The Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science offers a Master of Mathematics (MMath) in Actuarial Science.
Admission Requirements
Admission requirements for students admitted into the MMath - Actuarial Science program are as follows:
- a four-year honour's Bachelor's degree with a significant actuarial science or/and statistics component;
- an overall B+ (78%) average from a Canadian university (or its equivalent);
- three letters of reference, normally from academic sources;
- proof of competency in English (if applicable), see the English Language Proficiency page for acceptable tests of English.
Degree Requirements
The requirements for the MMath degree in Actuarial Science are as follows:
i) Course work option:
- Seven term-courses with an overall average of at least 70%. Normally, at least six of the seven term-courses should be labelled ACTSC. At least three 900-level courses must be taken, at least two of which must be labelled ACTSC. Substitution of relevant non-ACTSC courses is subject to approval of the Associate Chair of Graduate Studies.
- Completion of Graduate Skills Workshop during the first year of the program.
- Master's Research Paper (graded numerically)
ii) Thesis option:
- Four one-term courses with an overall average of at least 70%. The four one-term courses must include at least one 900-level Actuarial Science course.
- Completion of Graduate Skills Workshop during the first year of the program
- Master's Thesis
- Thesis Oral Presentation
A student can select the coursework or thesis option while in the program.