B.Sc. Actuarial Science (Hons)

University of Kent

Bachelor's degree

In Canterbury

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Canterbury

Actuaries evaluate and manage financial risks, particularly in the financial services industry. They form a small yet well-respected, influential and relatively well-paid profession. If you are good at mathematics and you are curious about financial matters, you should enjoy studying actuarial science. Students from this programme of the University of Kent have gone on to successful careers in the actuarial profession as well as in areas like accountancy, banking or operational research.

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Location

Start date

Canterbury (Kent)
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CT2 7PE

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About this course

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Subjects

  • Financial Training
  • Financial
  • Actuarial Science
  • GCSE Mathematics
  • Mathematics
  • Statistics
  • University

Course programme

Course Content

The course structure below gives a flavour of the modules that will be available to you and provides details of the content of this programme. This listing is based on the current curriculum and may change year to year in response to new curriculum developments and innovation. Most programmes will require you to study a combination of compulsory and optional modules, you may also have the option to take ‘wild’ modules from other programmes offered by the University in order that you may customise your programme and explore other subject areas of interest to you or that may further enhance your employability.

Stage 1

Possible modules may include:

  • Business Economics
  • Financial Mathematics
  • Probability and Statistics for Actuarial Science
  • Calculus and Mathematical Modelling
  • Proofs and Numbers
  • Matrices and Computing
Stage 2

Possible modules may include:

  • Time Series Modelling and Simulation
  • Statistics for Insurance
  • Corporate Finance for Actuaries
  • Financial Reports and their Analysis
  • Probability and Statistics for Actuarial Science 2
  • Contingencies 1
  • Analysis
  • Linear Algebra
Stage 3

Possible modules may include:

  • Stochastic Processes
  • Survival Models
  • Contingencies 2
  • Portfolio Theory and Asset Pricing Models
  • Mathematics of Financial Derivatives
  • Financial Modelling
  • Actuarial Practice

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