College of Sciences

ACTUARIAL SCIENCE

(B.S.)

Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science
CC II 212, 407-823-5562
http://www.cos.ucf.edu/statistics
E-mail: statistics@mail.ucf.edu
Contact: Stephen Kellison; 407-823-5530

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Admission Requirements

Degree Requirements

• Students who change degree programs and select this major must adopt the most current catalog.
• All statistics courses except STA 2023, STA 3032, and those protected by Florida Common Course Numbering must be taken from, or approved by the Statistics Department at UCF
• Departmental Residency Requirement: at least 15 semester hours of regularly scheduled 3000-4000 level courses must be taken from the UCF Statistics Department
• Students must earn at least a “C” (2.0) in each STA course
• A minimum 2.0 average is required in all computer science and mathematics courses that count toward a statistics major
• Co-op or internship credit cannot be used in this major without prior approval
• Students should consult with a departmental advisor
• Courses designated in 1 (General Education Program) and 2 (Common Program Prerequisites) are usually completed in the first 60 hours

(36+3 hrs)

1. UCF General Education Program

Note: Certain courses must be selected in the GEP for the major which brings the GEP above 36

9 hrs

A. Communication Foundations

9 hrs

B. Cultural and Historical Foundations

7 hrs

C. Mathematical Foundations

Select MAC 2311
Select STA 2023

6 hrs

D. Social Foundations

Select ECO 2013
Select an ANT, PSY or SYG listed course

8 hrs

E. Science Foundations

Select PHY 2053C or CHM 2045C*
Select BSC 2010C

* CHM 2040C plus CHM 2041C can substitute for CHM 2045C.

(14 hrs)

2. Common Program Prerequisites

* See Transfer Notes for possible substitutes

(53 hrs)

3. Core requirements

4 hrs

a. Select one course

4 hrs

b. Select a third science course and associated, with lab

* CHM 2040C plus CHM 2041C can substitute for CHM 2045C.

9 hrs

c. Select three from among the following:

(6 hrs)

4. Restricted Upper Division Electives

• Select from upper division or graduate statistics, actuarial science, or mathematics courses
• Selected courses in business Business courses may be used only with prior approval by the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science
• The following cannot be used: MAC 2233, MAC 2253, MAC 2254, all MAE courses; and MHF 4404

5. Departmental Exit Requirements

• Earn a grade of “C” (2.0) or better in each STA course.
• Computer competency met by COP 3502C.
• Take SOA Exam P (Probability) and report the score to the department
• Before applying to graduate, the CLAST must be completely satisfied.

(0-8 hrs)

6. Foreign Language Requirements

• Admission: Two years of one foreign language in high school, or one year of one foreign language in college (or equivalent proficiency exam) prior to graduation.
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  Graduation:

(variable)

7. Electives

Select primarily from upper level courses, with departmental advisor’s approval. May be outside of the department.

8. University Minimum Exit Requirements

• A 2.0 UCF GPA
• 60 semester hours earned after CLEP awarded
• 48 semester hours of upper division credit completed
• 30 of the last 36 hours of course work must be completed in residency at UCF
• A maximum of 45 hours of extension, correspondence, CLEP, Credit by Exam, and Armed Forces credits permitted
• Complete the General Education Program, the Gordon Rule, the CLAST and nine hours of Summer credit (if applicable)

120 hrs

Total Semester Hours Required

Related Programs: Mathematics, Mathematics Education, Statistics

Related Minors: Statistics, Mathematics

Transfer Notes:

• Lower division courses taken at community colleges do not substitute for Upper Division courses
• Courses transferred from private and out-of-state schools must be evaluated for equivalency credit. The student must provide all supporting information.

Acceptable Substitutes for common program prerequisites if taken prior to transferring to UCF:

• COP 3502C*: any COP programming language course. However, COP 3502C is a prerequisite for Computer Sciences courses and may need to be taken.
• BSC 2010C*: any laboratory BSC, CHM, or PHY course. However this is a prerequisite for BSC 2011C and will need to be taken.

Suggested Plan of Study:

One of numerous possible plans of study. See program description for all requirements. Courses with an asterisk (*) may be replaced by alternates in the same requirement. Consult a departmental advisor for alternate, new or more appropriate selections.