Program Mission and Objectives |SOA Exams | Degree Plan | Requirements | Course Descriptions
Every student majoring in Actuarial Sciences must complete the following curriculum:
Degree Requirements
General Education Requirements (48 credit hours) Credit Hours
| English | ENGL 101, 102, 214 | 9 |
| Islamic & Arabic Studies | IAS 121, 111, 212, XXX | 8 |
| General Studies | Any 1 GS courses | 3 |
| Physical Education | PE 101 | 1 |
| Mathematics | MATH 101, 102, 201, 208 | 14 |
| Social and Behavioral Sciences | ECON 101 , 102 | 6 |
| Accounting and Finance | ACCT 110, ACCT 210 | 6 |
| | | 47 |
Major requirements (50 credit hours)
| Statistical Methods for Actuaries | STAT 214 | 4 |
| Financial Management | FIN 250 | 3 |
| Introduction to Probability Theory | STAT 301 | 3 |
| Statistical Inference | STAT 302 | 3 |
| Regression Analysis | STAT 310 | 3 |
| Stochastic Processes for Actuaries | STAT 416 | 3 |
| Time Series | STAT 460 | 3 |
| Financial Mathematics | AS 201 | 3 |
| Mathematics of Financial Derivatives | AS 251 | 3 |
| Actuarial Science Problem Lab I | AS 289 | 1 |
| Introduction to Numerical Computing | MATH 371 | 3 |
| Actuarial Contingencies I | AS 380 | 3 |
| Actuarial Science Problem Lab II | AS 389 | 1 |
| Actuarial Contingencies II | AS 481 | 4 |
| Actuarial Risk Theory and Credibility | AS 484 | 4 |
| Investments | FIN 320 | 3 |
| Islamic Finance | FIN 440 | 3 |
| | | 50 |
Business and Digital Foundation (12 credit hours)
Business and Entrepreneurship | BUS 200 | 3 |
| Introduction to Programming in Python and C | ICS 104 | 3 |
| Introduction to Data Science | ISE 291 | 3 |
| Career Essentials | CGS 392 | 1 |
| Introduction to Artificial Intelligence | COE 292 | 3 |
| | | 13 |
Major Electives (6 credit hours)
A student should choose only 2 courses from the following:
- Track option A course list (choose any 2 courses in the list below)
| General Insurance and Takaful track | |
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| Risk Modelling | AS 450 | 3 |
| Survival Models for Actuaries | AS 476 | 3 |
| Topics in Actuarial Science and Financial Mathematics | AS 490/491 with variable content | 3 |
| Generalized Linear Models | STAT 436 | 3 |
| Enterprise Risk Analysis | AS 460 | 3 |
| | | 6 |
Technical Electives (3 credit hours)
- A student should choose any courses listed below for a total of 3 credit hours.
| STAT xxx | Any Statistics course |
| MATH xxx | Any Mathematics course |
| FIN 3xx or higher | Any Finance course at 3xx level or higher |
| ICS xxx | Any Computer science course |
| ISE xxx | Any Industrial & System Engineering course |
Cooperative Work Requirement (6 credit hours)
Students registered under this option must participate in a 16-week program of industrial experience and submit a report for AS 398, "Internship".
Total Requirements (125 credit hours)
The B.S. degree in Actuarial Science requires a minimum total of 125 credit hours.
