UNSW Business School Undergraduate guide 2018 | Page 6

BACHELOR OF
ACTUARIAL STUDIES
A highly rewarding degree that helps you
develop the technical and professional skills
to excel in the financial services or insurance
industry as an actuary.
KEY FEATURES
— — C
ore courses combine studies in actuarial studies,
accounting, economics, finance, management
and mathematics
— — Opportunity to enhance your learning with another
business major, mathematics or statistics
— — Gain exemptions from Actuaries Institute’s Part I
professional examinations as well as the Core Technical
(CT) subjects of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (UK)
OTHER APPROVED MAJORS
Accounting; Actuarial Risk Management and
Analytics; Business Economics; Business
Law; Business Strategy and Economic
Management; Finance; Financial Economics;
Human Resource Management; Information
Systems; International Business; Management;
Marketing; Real Estate Studies; Mathematics;
Quantitative Data Science; Statistics; Taxation.
DUAL ACTUARIAL STUDIES DEGREE
Refer to YOUR STUDY OPTIONS list on p.13.
DEGREE STRUCTURE
The 3-year (full-time) degree consists of 24 courses (144 UOC):
Actuarial Studies
core courses
+
Actuarial Studies
electives
+
Business School
elective
+
Free electives *
+
General Education
courses
*May be used to complete an approved major.
‘There were three key things I got out of studying actuarial
studies at UNSW: Technical skills, from the degree itself;
soft skills, through my extracurricular activities with the
Actuarial Society of UNSW; and fun, by meeting new people
and participating in uni life. On the whole, it was a great
experience for me.’
Andrew Ngai
Bachelor of Actuarial Studies
Senior Manager – PwC Actuarial