精算科学是所有类型的保险计划，养老金计划和福利计划的设计，筹资和运营的数学和统计基础。称为精算师的精算师从业人员在人寿和健康保险，财产和意外伤害保险以及公共和私人养老金和福利计划的专业领域工作。主要课程包括微积分，线性代数，经济学，金融，会计，概率与统计，精算数学和计算机科学。精算课程不仅涵盖了精算师使用的重要概念，而且学生们也为在精算考试过程中取得进步做好了充分的准备，从而获得了生命和健康或财产和伤亡专业资格。
Actuarial science is the mathematical and statistical underpinning of the design, financing and operation of all types of insurance plans, pension plans and benefit plans. Practitioners of actuarial science, called actuaries, work in the professional areas of life and health insurance, property and casualty insurance, and public and private pension and benefit plans. Major courses are taken in areas including calculus, linear algebra, economics, finance, accounting, probability and statistics, actuarial mathematics, and computer science. Not only do the actuarial courses cover the important concepts used by the actuary but the students are well prepared to progress through the actuarial examination process to earn either life and health or property and casualty professional designations.