<p>I know someone just made a similar thread, but I didn't want to hijack it.</p>
<p>I'm a math major looking into actuarial science (I'm a freshman, so I'm looking into a lot of things), and I've tried to figure out some electives I might want to take for it based on the list of courses at my school that meet VEE requirements, and their prerequisites. I've also looked at the Be an Actuary website. </p>
<p>Is this a good list? Would these courses help me prepare for any other careers?</p>
<p>Math/Statistics
Probability Theory & Application
Financial Mathematics
Basic Statistics for Engineering and Science
Data Analysis and Linear Models
Stochastic Models: Time Series and Markov Chains</p>
<p>The first two are supposed to help with preparing for the first two actuarial exams. I'm taking Probability Theory right now because I like probability anyway, and I might take Financial Mathematics in the spring. </p>
<p>Business
Principles of Microeconomics
Principles of Macroeconomics
Introduction to Financial Accounting
Corporate Finance
Intermediate Corporate Finance</p>
<p>The first two will go toward my social sciences distribution requirement, so I'll probably take them this year no matter what. </p>
Hi, I’m a junior in high school right now and I’m also interested in pursuing a career as an actuary. Since this is 2 years old, you’re ending your sophomore year of college. So, what classes did you end up taking? Any tips or things you wish you’d known when studying to be an Actuary.
@halcyonheather, can you answer this user? Thanks!
I’m not as qualified to answer this as I might have hoped two years ago, because I’ve put more effort into taking pure math classes with the goal of getting a Ph.D. in math. At this point, I haven’t taken any actuarial exams and I’ve only taken probability and microeconomics as far as classes. I’ve recently gotten interested in the field again, and I’m hoping to start taking exams this year.
Exams seem to matter more than classes, even classes that meet VEE requirements. There are alternative ways to meet the VEE requirements after you’ve been hired somewhere.
A lot of actuarial job postings want you to know Excel (including VBA) and some SQL. So I would recommend taking a computer science class on database systems. At my school, the prerequisites for this are introductory programming and data structures.
@halyconheather, wow, great job on going for a PhD in math! I can’t imagine how hard that must be. Even though I’m an engineer, upper-level math gave me a headache, ha.
My mentally ill son is only a couple of math classes away from getting his bachelor’s degree in math, but it’s not looking like he will finish. 
He is SO smart that he has never had to work too hard, but these last couple of classes are challenging and they stress him out. He’s not taking any college classes at all at this point.