The University of Western Ontario : MAJOR IN ACTUARIAL SCIENCE




Academic Calendar 2011 FACULTIES FACULTY OF SCIENCE, including BMSc STATISTICAL AND ACTUARIAL SCIENCES MAJOR IN ACTUARIAL SCIENCE

MAJOR IN ACTUARIAL SCIENCE

Admission Requirements

Completion of first-year requirements, including the following:
(Calculus 1000A/B or Calculus 1100A/B) and (Calculus 1501A/B or
(Calculus 1301A/B with a mark of at least 85%)), Mathematics 1600A/B or the former Linear Algebra 1600A/B, Economics 1021A/B and Economics 1022A/B, plus 0.5 other principal course with no mark less than 60% in any of the 3.0 principal courses.

Recommended (but not required) first year courses: Actuarial Science 1021A/B, Business Administration 1220E, Philosophy 1200.

Please note: Economics 1021A/B and Economics 1022A/B, if not taken in
first year, must be completed in one of the upper years in the program.
Applied Mathematics 1413 may be substituted for Calculus requirement.
Applied Mathematics 1411A/B may be substituted for Mathematics 1600A/B. Mathematics 1600A/B or the former Linear Algebra 1600A/B (or Applied Mathematics 1411A/B), if not taken in the first year, must be completed prior to the second term of second year.

Module
6.0 courses:

2.0 courses: Actuarial Science 2553A/B, 2555A/B, 2427A/B, 3429A/B.
2.0 courses: Statistical Sciences 2857A/B (or the former 2657A), Statistical Sciences 2858A/B, 2864A/B, 3657A/B.
1.0 course: Calculus 2402A/B, Applied Mathematics 2503A/B.
1.0 additional Actuarial Science course at the 3000 level or higher.

Calculus 2402A/B may be replaced by either (Calculus 2502A/B and Calculus 2503A/B) or (Calculus 2502A/B and Mathematics 2123A/B). When such a replacement occurs, the module will include 6.5 courses.

Note: This module can be used only in a 4-year degree.

Academic Calendar 2011 FACULTIES FACULTY OF SCIENCE, including BMSc STATISTICAL AND ACTUARIAL SCIENCES MAJOR IN ACTUARIAL SCIENCE