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Katie Sundara
Associate Dean of Industry and Technology
Los Angeles
El Camino College
CTE Dean
David Gonzales
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Program Details
Actuarial Science
New Program
Insurance (051200)
08/24/24
The degree provides students with sufficient depth and support transfer plans in actuarial science for the baccalaureate degree. The core of this interdivisional major is a combination of sequences in calculus, accounting, and economics. Students will acquire a conceptual understanding of the principles of differential and integral calculus for functions of several variables, financial and managerial accounting, as well as economics theory. Additionally, the student gains skills in the mining, dissemination, and presentation of data through coursework in computer science, communications, and statistics. Competency will be assessed through projects and examinations that evaluate the student’s ability to solve a wide range of problems experienced in the actuarial field.
20-25 This is a new program and enrollment will vary.
Program Proposal Attributes
- A.S. Degree (S)
The actuarial science Associate's degree program provides foundations in programming, applied statistics, as well as financial and economic theory. This interdivisional curriculum prepares students for their choice of a career pathway as an entry-level actuary or successful transfer to an actuarial science baccalaureate program with preparation for the beginning stages of the Society of Actuaries exams.
Course Units and Hours
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60
60
Course Report
According to CareerExplorer’s website, the United States will need to fill 10,000 actuary jobs “over the next 10 years”. Preparing for a career in actuary sciences is enriched in accounting, economics, mathematics, and computer programming. An interdivisional degree, the associate degree in actuary sciences provides two years of foundation to prepare for upper-level coursework in actuary science at the university level.
Currently, no community college in California offers an associate degree in actuarial science. This brings an opportunity for El Camino College to not only offer the degree but also continue to build on its STEM meta-major and curriculum.
The Society of Actuaries (SOA) is one of the nation’s professional organizations for recognizing actuaries and actuarial science degree programs in the United States. El Camino College has partnered with the SOA to identify the courses required for a SOA-recognized associate degree in actuarial science
| Course | Title | Units | Year/Semester (Y1 or S1) | ||
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| Math 150 | Elementary Statistics w/ Probability | 4 | Y1-Fall | ||
| Math 190 | Single Variable Calculus I | 5 |
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| Elective | Area I course | 3 |
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| Area IV-a course | 4 |
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| COMS 180 | Data-Driven Persuasion | 4 | Y1-Spring | ||
| MATH 191 | Single Variable Calculus I | 5 |
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| Elective | Area III course | 3 |
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| Elective | Area V course | 3 |
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| BUS 150 | Financial Accounting | 4 | Y2-Fall | ||
| ECON 101 | Principles of Economics: Macro. | 3 |
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| MATH 220 | Multi-Variable Calculus | 5 |
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| CSCI 1 (or) | Problem Solving Prog. Design using C++ | 4 |
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| CSCI 14 | Intro. to Programming with Python | 4 |
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| BUS 151 | Managerial Accounting | 4 | Y2-Spring | ||
| ECON 102 | Principles of Economics: Micro. Theory | 3 |
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| MATH 270 | Differential Equations w/ Lin. Algebra | 5 |
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| HDEV | Navigating the Transfer Process | 1 |
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New Program
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Glendale, LA Pierce, LA Valley, Santa Monica
20-25 This is a new program and enrollment will vary.
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Submission Details
05/14/24 - 12:36 PM
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