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Assess potential risks and create solutions that minimize risk and financial impact on companies.

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Actuarial Science Minor

Becoming an actuary is a smart career choice for our mathematics and business majors.

As an actuary, you’ll assess the likelihood of future events and design innovative solutions that minimize risk and its financial impact on companies.

A hurricane hits the East Coast.
An employee embezzles company funds.
A pension fund is running out of money.

Insuring against risks like these drives a massive industry. And, insurers always need actuaries who can evaluate the risk of potential scenarios, such as natural disasters, corporate mismanagement, accidents and terrorism.

By adding an actuarial science minor to your business or math major, you’ll learn how to evaluate financial risk to effectively design, analyze and refine programs that address society’s insurance needs.

An actuarial science minor is an excellent fit if you have a strong interest in both mathematics and business. Essential courses in accounting, economics and business are offered through our Sigmund Weis School of Business.

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When you enroll at Susquehanna, you’ll be paired with an advisor and application tool to guide you in your course planning and scheduling. The following is an excerpt from the complete course catalog. Enrolled students follow the requirements of the course catalog for the academic year in which they declare each major and/or minor and consult with their advisor(s).

Minor in Actuarial Science

Students minoring in actuarial science will typically have strong interests in mathematics and business. Students taking this minor complete with grades of C- or better the following courses:

  • MATH-211 Multivariate Calculus
  • MATH-441 Mathematical Statistics
  • MATH-351 Numerical Computing
  • MATH-352 Numerical Analysis
  • CSCI-401 Machine Learning
  • ACCT-200 Financial Accounting
  • FINC-340 Corporate Financial Management
  • ECON-105 Elements of Economics or both ECON-201 Principles of Macroeconomics and ECON-202 Principles of Microeconomics

Double-Counting Restriction for Interdisciplinary Minors

Because this is an interdisciplinary minor, at least 16 semester hours of the minor must not be credited toward the student’s major.

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