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Actuarial Sciences

A.A. Degree, General

Pre-major, Actuarial Sciences
Subplan Code: MTH-ACTS
CIP: 1192401010

This program is designed to meet the common prerequisites required for students transferring with an Associate in Arts (A.A.) degree to the Actuarial Sciences major at a public college or university in the State of Florida. Students will complete the A.A., General degree, including common program prerequisites for their program of choice. Students must work with SCC Student Services counselors, advisers or specialists to make sure the required courses are taken and entry requirements are met for the college/university program of choice. It is the students' responsibility to contact the Student Services advising staff to ensure that their degree program contains the appropriate courses and prerequisites for their selected baccalaureate degree program. Students may also refer to the online A.A. Transfer Evaluation through www.FACTS.org for further information on their transfer program of choice.

Note to students planning to transfer:

Effective June 2009, the University of Central Florida has discontinued its Actuarial Sciences Program.


Major Courses
Completion of the A.A. General degree to include the following pre-major courses:
COPXXXXComputer Language (C, C+, or C++)3
ECO2013Principles of Economics (MACRO)
An introductory course covering the nature, scope and methods of economics, economic concepts and economic institutions. Emphasis is placed upon production, consumption, determination of prices, distribution of income, fiscal policy, national income determinants, money and banking and comparative economic systems. This course partially satisfies the writing requirement of S.B.E. 6A-10.030.
ECO2023Principles of Economics (MICRO)
A course dealing primarily with economic problems. Emphasis is given to markets, production functions, economic role of government, agricultural problems, labor-management relations, imperfect competition, interest and capital, economic security, international trade and finance and economic development. This course partially satisfies the writing requirement of S.B.E. 6A-10.030.
MAC2311Analytic Geometry and Calculus I
This is a first course in analytic geometry and the theory and application of calculus. Selected topics include a review of functions, limits and continuity, the derivative, differentiation of algebraic and transcendental functions and their inverses, the Mean Value and Intermediate Value Theorems, extrema and graph sketching, area and the definite integral, anti-differentiation and the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus and integration of transcendental functions and their inverses. The graphing calculator will be used throughout the course. Students should ask the instructor which calculator will be used. This course partially satisfies the mathematics requirement (S.B.E. 6A-10.030).
MAC2312Analytic Geometry and Calculus II
This course is a continuation of MAC 2311. Selected topics include conics, translation and rotation of axes, techniques of integration, arc length and other applications of the definite integral, polar coordinates, indeterminate forms and improper integrals, infinite sequences and series and Taylor's Formula. The graphing calculator will be used throughout the course. Students should ask the instructor which calculator will be used. This course partially satisfies the mathematics requirement (S.B.E. 6A-10.030).
MAC2313Analytic Geometry and Calculus III
This course is a continuation of MAC 2312. Selected topics include parametric equations, vectors in the plane and 3-space, directional derivatives and curvature, quadric surfaces, cylindrical and spherical coordinates, differential calculus of functions of two and three variables and multiple integration. The graphing calculator and a computer algebra system will be used throughout the course. Students should ask the instructor which calculator will be used. This course partially satisfies the mathematics requirement (S.B.E. 6A-10.030).
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Math professor Bill Jordan has been honored for curriculum development by the National Council of Instructional Administrators.

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