Strategic Curricular Decisions in Butler University’s Actuarial Science Major

Abstract

We describe specific curricular decisions employed at Butler University that have resulted in student achievement in the actuarial science major. The paper includes a discussion of how these decisions might be applied in the context of a new actuarial program.

Keywords:

• Actuarial education

Notes

¹ Four of these exams are jointly administered by SOA and CAS. CAS gives credit for its own Exam 3L to students who pass SOA’s Exam MLC, but not vice versa: SOA does not award Exam MLC credit for Exam 3L. SOA has recently announced that the joint administration of exams will end in the near future.

² cf. http://www.beanactuary.org/exams/preliminary/?fa=preliminary-exams

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Christopher James Wilson

Christopher James Wilson is an Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Actuarial Science at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana. He holds an undergraduate music degree and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in mathematics, all from Indiana University Bloomington. His current interests include crossed product algebras and actuarial science education.