Major Requirements
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The courses below outline the requirements for successful completion of the academic program according to the 2007-2008 Undergraduate Academic Catalog. This catalog is in effect for all incoming students for Fall 2007 or Spring 2008. Current Rider students that are enrolled in this program have the option of continuing with the degree requirements in effect upon their initial enrollment or substituting with the current requirement. For those students interested in continuing with the program requirements effective at their term of entry, you may download your Curriculum Checksheet: |
| Actuarial Science Major (18 semester hours) | |
| FIN-340 Principles of Risk Management | 3 |
| MSD-320 Quantitative Methods in Business Forecasting | 3 |
| MSD-325 Applied Regression and Analysis of Variance | 3 |
| MSD-350 Compound Interest Theory | 3 |
| MSD-440 Life Contingencies I | 3 |
| MSD-441 Life Contingencies II | 3 |
| Mathematics Requirements | |
| MSD-110 Mathematics for Actuarial Science I | 3 |
| MSD-111 Mathematics for Actuarial Science II | 3 |
| MSD-112 Mathematics for Actuarial Science III | 3 |
| MTH-340, Probability and Statistical 341 Analysis I, II | 3 |
Students majoring in actuarial science may not take MSD-105 Quantitative Methods for Business I, nor the sequence MSD-200 & 201 Statistical Methods I & II.
For graduation, the student must achieve an overall GPA of 2.0 or better in the major, with no course grade less than C-.
