Mathematics, Actuarial Science

Program Overview & Highlights

Honours 4-Year Program
BMath

Be the person with the answers! Develop your critical thinking skills to solve complex challenges and problems in financial and insurance industries. Our supportive learning environment with small class sizes and engaging professors will prepare you for an actuarial designation. Upon graduation, you’ll move into an in demand career assessing risks in the insurance and finance industries.

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Admission Requirements

High School Student from Canada

Course Requirements: Advanced Functions/MHF4U, Calculus & Vectors/MCV4U, English/ENG4U
Minimum Average: 70% (70% average in all attempted math courses)
Mean Average: 87%

High School Student from Outside Canada and the United States (International)

Course Requirements: Advanced Functions/MHF4U, Calculus & Vectors/MCV4U, English/ENG4U
Minimum Average: 70% (70% average in all attempted math courses)
Mean Average: 87%

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Career Tracks

Actuary
Financial sector
Financial Consulting
Pension Consulting
Insurance Underwriter
Financial Analyst
Pensions Analyst
Data Scientist

Related Programs

Mathematics and Statistics

Mathematics with Finance Concentration

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Term: Fall 2025

Important Notes

Required Course Notes

MATH 1250 or MATH 1260¹
MATH 1720 or MATH 1760¹
COMP 1400^*
ECON 1100
ACCT 1510

^* Course with lab

¹ Students who have credit for MCV4U Calculus and Vectors will take MATH 1250 and MATH 1720; those who do not have this credit will take MATH 1260 and MATH 1760.

Required Courses

ACCT 1510: Principles of Financial Accounting

COMP 1400: Introduction to Algorithms and Programming I

ECON 1100: Introduction to Economics I

MATH 1250: Linear Algebra I

This course will cover linear systems, matrix algebra, determinants, n-dimensional vectors, dot product, cross product, orthogonalization, eigenvalues, eigenvectors, diagonalization and vector spaces. (Prerequisites: Both Ontario Grade 12 Advanced Functions (MHF4U) and Calculus and Vectors (MCV4U) or MATH-1280.) (Antirequisites: MATH-1260, MATH-1270.) (3 lecture hours, 2 tutorial hours per week.)

MATH 1260: Vectors and Linear Algebra

This course is for students without Ontario Grade 12 Calculus and Vectors (MCV4U). The course MATH- 1250 is for students with MCV4U. This course will cover vectors, three-dimensional geometry, linear systems, matrix algebra, determinants, n- dimensional vectors, dot product, cross product, orthogonalization, eigenvalues, eigenvectors, diagonalization and vector spaces. The course is equivalent to MATH-1250 for all prerequisite purposes. (Prerequisite: Ontario Grade 12 Advanced Functions (MHF4U).) (Antirequisites: MATH-1250, MATH-1270.) (4 lecture hours, 2 tutorial hours per week.)

MATH 1720: Differential Calculus

This course will cover trigonometric functions and identities, inverse trigonometric functions, limits and continuity, derivatives and applications, mean value theorem, indeterminate forms and l’Hôpital’s rule, antiderivatives and an introduction to definite integrals. This course is for students who have taken both Ontario Grade 12 Advanced Functions (MHF4U) and Ontario Grade 12 Calculus and Vectors (MCV4U). Students who do not have credit for MCV4U should take MATH-1760. (Prerequisites: Ontario Grade 12 Advanced Functions (MHF4U) and Ontario Grade 12 Calculus and Vectors (MCV4U) or MATH-1780.) (Antirequisite: MATH-1760.) (3 lecture hours, 1 tutorial hour per week.)

MATH 1760: Functions and Differential Calculus

This course will cover a review of functions, trigonometric functions and identities, transcendental functions, inverse trigonometric functions, introduction to limits, continuity, derivatives and applications, mean value theorem, indeterminate forms and l’Hôpital’s rule, antiderivatives and an introduction to definite integrals. This course is for students who have taken Ontario Grade 12 Advanced Functions (MHF4U), but have not taken Ontario Grade 12 Calculus and Vectors (MCV4U). Students who have credit for MCV4U should take MATH-1720. The course is equivalent to MATH-1720 for all prerequisite purposes. (Prerequisite: Ontario Grade 12Advanced Functions (MHF4U).) (Antirequisite: MATH-1720.) (4 lecture hours, 1 tutorial hour per week.)

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