Recommended AS Course Plan

The following course plans are sample advisory schedules recommended by Gamma and are not formally Temple University's. 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:

The most common minors taken with Actuarial Science are Management Information Systems (MIS), Finance, and Business Analytics.

The most common second majors 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.

Recommended 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

Recommended General Education Breadth Courses:

Course Number	Course Name	Credit Hours
ART 1301	Introduction to Glass	3
CIS 1051	Introduction to Python	3
ECON 3519	Game Theory and Strategic Behavior	3
EES 0836	Geology vs. Hollywood	3
ENG 0822	Shakespeare in the Movies	3
ENST 0842	Sustainable Environments	3
MUST 0812	Exploring Music	3
NSCI 0817	Brain Matters	3
PHYS 0834	Exploring the Cosmos	3
SOC 0835	Ethnicity and the Immigrant Experience in the U.S.	3
SPAN 0837	Eating Cultures	3
SPSY 0928	Meaning of Madness	3
THTR 0825	Art of Acting	3
TYLE 0805	Race, Identity, and Experience in American Art	3

Recommended Technical Skills:
Databases - Access/SQL
Spreadsheets - Excel/PowerBI/VBA
Statistical Software - Python/R/SAS

Recommended AS Undergraduate Course Plan

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