NEW: Master of Science in Actuarial Science
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics is excited to announce the creation of a new coursed-based graduate program, the Master of Science in Actuarial Science. This program seeks to meet the growing demand for the advanced actuarial professionals, and it aims to provide its students with a robust combination of theoretical knowledge and practical skills.
The program is designed for individuals without an undergraduate degree in actuarial science who are interested in pursuing a profession in or relating to actuarial science. A student of the program can expect to take ten classes over the course of two years in both actuarial science and statistics. Six of those classes will be from actuarial science in topics including life insurance and pensions, casualty insurance and credibility, financial enterprise risk management, and mathematics of finance, and three classes will be in statistics in topics including linear statistical models, stochastic processes, and time series and forecasting. At the end of the program, all students are expected to complete a capstone project to showcase the skills they have developed over the course of the program.
The admissions criteria for this program is as follows. A student must:
- Not currently hold a Bachelor of Science in Actuarial Science
- Hold an undergraduate degree in a science- or in an actuarial-science related field such as mathematics, statistics, data science, economics, or finance.
- Have completed courses in 200- and 300- level statistics courses (or equivalent levels at different universities)
Applications are currently being accepted for students wishing to start their programs in the Fall 2025 semester.
For more information regarding the program, its requirements, or admissions eligibility, please contact the Mathematics and Statistics Department