www.hku.hk/science Undergraduate Current students BSc(Actuarial) Curriculum

and Regulations Academic Advising Student Handbook

www.hku.hk/science Undergraduate Current students BSc(Actuarial) Curriculum

and Regulations Syllabuses

REMARKS: • Core: MUST take • 1 course = 6 credits • 240 credits = graduation • Study AT LEAST 8 semesters (include

exchange, exclude internship) • 1 semester = 30 credits = 5 courses • 1 year = 60 credits = 10 courses • >36 or <24 credits in one sem need

special approval, not allowed in first year

http://www.saasweb.hku.hk/current/as.php

Special approval • Prerequisite not met

– Course Approval Form to department

• Time clash – Course Approval Form to department – not approved unless under very special circumstances

• Taking Course Load Deviating From Normal Load (>36 or <24 credits in 1 semester, or >72 credits in 1 year) – Application form to department – Not for first year students

• Dr. C.K. Cheung – MW502J, eckc@hku.hk

• Dr. K.C. Cheung – MW522, kccg@hku.hk

• Dr. J.K. Woo – MW530, jkwoo@hku.hk

Course Selection Advisor

• Dr. Louis Ng – MW505, flouisng@hku.hk

• Dr. Raymond Wong – MW511, rwong@hku.hk

• Prof. H. Yang – MW526, hlyang@hku.hk

• Dr. K.P. Wat – MW529, watkp@hku.hk

• Prof. K.C. Yuen – MW531, kcyuen@hku.hk – Program Director

Professional Exams

• Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (http://www.actuaries.org.uk/)

• Society of Actuaries (www.soa.org)

– To be an Associate of SoA (ASA): • Exam P, FM, MFE, MFC, C • VEE: Economics, Corporate Finance, Applied

Statistics (https://store.soa.org/Home/VEESchoolSearch/tabid/323/Default.aspx?VEE=displayonly)

• FAP e-learning Course

SOA Preliminary Exams • Exam P

– STAT2901, STAT3902

• Exam FM – STAT2902, STAT3905

• Exam MFE – STAT3910, STAT3911

• Exam MLC – STAT3901, STAT3903, STAT3909

• Exam C – STAT3908, STAT3906

SOA Validation by Educational Experience (VEE)

• VEE Applied Statistical Methods – STAT3907

• VEE Corporate Finance – STAT3904

• VEE Economics – ECON1210, ECON1220

Remarks: There are other courses approved by SOA, but they are not core

courses of the BSc(AC) program. Some of them are mutually exclusive with our core courses.

Internship

• Usually in Year 3 or Year 4 • 6 months (e.g. Jan-June or July -Dec) • Need to apply for leave of absence, and defer the study • “Prelude to Internship”

– Tentatively on Sep 7 (PM)