The Certificate in Actuarial Science is an eighteen (18) credit program composed of courses from two schools: the School
of Science and Engineering and the Palumbo-Donahue School of Business. The certificate
is available to any Duquesne University student and can be fully accessed only through
fourteen (14) additional credits of prerequisite coursework.
The courses required for the Certificate in Actuarial Science are chosen to position
students for successful completion of two actuarial exams before graduation, while
simultaneously giving students at least three (3) courses that count towards the Validation
by Educational Experience (VEE) requirements as stipulated by the Society of Actuaries.
Program Information
The Certificate in Actuarial Science will position students for successful completion
of two actuarial exams before graduation.
Students who follow the recommended sequencing can be ready to take the first actuarial
exam (exam P - Probability) after completing MATH 301, as early as the spring or summer
of their sophomore year. They can be ready to take the second actuarial exam (exam
FM - Financial Mathematics) after completing FINC 331 and FINC 338, as early as the
summer of their junior year.
The recommended course sequencing will also give students room in their senior year
to take additional courses that, although not part of the Certificate in Actuarial
Science, would qualify toward further VEE requirements (or in the case of SOCI 408
would provide germane enrichment).
ACCT 214—Financial Accounting
ISYS 184—Business Information Systems*
MATH 115—Calculus I
MATH 116—Calculus II
ECON 201—Principles of Microeconomics
MATH 301—Introduction to Probability & Statistics I
ECON 202—Principles of Macroeconomics
MATH 302W—Introduction to Probability & Statistics II
