Университет Восточной Англии, BSc (Hons), Actuarial Sciences

Year 1

Compulsory modules in the first year provide you with a clear understanding of areas including mathematics, computing, business and problem solving skills. You will receive teaching from a variety of departments that will build upon and develop your pre-existing knowledge, with modules including ‘An Introduction to Financial Maths’ that will begin to develop your awareness and understanding of actuarial practice as well as developing some practical modelling skills.  The optional module in year 1 offers you the choice between ‘Actuarial Skills 1’ which is taught in partnership with Aviva and ‘Database Systems’ which offers students the opportunity to further develop skills that would be useful for those students looking to work in the area of data science.

Year 2

In the second year of your degree you will be introduced to specific actuarial themes and taught about business and economics in the actuarial profession.  The optional module in year 2 offers you the choice between ‘Financial Accounting for Actuaries’ which is included in the accreditation agreement and ‘Programming for non-specialists’,once again allowing students the opportunity to tailor their programme to either the more traditional actuarial science degree or one with a broader set of computing skills.

Year 3

Academic development continues into your final year, where you will be able to focus on developing your advance knowledge of statistics, mathematics and professional actuarial practise.  The final year allows students the option to complete a dissertation as well as a further module taught in partnership with Aviva or alternatively to develop further computer science skills by taking ‘Information retrieval’.

• IELTS: 6.5 overall (minimum 6.0 in any component)
  

For more information on entry requirements and course structure, contact the UEA representative directly, using the form on the right.

The BSc Actuarial Sciences degree is aimed at students who wish to become professional actuaries and who are passionate about mathematics, economics and problem solving. The degree programme covers current issues in Mathematics, Computing, Finance and Business, as well as providing a thorough theoretical background of these areas.

This multidisciplinary programme combines the expertise of the School of Computing Sciences, School of Mathematics and the School of Economics. Additional teaching comes through our strong links with industry, and includes tuition from practicing actuaries from Aviva at their headquarters. 

The teaching programme is designed to develop your mathematical, financial and statistical knowledge, as well as encouraging you to pursue specialist interests in business or computing and helping you to develop valuable communication and presentation skills. The course also gives you the opportunity to gain exemptions from the first eight professional examinations set by the UK Actuarial Profession (CT1-CT8, so that you are able to qualify as a professional actuary far more swiftly after successfully graduating.