To obtain Associateship in the Society of Actuaries, the candidate must successfully complete Courses 1-6 and the Associateship Professionalism Course, and must have the application for admission as an Associate approved by the Board of Governors of the Society of Actuaries. An Associate will be admitted as a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries after completing the Fellowship educational requirements, including Courses 7-8, the Professional Development Requirement, the Fellowship Admission Course, and any additional requirements prescribed by Board of Governors of the Society Actuaries. Students wishing careers in this field are advised to complete the first two examinations and have some preparation toward a third before they complete their undergraduate studies. SUNY-Binghamton is an examination center for several of the actuarial exams. The University itself has nothing to do with the preparation of the exam questions, it is merely an agent of the Society of Actuaries, administering the exams for the convenience of the SUNY-Binghamton students.
Employers are specially interested in students having passed the exam before their senior year.
Such students should also obtain enough training so that an attempt at future exams may be made either before graduation or shortly afterward. Seminar in Actuarial Science. Math 324 is a course specially designed for the preparation for the exam called Course 1 . The Department of Mathematical Sciences has the intention of offering two experimental courses for the preparation of the Course 3 of the actuarial societies. The tentative new courses are Math 449X and Math 450X .