2019/20 UBACT2 BSc in Actuarial Science

Paper 1

This paper is examined at level I
This paper may be taken in year 1

You must take 1.0 units(s) to satisfy this paper's requirements.

• ST102 Elementary Statistical Theory (1.0)

Paper 2

This paper is examined at level I
This paper may be taken in year 1

You must take 1.0 units(s) to satisfy this paper's requirements.

• MA100 Mathematical Methods (1.0)

Paper 3

This paper is examined at level I
This paper may be taken in year 1

You must take 1.0 units(s) to satisfy this paper's requirements.

• EH101 The Internationalisation of Economic Growth, 1870 to the present day (1.0)
• MA103 Introduction to Abstract Mathematics (1.0)
• PB102 Social Psychology (1.0)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2022/23)

You may take between 0.0 and 1.0 units(s) from this section.

• AC102 Elements of Financial Accounting (0.5)
• AC103 Elements of Management Accounting, Financial Management and Financial Institutions (0.5)

Paper 4

This paper is examined at level I
This paper may be taken in year 1

You must take 1.0 units(s) to satisfy this paper's requirements.

• EC100 Economics A (1.0)
  (NOT AVAILABLE - DISCONTINUED)
• EC102 Economics B (1.0)
  (NOT AVAILABLE - DISCONTINUED)

Paper 5

This paper is examined at level II
This paper may be taken in year 2

You must take 1.0 units(s) to satisfy this paper's requirements.

• ST202 Probability, Distribution Theory and Inference (1.0)

Paper 6

This paper is examined at level II
This paper may be taken in year 2

You must take 1.0 units(s) to satisfy this paper's requirements.

• MA212 Further Mathematical Methods (1.0)

Paper 7

This paper is examined at level II
This paper may be taken in year 2

You must take 1.0 units(s) to satisfy this paper's requirements.

• ST226 Actuarial Investigations: Financial (0.5)
• ST227 Survival Models (0.5)

Paper 8

This paper is examined at level II
This paper may be taken in year 2

You must take 1.0 units(s) to satisfy this paper's requirements.

Note:
Students wishing to select a course from the Undergraduate Outside Options List must first discuss with their Academic Mentor. If agreed, courses should be selected using the 'Request unlisted course' function. FM213 could lead to an exemption of CB1 (CT2 for pre-2019 syllabus) for students who have chosen AC102 and AC103 (or AC104)

• AC102 Elements of Financial Accounting (0.5)
• AC103 Elements of Management Accounting, Financial Management and Financial Institutions (0.5)
• EH101 The Internationalisation of Economic Growth, 1870 to the present day (1.0)
• FM213 Principles of Finance (1.0)
• MA102 Mathematical Proof and Analysis (0.5)
• MA103 Introduction to Abstract Mathematics (1.0)
• MA203 Real Analysis (0.5)
• PB102 Social Psychology (1.0)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2022/23)

Paper 9

This paper is examined at level III
This paper may be taken in year 3

You must take 1.0 units(s) to satisfy this paper's requirements.

• ST301 Actuarial Mathematics (Life) (0.5)
• ST302 Stochastic Processes (0.5)

Paper 10

This paper is examined at level III
This paper may be taken in year 3

You must take 1.0 units(s) to satisfy this paper's requirements.

Note:
Please note that students can replace Papers 10, 11 or 12 with subjects to the value of one unit approved by their tutor from the Undergraduate Outside Options List, but this will affect exemptions from examinations set by the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries.

• ST330 Stochastic and Actuarial Methods in Finance (1.0)

Paper 11

This paper is examined at level III
This paper may be taken in year 3

You must take 1.0 units(s) to satisfy this paper's requirements.

Note:
Please note that students can replace Papers 10, 11 or 12 with subjects to the value of one unit approved by their tutor from the Undergraduate Outside Options List, but this will affect exemptions from examinations set by the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries. Courses chosen from the Undergraduate Outside Options List must be discussed with the Academic Mentor and selected using the 'unlisted' course function in LSE for You. The exemptions and the contributing course/s are: - CS1 - ST102, ST202, ST300, ST308; CS2 - ST306, ST304, ST227, ST326; CM1 - ST226, ST301; CM2 - ST330, ST306; CB1 - AC103/AC103, FM213; CB2 - made up via EC100 or EC102

• ST300 Regression and Generalised Linear Models (0.5)
• ST303 Stochastic Simulation (0.5)
• ST304 Time Series and Forecasting (0.5)
• ST306 Actuarial Mathematics (General) (0.5)
• ST308 Bayesian Inference (0.5)
• ST310 Machine Learning (0.5)
• ST326 Financial Statistics (0.5)

Paper 12

This paper is examined at level III
This paper may be taken in year 3

You must take 1.0 units(s) to satisfy this paper's requirements.

Note:
Please note that students can replace Papers 10, 11 or 12 with subjects to the value of one unit approved by their tutor from the Undergraduate Outside Options List, but this will affect exemptions from examinations set by the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries. Students wishing to select a course from the Undergraduate Outside Options List must first discuss with their Academic Mentor. If agreed, courses should be selected using the 'Request unlisted course' function. The exemptions and thecontributing course/s are: - CS1 - ST102, ST202, ST300, ST308; CS2 - ST306, ST304, ST227, ST326; CM1 - ST226, ST301; CM2 - ST330, ST306; CB1 - AC103/AC103, FM213; CB2 - made up via EC100 or EC102

• MA203 Real Analysis (0.5)
• MA208 Optimisation Theory (0.5)
• MA209 Differential Equations (0.5)
• MA318 History of Mathematics in Finance and Economics (0.5)
• ST300 Regression and Generalised Linear Models (0.5)
• ST303 Stochastic Simulation (0.5)
• ST306 Actuarial Mathematics (General) (0.5)
• ST308 Bayesian Inference (0.5)
• ST310 Machine Learning (0.5)
• ST311 Artificial Intelligence (0.5)
• ST312 Applied Statistics Project (0.5)
• ST326 Financial Statistics (0.5)

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