FACULTY OF SCIENCE


FOUR-YEAR BA OR BSc HONORS ACTUARIAL SCIENCE AND STATISTICS

Admission Requirements

Principal Courses

Statistical Sciences 023a/b* and 024a/b*.
One full course equivalent, chosen from the following:Calculus 050a/b and either 051a/b (minimum mark of 60%) or 081a/b (minimum mark of 70%), or Applied Mathematics 026, or the former Applied Mathematics 020, or 023a/b plus 024a/b, or the former Mathematics 027.
Linear Algebra 040a/b*
Any other 0.5 courses

Subsidiary Courses

Two courses (of which at least one full course must be from Arts or Social Science)

*If Statistical Sciences 024a/b is not taken in first year, it must be taken in the first term of second year. If Statistical Sciences 023a/b and Linear Algebra 040a/b are not taken in first year, they must be completed by the beginning of third year.

Second Year

Principal Courses

Actuarial Science 221a/b, 223a, 225a/b
Statistical Sciences 257a
Either Statistical Sciences 258b and 259a/b, or the former Statistical Sciences 255
Calculus 280a/b and 281a/b, or equivalent, or the former Applied Mathematics 200, or the former Mathematics 204a and one of the former Mathematics 205b or 285b. (See Department for equivalents)

Subsidiary Course

One course**

**Must take Statistical Sciences 024a/b in first term of second year if not taken in first year, and must achieve a mark of at least 60%. Must complete Statistical Sciences 023a/b and Linear Algebra 040a/b prior to the beginning of third year, with a minimum mark of at least 60%.

Third Year

Principal Courses

Actuarial Science 327a/b, 329b
Statistical Sciences 325a/b, 346a/b, 357a, 358b, 359a/b, 361a/b

Subsidiary Courses

One course*

Fourth Year

Principal Courses

Actuarial Science 422a/b, 426a/b
Statistical Sciences 420a/b
Three half-courses from Actuarial Science 423a/b, 424a/b, 427a/b, 442a/b, Statistical Sciences 421a/b, of which at least one of Actuarial Science 424a/b, 442a/b must be taken
One course in Statistical Sciences numbered 310 or above

Subsidiary Courses

One course*

* If either Statistical Sciences 346a/b or 361a/b is not taken in third year, it must be taken in fourth year. It will count as a principal course in the year that it is taken. It cannot be used as part of the one course required in Statistical Sciences numbered 310 or above in fourth year.


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