General Education Curriculum (44 Hours)

• General Education Requirements  

Math 1110 will count toward Quantitative Literacy Gen Ed requirement. Some general education requirements may be double-counted in the major with departmental approval. Please see your advisor for information.

Major Requirements (65 Hours)

(Not including 4 hours counted in General Education Curriculum, above)

2.0 major GPA is required for graduation. Major GPA calculation will include all courses taken in the major department, plus any other courses under II. Minimum of 18 semester hours of courses taken to fulfill major requirements must be courses offered by Appalachian. Course requirements for the Bachelor of Science degree in actuarial science are as follows (with program subject to the approval of the advisory committee). An acceptable program consists of at least 69 semester hours but no more than 80, with a minimum of 33 hours in the Department of Mathematical Sciences.

Mathematics (38 Hours)

• MAT 1110 - Calculus With Analytic Geometry I (4)
• MAT 1120 - Calculus With Analytic Geometry II (4)
• MAT 2130 - Calculus With Analytic Geometry III (4)
• MAT 2240 - Introduction to Linear Algebra (3)
• MAT 3330 - Financial Mathematics (3)
• MAT 3340 - Actuarial Models (3)
• MAT 4330 - Senior Seminar in Actuarial Science (3) [CAP]
• STT 3250 - Fundamentals of Probability (4)
• STT 3850 - Statistical Data Analysis I (4)
• STT 3851 - Statistical Data Analysis II (3) [WID]
• STT 4880 - Mathematical Statistics (3)

Business (27 Hours)

• ACC 2100 - Principles of Accounting I (3)
• ECO 2030 - Principles of Microeconomics (3)
• ECO 2040 - Principles of Macroeconomics (3)
• FIN 3100 - Principles of Risk Management and Insurance (3)
• FIN 3680 - Introduction to Finance (3)
• FIN 3690 - Financial Management (3)
• FIN 3890 - Survey of Investments (3)
• FIN 4770 - Derivatives and Financial Risk Management (3)
• LAW 2150 - Legal Environment of Business (3)

Major Electives (4 Hours)

Choose 4 hours from the courses listed below.

• MAT 2110 - Techniques of Proof (4)
• MAT 3130 - Introduction to Differential Equations (3)
• MAT 3310 - Discrete and Continuous Mathematical Models (3)
• MAT 3350 - Introduction to Mathematical Biology (3)
• MAT 3220 - Introduction to Real Analysis I (3) [WID]
• MAT 4340 - Introduction to Operations Research (3)
• C S 1440 - Computer Science I (4)
• STT 4840 - Regression and Time Series Forecasting (3)

Minor (Optional)

Electives (11 Hours)

Taken to total 120 hours for this degree

Total Required (120 Hours)