2025/26 UBACTPY BSc in Actuarial Science (with a Placement year)

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/programmeRegulations/undergraduate/Default.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)
• ST101W Programming for Data Science (0.5)
• ST111 Business Analytics (0.5)
• 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.

• MA221 Further Mathematical Methods (Calculus) (0.5)
• MA222 Further Mathematical Methods (Linear Algebra) (0.5)

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 Mathematics for Finance and Investment (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:
You may take a course from the undergraduate outside option list but this must be discussed with your academic mentor. Please use the unlisted course function to select outside options

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 IV
This paper may be taken in year 4

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 IV
This paper may be taken in year 4

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


• ST330 Stochastic and Actuarial Methods in Finance (1.0)

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Papers11 & 12

This paper is examined at level IV
This paper may be taken in year 4

You must take 2.0 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 academic mentor and departmental tutor from the Undergraduate Outside Options List (Years 2 & 3), but this will affect exemptions fromexaminations 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 andthe contributing courses please check the regulations in the Calendar: https://www.lse.ac.uk/resources/calendar/programmeRegulations/undergraduate/2024/BScActuarialScienceWithAPlacementYear.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)
• ST311 Artificial Intelligence (0.5)
• ST312 Applied Statistics Project (0.5)
• ST313 Ethics for Data Science (0.5)
• ST313 Ethics for Data Science (0.5)
• ST326 Financial Statistics (0.5)
• ST326 Financial Statistics (0.5)

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Papers11 & 12

This paper is examined at level IV
This paper may be taken in year 4

You must take 2.0 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 academic mentor and departmental tutor from the Undergraduate Outside Options List (Years 2 & 3), but this will affect exemptions fromexaminations 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 andthe contributing courses please check the regulations in the Calendar: https://www.lse.ac.uk/resources/calendar/programmeRegulations/undergraduate/2024/BScActuarialScienceWithAPlacementYear.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)
• ST311 Artificial Intelligence (0.5)
• ST312 Applied Statistics Project (0.5)
• ST313 Ethics for Data Science (0.5)
• ST313 Ethics for Data Science (0.5)
• ST326 Financial Statistics (0.5)
• ST326 Financial Statistics (0.5)