Actuarial Science Minor
ACTUARIAL SCIENCE MINOR
By taking the five courses in the Actuarial Science minor, students prepare for three Society of Actuaries (SOA) exams - Probability, Financial Mathematics, and Investment and Financial Markets. Students who take beginning accounting and management courses and who pass two or three SOA exams including Probability, are professionally qualified for entry-level positions as actuaries. The actuarial field combines the disciplines of business, probability, and risk assessment to provide preparation for leadership positions at insurance and financial management companies.
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