精算科学通过开发模型来评估不确定的未来事件对当前财务的影响，为改善财务决策提供了基础。由于精算师将分析和商业技能相结合，因此被称为金融建筑师和社会数学家，这些精算师被用来应对全球范围内日益增长的各种金融和社会挑战。精算师专门研究公司融资，投资，银行，保险或房地产。精算学是一门使用数学和统计模型来评估和管理风险以及解决新出现的金融和社会问题的学科。毕业生独特的分析和商业技能相结合，在保险和金融服务行业中尤其有价值。他们将自己的技能应用于人寿，健康，社会和伤亡保险，年金和养老金的计算中。传统上，他们参与开发自
Actuarial science is a discipline that uses mathematical and statistical models to solve problems in insurance and finance. UTSA's Actuarial Science degree will have you taking interdisciplinary courses in mathematics, statistics, economics and finance. Youll learn how to help organizations make good business decisions and help them solve complex corporate problems. Youll train to become an actuary, a profession that's involved in everything from developing probability tables for natural disasters and unemployment to measuring risk for mainstream industries like health and insurance.<br>The mission of the Department of Management Science and Statistics is to offer both undergraduate and graduate educational programs that are of high quality and meet the changing needs of the global community, to provide a supportive learning environment for students, to foster the success of our students in their professional careers, and to create an academic environment that stresses excellence in teaching, intellectual contributions, and service. The Department contributes to the missions of the College and the University through research and education in the quantitative sciences. Theory and analysis are applied to a variety of interdisciplinary problems to discover new approaches for meeting the challenges of decision making in a global arena of expanding technology and information.