This programme is aimed at assisting students to obtain the professional qualification of an Actuary. Successful students can obtain a maximum of 8 exemptions from the examinations of the Actuarial Society of South Africa (ASSA) during the undergraduate programme based on satisfactory performance in university modules equivalent to ASSA subjects.
The ASSA subjects from which exemptions are available in the undergraduate programme are: A111, A112, A113, A211, A212, A213, A214 and N111. Further exemptions are available in the postgraduate programmes.
Minimum requirements for admission:
However, it is likely that to be admitted to the programme students will also need to have achieved:
| Compulsory Modules | First Semester | Second Semester |
|---|---|---|
| Actuarial Science | 112 | 8 credits | 142 | 16 credits |
| Business Management | 113 | 12 credits | 142 | 6 credits |
| Computer Science | 113 | 16 credits | |
| Economics | 114 | 12 credits | 144 | 12 credits |
| Financial Accounting | 188 | 24 credits (year module) | |
| Mathematics | 114 | 16 credits | 144 | 16 credits |
| Probability Theory and Statistics | 144 | 16 credits | |
| Compulsory Modules | First Semester | Second Semester |
|---|---|---|
| Actuarial Science | 211 | 18 credits | 241 | 22 credits |
| Economics | 214 | 16 credits | |
| Financial Risk Management | 212 | 8 credits | |
| Mathematical Statistics | 214 | 16 credits | 245 | 8 credits |
| 246 | 8 credits | ||
| Mathematics | 214 | 16 credits | 244 | 16 credits |
| Elective Modules At least 8 credits | First Semester | Second Semester |
|---|---|---|
| Economics | 244 | 16 credits | |
| Financial Risk Management | 242 | 8 credits |
| Compulsory Modules | First Semester | Second Semester |
|---|---|---|
| Actuarial Science | 311 | 24 credits | 341 | 24 credits |
| Actuarial Science | 371 | 32 credits (year module) | |
| Mathematical Statistics | 312 | 16 credits | 344 | 16 credits |
| 316 | 16 credits | 364 | 16 credits | |