03-20-2006, 10:11 PM
Hi alphawerewolf,
Congrats on your offer. Cass Business School alongwith LSE, Heriot Watt,Kent, and Southampton are the only Unis to offer undergrad actuarial science programmes. If you do well enough on your courses you could be eligible for exemptions to up to all the CT-100 stage subjects of the IoA board so its definitely worth it.
Further Maths will definitely help towards your studies in actuarial science. More statistics mdoules wil obviously give you an advantage as you would be familiar with the major statistical distributions being used before even starting your degree. Even the further pure maths modules, if not always directly relevant in terms of syllabus content to actuarial work, will help develop the skills required for the challenging course e.g. through working out complex integrals you strengthen your concentration/problem solving skills.
University courses in economics generally don't assume prior knowledge of the subject, although they will cover the material very quickly so those that have studied economics before are usually at an advantage. You don't have to have studied economics in detail beforehand, but if you have some sort of basic understanding of the subject it definitely helps.
Regarding, part-time work it depends on how well you can juggle your committments. Obviously being an international student in London will be expensive.I'd imagine your degree would be quite demanding, so it will really be up to you to see whether you have the time and energy outside of that to do part-time work. As a guideline, doing a typical part-time job ( e.g. at a checkout till at some store) could earn you around £5-£6 an hour - although in London this could be higher. Say for instance you work 3 times a week, for 4hrs - you could get £60-£70 a week during term-time, and during holidays you can work out for yourself how much you can work, and what the corresponding earnings will be.
Hope that helps. All the best.
Congrats on your offer. Cass Business School alongwith LSE, Heriot Watt,Kent, and Southampton are the only Unis to offer undergrad actuarial science programmes. If you do well enough on your courses you could be eligible for exemptions to up to all the CT-100 stage subjects of the IoA board so its definitely worth it.
Further Maths will definitely help towards your studies in actuarial science. More statistics mdoules wil obviously give you an advantage as you would be familiar with the major statistical distributions being used before even starting your degree. Even the further pure maths modules, if not always directly relevant in terms of syllabus content to actuarial work, will help develop the skills required for the challenging course e.g. through working out complex integrals you strengthen your concentration/problem solving skills.
University courses in economics generally don't assume prior knowledge of the subject, although they will cover the material very quickly so those that have studied economics before are usually at an advantage. You don't have to have studied economics in detail beforehand, but if you have some sort of basic understanding of the subject it definitely helps.
Regarding, part-time work it depends on how well you can juggle your committments. Obviously being an international student in London will be expensive.I'd imagine your degree would be quite demanding, so it will really be up to you to see whether you have the time and energy outside of that to do part-time work. As a guideline, doing a typical part-time job ( e.g. at a checkout till at some store) could earn you around £5-£6 an hour - although in London this could be higher. Say for instance you work 3 times a week, for 4hrs - you could get £60-£70 a week during term-time, and during holidays you can work out for yourself how much you can work, and what the corresponding earnings will be.
Hope that helps. All the best.
