The following course plans are schedules that are created by Gamma and are not formally Temple University course schedules. For the official undergraduate course plan, please visit the Temple AS Bulletin. The current course plan on the bulletin is designed for students to finish all major classes in three years.
Starting without Calculus I:
Year 1
Fall |
|
Credit Hours |
MATH 1041 |
Calculus I |
4 |
ENG 0802, 0812, or 0902 |
Analytical Reading & Writing [GW] |
4 |
ECON 1101 |
Macroeconomic Principles |
3 |
HRM 1101 |
Leadership & Organizational Management |
3 |
GenEd Breadth Course |
3 |
|
Total Credit Hours |
17 |
Spring |
|
Credit Hours |
MATH 1042 |
Calculus II |
4 |
IH 0851 or 0951 |
Intellectual Heritage I: The Good Life [GY] |
3 |
ECON 1102 |
Microeconomic Principles |
3 |
BA 1103 |
Legal and Ethical Reasoning in Business |
3 |
AS 1501 |
Actuarial Probability |
3 |
Total Credit Hours |
16 |
Year 2
Fall |
|
Credit Hours |
ACCT 2103 |
Financial and Managerial Accounting for Decision Making |
4 |
IH 0852 or 0952 |
Intellectual Heritage II: The Common Good [GZ] |
3 |
AS 2502 |
Theory of Interest |
3 |
AS 2505 |
Actuarial Statistics |
3 |
RMI 2101 |
Introduction to Risk Management |
3 |
Total Credit Hours |
16 |
Spring |
|
Credit Hours |
AS 2503 |
Actuarial Corporate Finance |
3 |
AS 3504 |
Actuarial Analytics |
3 |
BA 2101 |
Professional Development Strategies |
1 |
MKTG 2101 |
Marketing Management |
3 |
BA 2196 |
Business Communication[WI] |
3 |
MIS 2101 |
Digital Systems |
3 |
Total Credit Hours |
16 |
Year 3
Fall |
|
Credit Hours |
AS 3501 |
Long-Term Actuarial Modeling |
3 |
Either BA 2501 or BA 2502 |
Turning Numbers into Knowledge: Visualizing Data or Business Analytics: Modern Data Science Technique |
3 |
MSOM 3101 |
Operations Management |
3 |
Free Elective |
3 |
|
GenEd Breadth Course |
3 |
|
Total Credit Hours |
15 |
Spring |
|
Credit Hours |
AS 3503 |
Short-Term Actuarial Modeling |
3 |
Business Elective |
3 |
|
Free Elective |
3 |
|
Free Elective |
3 |
|
GenEd Breadth Course |
3 |
|
Total Credit Hours |
15 |
Year 4
Fall |
|
Credit Hours |
AS 3596 or 3597 |
Actuarial Practice: Property & Liability (3596) or Group & Health Benefits (3597) [WI] |
3 |
BA 4102 |
Strategic Management |
3 |
GenEd Breadth Course |
3 |
|
Free Elective |
2 |
|
AS Major Elective #1 |
3 |
|
Total Credit Hours |
14 |
Spring |
|
Credit Hours |
Business Elective |
Managing International Risk |
3 |
GenEd Breadth Course |
3 |
|
GenEd Breadth Course |
3 |
|
GenEd Breadth Course |
3 |
|
AS Major Elective #2 |
3 |
|
Total Credit Hours |
15 |
|
Total Credit Hours (Overall) |
125 |
Starting with Calculus I:
Year 1
Fall |
|
Credit Hours |
MATH 1042 |
Calculus II |
4 |
ENG 0802, 0812, or 0902 |
Analytical Reading & Writing [GW] |
4 |
ECON 1101 |
Macroeconomic Principles |
3 |
HRM 1101 |
Leadership & Organizational Management |
3 |
AS 1501 |
Actuarial Probability |
3 |
Total Credit Hours |
17 |
Spring |
|
Credit Hours |
AS 2502 |
Theory of Interest |
3 |
IH 0852 or 0952 |
Intellectual Heritage I: The Good Life [GY] |
3 |
ECON 1102 |
Microeconomic Principles |
3 |
BA 1103 |
Legal and Ethical Reasoning in Business |
3 |
GenEd Breadth Course |
3 |
|
Total Credit Hours |
15 |
Year 2
Fall |
|
Credit Hours |
ACCT 2103 |
Financial and Managerial Accounting for Decision Making |
4 |
IH 0852 or 0952 |
Intellectual Heritage II: The Common Good [GY] |
3 |
RMI 2101 |
Introduction to Risk Management |
3 |
AS 2505 |
Actuarial Statistics |
3 |
AS 2503 |
Actuarial Corporate Financing |
3 |
Total Credit Hours |
16 |
Spring |
|
Credit Hours |
Either BA 2501 or BA 2502 |
Corporate Finance for Actuarial Science |
4 |
AS 3504 |
Digital Systems |
3 |
BA 2101 |
Introduction to Risk Management |
3 |
BA 2196 |
Managerial Accounting |
3 |
MKTG 2101 |
Marketing Management |
3 |
MIS 2101 |
Digital Systems |
3 |
Total Credit Hours |
16 |
Year 3
Fall |
|
Credit Hours |
AS 3501 |
Long- Term Actuarial Modeling |
3 |
MSOM 3101 |
Operations Management |
3 |
GenEd Breadth Course |
3 |
|
GenEd Breadth Course |
3 |
|
Business Elective |
3 |
|
Total Credit Hours |
15 |
Spring |
|
Credit Hours |
AS 3503 |
Short-Term Actuarial Modeling |
3 |
Business Elective |
3 |
|
Free Elective |
3 |
|
Free Elective |
3 |
|
GenEd Breadth Course |
3 |
|
Total Credit Hours |
15 |
Year 4
Fall |
|
Credit Hours |
AS 3596 or 3597 |
Actuarial Practice: Property & Liability (3596) or Group & Health Benefits (3597) [WI] |
3 |
BA 4102 |
Strategic Management |
3 |
Business Elective |
3 |
|
Free Elective |
2 |
|
AS Major Elective #1 |
3 |
|
Total Credit Hours |
12 |
Spring |
|
Credit Hours |
GenEd Breadth Course |
3 |
|
GenEd Breadth Course |
3 |
|
GenEd Breadth Course |
3 |
|
AS Major Elective Course #2 |
3 |
|
Total Credit Hours |
12 |
|
Total Credit Hours (Overall) |
124 |
Starting with Calculus I & II:
Year 1
Fall |
|
Credit Hours |
ENG 0802, 0812, or 0902 |
Analytical Reading & Writing [GW] |
4 |
BA 1103 |
Legal and Ethical Reasoning in Business |
3 |
ECON 1101 |
Macroeconomic Principles |
3 |
HRM 1101 |
Leadership & Organizational Management |
3 |
AS 1501 |
Actuarial Probability |
3 |
Total Credit Hours |
16 |
Spring |
|
Credit Hours |
AS 2502 |
Theory of Interest |
3 |
IH 0851 or 0951 |
Intellectual Heritage I: The Good Life [GY] |
3 |
RMI 2101 |
Introduction to Risk Management |
3 |
Econ 1102 |
Microeconomic Principles |
3 |
GenEd Breadth Course |
3 |
|
Total Credit Hours |
15 |
Year 2
Fall |
|
Credit Hours |
ACCT 2103 |
Financial and Managerial Accounting for Decision Making |
4 |
IH 0852 or 0952 |
Intellectual Heritage II: The Common Good [GZ] |
3 |
AS 2505 |
Actuarial Statistics |
3 |
AS 2503 |
Actuarial Corporate Finance |
3 |
MKTG 2101 |
Marketing Management |
3 |
Total Credit Hours |
16 |
Spring |
|
Credit Hours |
Either BA 2501 or BA 2502 |
Turning Numbers into Knowledge: Visualizing Data or Business Analytics: Modern Data Science Technique |
3 |
MIS 2101 |
Digital Systems |
3 |
AS 3504 |
Actuarial Analytics |
3 |
BA 2196 |
Business Communications [WI] |
3 |
BA 2101 |
Professional Development Strategies |
1 |
GenEd Breadth Course |
3 |
|
Total Credit Hours |
16 |
Year 3
Fall |
|
Credit Hours |
AS 3501 |
Long -Term Actuarial Modeling |
3 |
MSOM 3101 |
Operations Management |
3 |
GenEd Breadth Course |
3 |
|
Business Elective |
3 |
|
Free Elective |
3 |
|
Total Credit Hours |
15 |
Spring |
|
Credit Hours |
AS 3503 |
Short-Term Actuarial Modeling |
3 |
Business Elective |
3 |
|
GenEd Breadth Course |
3 |
|
Free Elective |
3 |
|
Free Elective |
3 |
|
Total Credit Hours |
14 |
Year 4
Fall |
|
Credit Hours |
BA 4102 |
Strategic Management |
3 |
AS 3596 or 3597 |
Actuarial Practice: Property and Liability[WI] Or Actuarial Practice: Health and Benefits[WI] |
3 |
Business Elective |
3 |
|
AS Major Elective #1 |
3 |
|
Total Credit Hours |
12 |
Spring |
|
Credit Hours |
GenEd Breadth Course |
3 |
|
GenEd Breadth Course |
3 |
|
GenEd Breadth Course |
3 |
|
AS Major Elective #2 |
3 |
|
Total Credit Hours |
12 |
|
Total Credit Hours (Overall) |
123 |
Some more recommendations:
Common minors that we see taken with Actuarial Science are Management Information Systems (MIS), Finance, and Business Analytics.
Common second majors we see taken with Actuarial Science are Management Information Systems (MIS) and Finance. Several alumni have recommended though, that students not add a second major and use that time instead to pass more actuarial exams.
Possible Actuarial Science Elective Courses:
Track |
Course Number |
Course Name |
Credit Hours |
Life Insurance / Pensions |
AS 3502 |
Advanced Long-Term Actuarial Modeling |
3 |
Life Insurance / Pensions |
AS 3580 OR AS 4504 |
Special Topics: Actuarial Science OR Advanced Actuarial Analytics |
3 |
Health Insurance Track |
AS 4503 |
Advanced Short-Term Actuarial Modeling |
3 |
Health Insurance Track |
AS 3580 OR AS 4504 |
Special Topics: Actuarial Science OR Advanced Actuarial Analytics |
3 |
Property & Casualty Track |
AS 4503 |
Advanced Short-Term Actuarial Modeling |
3 |
Property & Casualty Track |
AS 4504 OR RMI 3567 |
Advanced Actuarial Analytics OR Managing International Risk |
3 |
Analytics / Non-Actuarial Track |
AS 4504 |
Advanced Actuarial Analytics |
3 |
Analytics / Non-Actuarial Track |
AS 3580 OR RMI 3567 |
Special Topics: Actuarial Science OR Managing International Risk |
3 |
Beneficial Technical Skills:
Databases - Access/SQL
Spreadsheets - Excel/PowerBI/VBA
Statistical Software - Python/R/SAS
Databases - Access/SQL
Spreadsheets - Excel/PowerBI/VBA
Statistical Software - Python/R/SAS