The actuarial science minor is for students who are interested in a career as an actuary or in other areas of industry dealing with risk management. Actuaries identify and manage the financial impact of risk. They typically work for financial or insurance companies. With margins thinner, actuarial accuracy is more necessary than ever to the global economy. To become an actuary, you must pass a series of examinations administered by one of the professional societies. The Society of Actuaries (SOA) has approved CBU for Validation by Educational Experience (VEE) in all three areas of accounting and finance, economics, and mathematical statistics.
Basic concepts of analytical geometry, limits and derivatives, differentials and rates, integration, definite and indefinite integrals, differentiation of logarithmic and exponential functions. Prerequisite: MAT135 or EGR182 or MAT145 (4 Units)
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| MAT245-A Willett, Robert James |
05/11/2026 | - | Online |
Continued study and applications of integration: volumes, lengths, surface of revolution; derivatives and integrals involving trigonometric functions, infinite series, expansion of functions, hyperbolic functions, law of the mean, partial fractions, polar coordinates, and conic sections. Prerequisite: MAT245 (4 Units)
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Mathematical theory and applications, development of formulae, principles of statistical decision theory, descriptive measurements, probability concepts, random variables, normal distribution, inferential statistics, sampling distributions, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, chi-squared procedures, linear regression, and the use of computers in statistics. (3 Units)
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| STA144-A Carothers, Linn E. |
05/11/2026 | - | Online |
An introduction to data mining, management and statistical programming techniques using comprehensive and widely available tools like SAGE, SPSS, SAS and R. Students learn exploratory data analysis, coding and manipulation of variables, database management applying statistical concepts. Modeling and simulation experiments on a variety of applied data sets. (3 Units)
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Study and applications of vector analysis, partial differentiation, multiple integration, Jacobians, theorems of Green and Stokes, and divergence theorem. Prerequisite: MAT255 (4 Units)
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A calculus based course covering discrete and continuous distributions, expectations, the normal distribution, the central limit theorem, the binomial distribution, and various topics in statistical theory such as point estimation, hypothesis testing, and linear regression. Prerequisite: MAT245 (3 Units)
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The first semester of a two-semester course providing a systematic development of the theories of probability and statistics. Students learn and use fundamental concepts of probability models, random variables and their distributions, reduction of data, estimation, testing of hypotheses, univariate normal inference, and statistical decision theory. The first semester is required for BA and BS statistics majors of all concentrations. Prerequisite: (MAT245,EGR120) or EGR121 or STA144 (3 Units)
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An introduction to the fundamental concepts of financial mathematics including basic interest theory. These concepts will be applied in calculating present and accumulated values for various streams of cash flows as a basis for future use in: reserving, valuation, pricing, asset/liability management, investment income, capital budgeting, and valuing contingent cash flow. Prerequisite: MAT245 (3 Units)
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