Roosevelt University

Program Categories

Introductory Undergraduate

Yes

Advanced Undergraduate

Yes

Graduate – Education

Yes

Graduate – Education and Research

No

Other

No

• Contact Person
• Yao Wang, Ph.D., ASA
• Roosevelt University
• 430 S. Michigan Ave.
• Chicago, IL 60605
• ph: 847.619.8588
• f: 847.619.8555
• e–mail: ywang@roosevelt.edu

Curriculum Information

Faculty or staff members responsible for advising students and maintaining current knowledge of the actuarial profession other than the contact person listed above:

–Yao Wang

Associate Professor, ASA, Dept. of Math and Actuarial Science

Students in actuarial science can enroll in a program with a set of requirements for completing the program:

Yes

If yes, the following is the degree(s) a student can earn upon completion of the Program:

–Bachelors

–Masters

The actuarial program includes the following Validation by Educational Experience approved courses:

VEE–Applied Statistical Methods

Yes

VEE–Corporate Finance

Yes

VEE–Economics

Yes

The program includes courses, other than independent study courses, that substantially cover the learning objectives for:

SOA Probability (P) Exam / CAS Exam 1:

Yes

SOA Financial Mathematics (FM) Exam / CAS Exam 2:

Yes

Life Contingencies segment of the SOA Actuarial Models (M) Exam:

Yes

Financial Economics segment of the SOA Actuarial Models (M) Exam:

Yes

CAS Exam 3:

Yes

SOA Construction and Evaluation of Actuarial Models (C) Exam / CAS Exam 4:

Yes

The program contains activities aimed at developing the communication skills of students:

Yes

The program contains activities that inform students about the actuarial profession's code of conduct:

Yes

The actuarial science program is administratively located in the following department and college:

–Dept. of Math and Actuarial Science

–College of Arts and Sciences

The school has actuarial science online classes:

No

Faculty Information

The number of faculty whose teaching or advising responsibilities are primarily in actuarial science (average number per year for the last three academic years):

4

Student Information

Average number per year of students graduating from the actuarial program over the last three years:

10

Average number per year of students passing actuarial exams in the last three years:

12

The school has an actuarial club or an actuarial student association:

No

Average number per year of students completing research in the last three years:

3

Average number of students per year who participated in:

Summer actuarial internship:

3

Actuarial work–study program:

N/A

Other Information

The school offers extra exam preparation courses for actuarial examinations:

Yes

The school has an external actuarial advisory group:

N/A

If yes, the group has a majority being members of the CAS, CIA, or SOA, and at least one of whom is actively working in nonacademic actuarial employment:

N/A

The school offers an actuarial summer program for high school students:

No