Topics include sample spaces, combinatorics, axioms and rules of probability, conditional probability and independence, discrete and continuous random variables, mathematical expectation, and the moment generating function. The course may be repeated for credit if the topic varies. Topics include vectors and matrices, systems of linear equations, vector spaces, mappings, determinants, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, and transformations. Applications in many fields are discussed. The computer is used at the discretion of the instructor.
Calculator is required.
A course specifically designed to provide students with additional preparation for one or both of the first two actuarial examinations. Topics are selected from the areas of calculus, real analysis, and probability and statistics, depending upon the needs of the students. The course may be repeated for credit, subject to the permission of the instructor. Offered on demand. A study of various approximation techniques.