100 level

Required
3
Techniques and Elements of Finance (3)
 
Required
3
Introduction to Actuarial Studies (3)
 
Required
3
Mathematics IB (Advanced) (3)
 
Required
3
Statistical Data Analysis (3)
 
Required
either
or
 
Mathematics IA (Advanced) (3)
 
3
Mathematics IA (3)
 

200 level

Required
3
Mathematics of Finance (3)
 
Required
3
Combinatorial Probability (3)
 
Required
3
Contingent Payments 1 (3)
 
Required
3
Statistics I (3)
 
Required
3
Probability (3)
 

300 level

Required
3
Actuarial Modelling (3)
C/P
Required
3
Survival Models (3)
 
Required
9cp from
9
ACST units at 300 level
Note:
Units marked with a C are Capstone units.
 
Units marked with a P are PACE units.