Actuarial Science (BS)

Degree Requirements

• Students who change degree programs and select this major must adopt the most current catalog.
• Departmental Residency Requirement: at least 15 semester hours of regularly scheduled 3000-4000 level courses must be taken from the UCF Statistics and Data Science Department.
• Students must earn at least a "C" (2.0) in each course with an STA prefix.
• Students must achieve a minimum 2.0 cumulative GPA in all computer science and mathematics courses satisfying major requirements.
• Students must achieve a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 in all courses satisfying major requirements.
• Co-op or internship credit cannot be used in this major without prior approval.
• Students should consult with a departmental advisor.
• All prerequisites of courses taught within the College of Sciences will be enforced.
• Courses designated in 1 (General Education Program) are generally spread over 4 years, and those designated in 2 (Common Program Prerequisites) are usually completed in the first 60 hours.
• All statistics courses except the following, and those protected by Florida Common Course Numbering must be taken from, or approved by the Statistics and Data Science Department at UCF.
  • STA 2023 - Statistical Methods I
  • STA 3032 - Probability and Statistics for Engineers

Degree Requirements

Core Requirements: Basic

• Complete all of the following
  • In addition to completing all of the required GEP (ECO2023, MAC2311C, STA2023) and CPP (COP3223C, ECO2023, MAC2312, MAC2313) courses,
  • Complete the following:
    • ACG2021 - Principles of Financial Accounting (3)

Core Requirements: Advanced

• Complete the following:
  • COT4500 - Numerical Calculus (3)
  • ENC3241 - Writing for the Technical Professional (3)
  • FIN3403 - Business Finance (3)
  • MAS3105 - Matrix and Linear Algebra (4)
  • STA4130 - Life Contingencies I (3)
  • STA4131 - Life Contingencies II (3)
  • STA4133 - Loss Models I (3)
  • STA4135 - Loss Models II (3)
  • STA4163 - Statistical Methods II (3)
  • STA4164 - Statistical Methods III (3)
  • STA4183 - Theory of Interest (3)
  • STA4184 - Introduction to Derivative Markets (3)
  • STA4186 - Theory of Derivative Pricing (3)
  • STA4321 - Statistical Theory I (3)
  • STA4322 - Statistical Theory II (3)
  • STA4852 - Applied Time Series (3)

Restrictive Electives

• Complete all of the following
  • Earn at least 6 credits from the following types of courses: Select from upper division or graduate (5000 level) statistics, mathematics, or computer science courses (STA or ISC prefix). Selected courses in business may be used only with prior approval by the Department of Statistics.
  • The following courses cannot be used to satisfy this requirement: MHF 4404 - History of Mathematics Any course with the MAE prefix

Grand Total Credits: 58