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
LGLS 1101	Legal Environment of Business	3
AS 1501	Actuarial Probability & Statistics I	3
Total Credit Hours		16

Year 2

Fall		Credit Hours
MATH 2043	Calculus III	4
IH 0852 or 0952	Intellectual Heritage II: The Common Good [GZ]	3
AS 2101	Actuarial Probability & Statistics II	3
ACCT 2101	Financial Accounting	3
MIS 2101	Digital Systems	3
BA 2101 (through Gamma)	Professional Development Strategies	1
Total Credit Hours		17

Spring		Credit Hours
AS 2502	Theory of Interest	3
ACCT 2102	Managerial Accounting	3
RMI 2101	Introduction to Risk Management	3
MKTG 2101	Marketing Management	3
STAT 2512	Intermediate Statistics	3
Total Credit Hours		15

Year 3

Fall		Credit Hours
AS 3501	Actuarial Modeling I	3
AS 2503	Corporate Finance for Actuarial Science	3
BA 2196	Business Communications [WI]	3
MSOM 3101	Operations Management	3
GenEd Breadth Course		3
Total Credit Hours		15

Spring		Credit Hours
AS 3502	Actuarial Modeling II	3
BA 3102	Business Society and Ethics	3
BA 3103	Integrative Business Applications	3
Free Elective	(AS 2504 - Advanced Theory of Interest recommended)	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 4101	Global Business Policies	3
AS 3504	Actuarial Analytics	3
GenEd Breadth Course		3
GenEd Breadth Course		3
Total Credit Hours		15

Spring		Credit Hours
RMI 3567	Managing International Risk	3
GenEd Breadth Course	Business Society and Ethics	3
GenEd Breadth Course	Integrative Business Applications	3
Free Elective	(AS 3503 - Actuarial Modeling III recommended)	3
Free Elective		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 & Statistics I	3
Total Credit Hours		17

Spring		Credit Hours
MATH 2043	Calculus III	4
IH 0851 or 0951	Intellectual Heritage I: The Good Life [GY]	3
ECON 1102	Microeconomic Principles	3
LGLS 1101	Legal Environment of Business	3
AS 2101	Actuarial Probability & Statistics II	3
Total Credit Hours		16

Year 2

Fall		Credit Hours
AS 2502	Theory of Interest	3
IH 0852 or 0952	Intellectual Heritage II: The Common Good [GY]	3
STAT 2512	Intermediate Statistics	3
ACCT 2101	Financial Accounting	3
MKTG 2101	Marketing Management	3
BA 2101 (through Gamma)	Professional Development Strategies	1
Total Credit Hours		16

Spring		Credit Hours
AS 2503	Corporate Finance for Actuarial Science	3
MIS 2101	Digital Systems	3
RMI 2101	Introduction to Risk Management	3
ACCT 2102	Managerial Accounting	3
Free Elective		3
Total Credit Hours		15

Year 3

Fall		Credit Hours
AS 3501	Actuarial Modeling I	3
MSOM 3101	Operations Management	3
BA 3102	Business Society and Ethics	3
BA 2196	Business Communications [WI]	3
Free Elective	(AS 2504 - Advanced Theory of Interest recommended)	3
Total Credit Hours		15

Spring		Credit Hours
AS 3504	Actuarial Analytics	3
AS 3502	Actuarial Modeling II	3
GenEd Breadth Course		3
GenEd Breadth Course		3
Free Elective		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 3103	Integrative Business Applications	3
GenEd Breadth Course		3
GenEd Breadth Course		3
GenEd Breadth Course		3
Total Credit Hours		15

Spring		Credit Hours
BA 4101	Global Business Applications	3
RMI 3567	Managing International Risk	3
GenEd Breadth Course		3
GenEd Breadth Course		3
Free Elective	(AS 3503 - Actuarial Modeling III recommended)	3
Total Credit Hours		15
Total Credit Hours (Overall)		124

Starting with Calculus I & II:

Year 1

Fall		Credit Hours
MATH 2043	Calculus III	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 & Statistics I	3
Total Credit Hours		17

Spring		Credit Hours
AS 2101	Actuarial Probability & Statistics II	3
IH 0851 or 0951	Intellectual Heritage I: The Good Life [GY]	3
AS 2502	Theory of Interest	3
Econ 1102	Microeconomic Principles	3
LGLS 1101	Legal Environment of Business	3
Total Credit Hours		15

Year 2

Fall		Credit Hours
AS 2503	Corporate Finance for Actuarial Science	3
IH 0852 or 0952	Intellectual Heritage II: The Common Good [GZ]	3
STAT 2512	Intermediate Statistics	3
ACCT 2101	Financial Accounting	3
MKTG 2101	Marketing Management	3
BA 2101 (through Gamma)	Professional Development Strategies	1
Total Credit Hours		16

Spring		Credit Hours
AS 3501	Actuarial Modeling I	3
MIS 2101	Digital Systems	3
RMI 2101	Introduction to Risk Management	3
BA 2196	Business Communications [WI]	3
ACCT 2102	Managerial Accounting	3
Total Credit Hours		15

Year 3

Fall		Credit Hours
AS 3502	Actuarial Modeling II	3
MSOM 3101	Operations Management	3
BA 3102	Business Society and Ethics	3
GenEd Breadth Course		3
Free Elective	(AS 2504 - Advanced Theory of Interest recommended)	3
Total Credit Hours		15

Spring		Credit Hours
AS 3504	Actuarial Analytics	3
BA 3103	Integrative Business Applications	3
GenEd Breadth Course		3
Free Elective		3
Free Elective		3
Total Credit Hours		15

Year 4

Fall		Credit Hours
RMI 3567	Managing International Risk	3
AS 3596 or 3597	Actuarial Practice: Property & Liability (3596) or Group & Health Benefits (3597) [WI]	3
GenEd Breadth Course		3
GenEd Breadth Course		3
Free Elective		3
Total Credit Hours		15

Spring		Credit Hours
BA 4101	Global Business Policies	3
Free Elective	(AS 3503 - Actuarial Modeling III recommended)	3
GenEd Breadth Course		3
GenEd Breadth Course		3
GenEd Breadth Course		3
Total Credit Hours		15
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 Free Elective Courses:

Course Number	Course Name	Credit Hours
AS 2504	Advanced Theory of Interest	3
AS 3503	Modeling III	3
RMI 3501	Managing Human Capital Risk	3
RMI 3502	Managing Property Liability Risk I	3
MIS 0855	Data Science	3
MIS 2502	Data and Analytics	3

AS 2504 is especially recommended, as all students on the CAS or SOA track have to take Exam IFM/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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