Arizona State University The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 3 courses 30 total credits
The Master of Science program in actuarial science emphasizes broad awareness and appreciation of current issues faced by insurance industry practitioners as well as innovative resolutions provided by actuaries. You advance your knowledge base by applying mathematical and statistical concepts and data analytics to the disciplines of risk management, finance and insurance. The program also includes a new, focused set of professional learning outcomes aligned with the needs of the ever-evolving insurance industry, while keeping the core technical learning outcomes in place. These guide your development of professional competencies through coursework, independent projects and opportunities outside the classroom, while remaining firmly based on a strong foundation of scholarly technical work in actuarial science. Actuaries must pass a series of intensive professional exams to become credentialed. As a program graduate, you are prepared for the examinations required to become a credentialed professional by the Society of Actuaries or Casualty Actuarial Society and to be a competitive employee in the insurance and finance industries.
| Required Core | 6 credits |
| Electives or Research | 21 credits |
| Culminating Experience | 3 credits |
| Total Credits | 30 credits |
Required Core
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ACT 560 | Regression Modeling In Insurance | 3 |
| ACT 561 | Machine Learning and Risk Management Applications | 3 |
| Total Required Core | 6 credits | |
Electives or Research
Culminating Experience
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ACT 593 | Applied Project | 3 |
| Total Culminating Experience | 3 credits | |
Additional Curriculum Information
For electives and research, students select seven courses from an approved list. Students should see the academic unit for the approved course list. Other courses may be used with approval of the academic unit. Only six credit hours of 400-level coursework are allowed on the plan of study, per Graduate College policy.
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