Actuarial Science

• MET AT 992: Directed Studies 2
  The course is offered to students who plan to engage in special research topics under the supervision of a faculty advisor. Application is made through the Department of Actuarial Science.
• MET MA 581: Probability
  Prerequisites: MET MA 225 OR CAS MA 225 OR CAS MA 230 - Basic probability, conditional probability, independence. Discrete and continuous random variables, mean and variance, functions of random variables, moment generating function. Jointly distributed random variables, conditional distributions, independent random variables. Methods of transformations, law of large numbers, central limit theorem. The material covered in this course may help you prepare for SoA/CAS Exam P.
• MET MA 582: Mathematical Statistics
  Prerequisites: MET MA 581 OR CAS MA 581 - Topics covered include interval estimation. Point estimation including sufficiency, Rao-Blackwell theorem, completeness, uniqueness, Rao-Cramer inequality, and maximum likelihood estimation. Tests of hypothesis: uniformly most powerful tests, uniformly most powerful unbiased tests, likelihood ratio test, chi-squared test, comparison of means and variances, ANOVA, regression, and some nonparametric tests. The material covered in this course may help you obtain VEE credit for the “Actuarial Statistic” VEE from the SoA/CAS.
• MET MA 603: SAS with Statistical Applications
  A unified and in-depth coverage of the statistical computer package SAS and its statistical applications. Topics include the language of SAS, data formatting, creating and storing SAS data sets, file manipulations, macro procedure, and graphics. Also included are procedures for statistical techniques selected from analysis of variance, regression, factor analysis, scoring, and categorical data analysis. Several large data sets will be used as case studies emphasizing hands-on experience with SAS for Windows. Laboratory course.