MATH 499A - Senior Seminar: Actuarial Science

Learner Outcome

Activity (optional)

Assessment

Communicate mathematical and statistical ideas clearly and to an appropriate audience.

Assemble a senior portfolio that includes (in part) problem calculations, a lab report, and a project from earlier coursework, revising as necessary.

A lab report and problem write-ups from earlier courses (possibly revised) will be assessed using a rubric that looks specifically at communication and writing.

Recommend and argue for a course of action, in a situation requiring actuarial or statistical expertise.

Small project that involves conducting some analysis, then writing a formal memo recommending a course of action, aimed at an appropriate audience.

The memo will be assessed using a rubric that looks at communication to a specific audience and justifying recommendations.

Prepare documentation/annotation for a spreadsheet or computer program.

Annotate or document either a spreadsheet used in the small project above, or a computer program produced for earlier coursework.

The spreadsheet or computer program will be assessed using a rubric that looks at appropriate documentation and whether the code/spreadsheet could be used or modified by other users.

Communicate professionally in writing.

See activities above.

The elements of the portfolio will be assessed on grammar, mechanics, and clarity of style in addition to mathematical content.

Communicate technical material orally.

Students will make presentations to the class on a topic to be determined by the instructor.

Presentations will be assessed using a rubric that measures whether technical material was communicated in a clear and compelling way.