Link to the University of Waterloo home page
2013-2014

The Undergraduate Calendar

 

 

Academic Plans and Requirements

Actuarial Science

Actuarial Science/Finance Option

Students in this plan must fulfill all the requirements in Table I and Table II. This must include at least 26 math courses, and the following specific requirements:

One of

MATH 237 Calculus 3 for Honours Mathematics
MATH 247 Calculus 3 (Advanced Level)

One of

MATH 239 Introduction to Combinatorics
MATH 249 Introduction to Combinatorics (Advanced Level)
AMATH 231 Calculus 4
AMATH 250 Introduction to Differential Equations

All of

ACTSC 231 Mathematics of Finance
ACTSC 232 Introduction to Actuarial Mathematics
ACTSC 331 Life Contingencies 1
ACTSC 371 Corporate Finance 1
ACTSC 372 Corporate Finance 2
ACTSC 431 Loss Models 1
ACTSC 445 Asset-Liability Management
ACTSC 446 Mathematical Models in Finance
AFM 101 Introduction to Financial Accounting
AFM 102 Introduction to Managerial Accounting
ECON 101 Introduction to Microeconomics
ECON 102 Introduction to Macroeconomics
MTHEL 131 Introduction to Actuarial Practice
STAT 330 Mathematical Statistics
STAT 331 Applied Linear Models
STAT 333 Applied Probability
STAT 340 Computer Simulation of Complex Systems

Four additional courses chosen from

Any 300- or 400-level ACTSC course
AFM 424/472 Equity Investments
STAT 433 Stochastic Processes
STAT 443 Forecasting

One of

ENGL 119 Communications in Mathematics & Computer Science
HIST/MEDVL 115 Crusading in the Middle Ages
HIST 253 Canadian History: The Colonial Period
HIST 254 Canadian History: The National Period
HIST/MEDVL 260 Europe, 410 – 1303
HIST/MEDVL 304/RS 342 Heresy and Religious Crises in Late Medieval Europe
PSCI 101 Introduction to Political Ideas
PSCI 231 Government and Business
PSCI 260 Canadian Government & Politics
PSCI 283 International Political Economy
SPCOM 100 Interpersonal Communication
SPCOM 223 Public Speaking


Office of the Registrar
University of Waterloo
2nd Floor, Needles Hall
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
519 888 4567