2023/24 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.

Note:
For details of courses that provide exemptions please view the regulations in the Calendar: https://www.lse.ac.uk/resources/calendar/undergraduate.htm

• AC102 Elements of Financial Accounting (0.5)
• AC103 Elements of Management Accounting, Financial Management and Financial Institutions (0.5)
• MA102 Mathematical Proof and Analysis (0.5)
• MA103 Introduction to Abstract Mathematics (1.0)
• ST101A Programming for Data Science (0.5)
  (NOT AVAILABLE - DISCONTINUED)
• ST101W Programming for Data Science (0.5)
  (NOT AVAILABLE - DISCONTINUED)
• ST115 Managing and Visualising Data (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.

• EC1A3 Microeconomics I (0.5)
• EC1B3 Macroeconomics I (0.5)

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. For details of courses that provide exemptions please view the regulations in the Calendar: https://www.lse.ac.uk/resources/calendar/undergraduate.htm

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)
• MA102 Mathematical Proof and Analysis (0.5)
• MA203 Real Analysis (0.5)
• ST207 Databases (0.5)

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


• FM214 Principles of Finance I (0.5)
• FM215 Principles of Finance II (0.5)
  (Only if FM214 taken)

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


• MA103 Introduction to Abstract Mathematics (1.0)

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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)

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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. 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. For exemptions and the contributing courses please check the regulations in the Calendar: https://www.lse.ac.uk/resources/calendar/undergraduate.htm

• ST330 Stochastic and Actuarial Methods in Finance (1.0)

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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. For exemptions and the contributing courses please check the regulations in the Calendar: https://www.lse.ac.uk/resources/calendar/undergraduate.htm

• 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)
• ST313 Ethics for Data Science (0.5)
• ST326 Financial Statistics (0.5)

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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. For exemptions and thecontributing courses please check the regulations in the Calendar: https://www.lse.ac.uk/resources/calendar/undergraduate.htm

• MA203 Real Analysis (0.5)
• MA208 Optimisation Theory (0.5)
• MA209 Differential Equations (0.5)
• MA318 History and Culture of Mathematics (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)
• ST313 Ethics for Data Science (0.5)
• ST326 Financial Statistics (0.5)