保险精算学
保险精算学
“Being one of the 中心 for Actuarial Excellence, Drake has given me the resources to really explore the actuarial industry 和 gain an underst和ing of what exactly I want to be when I graduate.”
—Lily Hull, Junior, Zimpleman College of Business
有回报的职业
As a Drake graduate with a degree in actuarial science, you’ll enter a specialized career field ranked among the highest in the United States for job satisfaction, opportunities for advancement, 起薪.
How much should a company charge an individual for car insurance? How much should a business set aside to cover potential liabilities resulting from risks they cover? You’ll learn to use probability, 统计数据, 和 data analysis to answer these questions 和 make important strategic decisions for your organization.
MAJOR OPTIONS AND REQUIREMENTS
This major is open to any student meeting the prerequisites for the courses.
The requirements for the major are:
- Math 050 (Calculus I)
- Math 070 (Calculus II)
- Econ 010 (Principles of Macroeconomics)
- Insurance 51 (Personal Risk Management
- Statistics 040 (Introduction to R 和 SAS)
- Statistics 170 (Statistics for Risk Modeling II)
- 保险精算学 050 (Introduction to 保险精算学)
- 保险精算学 120 (Theory of Interest) 和 corresponding lab 120L
- 保险精算学 131 (Introduction to Probability I) 和 corresponding lab 131L
- 保险精算学 135 (Mathematical Statistics)
- 保险精算学 140 (Statistics for Risk Modeling I)
- 保险精算学 150 (Life Insurance Mathematics I)
- 保险精算学 161 (Introduction to Probability II)
- 保险精算学 190 (Capstone: Case Studies in Insurance 和 保险精算学)
- Choose two more (electives) from among Math 100 (Calculus III), Finance 102 (Advanced Corporate Finance), Finance 121 (Financial Derivatives), Statistics 172 (Generalize Linear Models 和 Data Mining), 保险精算学 155 (Life Insurance Mathematics II), 和 保险精算学 165 (Short-Term Actuarial Mathematics)
UNIVERSITY EARNED CREDIT (UEC)
For a limited number of classes listed above (specifically, 保险精算学 120 和 140), students can now earn professional (UEC) exam credit by doing well enough in the classes at Drake (to be exempt then from having to take the corresponding professional actuarial exam). Drake is one of only 9 schools in the U.S. to participate in this UEC澳门威尼斯人网站.
PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION
Drake has one of the best actuarial science programs in the nation 和 is one of the few private programs in the Midwest with a full set of courses taught by actuaries. You will learn from some of the highest caliber faculty, receive an outst和ing education, pass some professional actuarial exams along the way, receive multiple actuarial internships both during summer 和 throughout the school year, 和 graduate prepared to start your career.
Drake is one of only 20 universities in the country, 和 37 in the world, to be recognized as a Center for Actuarial Excellence (CAE) 由 Society of Actuaries.
DIVERSE JOB PROSPECTS
Corporations from across the nation regularly recruit Drake students 和 recent graduates for internships 和 full-time jobs. Actuarial students have held prestigious internships at places such as Allstate, 美利坚合众国, 雅典娜, 信诺, 农业局, GuideOne, Lincoln Financial Group, 在全国范围内, 美国西北相互, 奥马哈互助银行, The Principal Financial Group, 旅行者, Wellmark, 和 many other locations.
INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Of course, you’ll benefit from the experiences that all Drake Bulldogs enjoy – advising 和 mentorship from professors at the top of their field, résumé-worthy internships 和 other professional preparation (resume writing, interview 和 communication skills, 等.); re搜索 experiences both in 和 out of the classroom, opportunities to learn while serving the community, 和 1项 experiences that immerse you into various specialized topics 和 locations of your choosing.
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联系人:
道格·布雅科夫斯基博士.D.亚撒,
Sammons Professor 和 Chair of 保险精算学 和 Risk Management
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