Actuarial Science Honors, BS

Curriculum and Degree Requirements for College of Science

A College of Science degree is conferred when a student successfully completes all requirements in their degree program.  Students will complete coursework or approved experiential learning activities to meet the following three degree components:

1. Major
2. Science Core Curriculum
3. Electives

Students may use any of the following options to meet College of Science degree requirements:

• Purdue Coursework
• Ap, IB, and CLEP credit.  The use of AP and IB coursework varies between College of Science degree plans.
• Transfer Credit. Students should consult the Admissions Transfer Credit Resource page for all available transfer options.

College of Science degree programs vary widely in their approval and use of the proceeding options and thus students are strongly encouraged to work closely with their academic advisors and to regularly consult their MyPurduePlan to view the use of each option in their degree plan. 

Most College of Science degree programs contain elective credits students may use to pursue courses that relate to their interests or which support their major area of study. The elective area of a degree plan may also be used to complete minors, second majors and certificates such as the Entrepreneurial Certificate. With the exception of courses on the No Count List, any Purdue course may be used to meet the elective area of a student’s degree plan.

College of Science Core Requirements

All Students starting Purdue University Fall semester, 2007 or later are required to pursue the 2007 Science Core curriculum.

The College of Science Core Curriculum requires the completion of approved coursework and/or experiential learning opportunities in the following academic areas:

• Composition and Presentation  
• Computing   
• Culture and Diversity   
• General Education  
• Great Issues in Science   
• Laboratory Science   
• Mathematics    
• Multidisciplinary Experience  
• Statistics   
• Teambuilding and Collaboration    
• No Count List   

Earning Core Curricular Requirements through Experience

Students may meet selected core curriculum requirements through approved experiential learning opportunities. Interested students should contact their academic advisor for more information on this option and incorporating experiential learning into their four-year program of study. For more information on earning requirements through experience, please click here.

Degree Requirements

120 Credits Required

Departmental/Program Major Courses (64-67 credits)

Other Departmental/Program Course Requirements (27-50 credits)

• STAT 35000 - Introduction To Statistics

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• ENGL 10600 - First-Year Composition (satisfies Written Communication and Information Literacy for core) or
• SCLA 10100 - Transformative Texts, Critical Thinking And Communication I: Antiquity To Modernity or
• ENGL 10800 - Accelerated First-Year Composition (satisfies Written Communication and Information Literacy for core)  

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• Language I Option* (Select courses COULD satisfy Human Cultures Humanities for core) - Credit Hours: 0.00 - 4.00
• Language II Option* (Select courses COULD satisfy Human Cultures Humanities for core) - Credit Hours: 0.00 - 4.00
• Language III/Culture/Diversity Option* (Select courses COULD satisfy Human Cultures Humanities for core) - Credit Hours: 0.00 - 4.00
• Technical Writing Option and Technical Presenting Option (Select courses COULD satisfy Oral Communication for core) - Credit Hours: 3.00 - 6.00
• Laboratory Science I Option (satisfies Science for core) - Credit Hours: 3.00 - 4.00
• Laboratory Science II Option (satisfies Science for core) - Credit Hours: 3.00 - 4.00
• General Education I Option (Select courses COULD satisfy Human Culture Behavioral/Social Science for core) - Credit Hours: 3.00
• General Education II Option (Select courses COULD satisfy Human Culture Behavioral/Social Science for core) - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Computing Option - Credit Hours: 3.00 - 4.00
• Teambuilding and Collaboration Experience* - Credit Hours: 0.00 - 4.00
• Great Issues Option - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Multidisciplinary Experience* (Select courses COULD satisfy Science, Technology, and Society for core) - met within major

         *Requirement may be met with a zero credit experiential learning option. See your advisor for more information

Electives (3-29 credits)

University Core Requirements

• Human Cultures Humanities
• Human Cultures Behavioral/Social Science
• Information Literacy
• Science #1
• Science #2
• Science, Technology, and Society
• Written Communication
• Oral Communication
• Quantitative Reasoning

For a complete listing of course selectives, visit the Provost’s Website.

Program Requirements

Notes

Students must earn a 2.5 average GPA among required MA/STAT/MGMT/ECON courses excluding Calculus I, II, III, and STAT 35000  AND A or B in major courses excluding MGMT 20000  and 20100  AND 3.5 Average GPA in major courses marked with a • and pass two SOA exams.

3.3 Graduation GPA required for Bachelor of Science degree.

Foreign Language Courses

Foreign Language proficiency requirements vary by program. 

For acceptable languages and proficiency levels, see your advisor: American Sign Language, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, (ancient) Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish

Critical Course

The ♦ course is considered critical. A Critical Course is one that a student must be able to pass to persist and succeed in a particular major.

Disclaimer

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