Actuarial Science (Honours) at Simon Fraser University

Programme overview

Honours bachelor of science in actuarial science offered by the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science. The program totals 120 units, with at least 60 upper division units including 48 in the honours subject, and requires a 3.0 CGPA to graduate.

Faculty: Faculty of Science | Department: Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science | Study mode: full-time | Location: Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

What you will study

Lower division work includes RISK 101 Introduction to Insurance or RISK 102 The Science of Risk, MATH 150 or 151 Calculus I, MATH 232 or 240 linear algebra, and business foundations BUS 217W, BUS 251 Financial Accounting I and BUS 254 Managerial Accounting I. Upper division courses include Fundamentals of Long-Term Actuarial Mathematics, Advanced Long-Term Actuarial Mathematics, Actuarial Finance and Actuarial Communication.

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Application information

Entry requirements

SFU general admission (BC/Yukon high school): minimum of five approved academic Grade 12 courses including English Studies 12 or equivalent, with at least 70% in Language Arts 11, English 12 or equivalent. Faculty of Science: two of Chemistry 11, Life Sciences 11 and Physics 11; Grade 12 English Studies 12 (or English First Peoples 12), Pre-Calculus 12, and at least two of Anatomy and Physiology 12, Calculus 12, Chemistry 12 and Physics 12. Admission is competitive and based on all approved Grade 11 and 12 courses. AP or IB equivalents are accepted. English language: demonstrated through, for example, 70% in a senior-level English course, IELTS Academic overall 6.5 with no part below 6.0, TOEFL iBT (new scale) overall 4.5 with no part below 4.0 (88 with no part below 20 for tests taken before 21 January 2026), PTE Academic 65 with 60 in each communicative skill, or Duolingo English Test 125.Continuation in the honours program requires at least a 3.0 GPA in RISK (or ACMA), CMPT, MACM, MATH and STAT courses; prerequisites need C- or better for STAT courses and C or better for RISK courses.

Requirements published at faculty level.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the courses you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Fall (September), Spring (January) and Summer (May) terms; most students start in the fall term.

Fall 2027: high school applications open 1 October 2026 and close 31 January 2027; other post-secondary transfer applications open 1 March 2027 and close 15 April 2027. Summer 2027: all applications open 1 December 2026 and close 15 January 2027. Spring 2027: all applications opened 1 July 2026 and close 15 September 2026.

The non-refundable application fee is 86 CAD for domestic students and 130 CAD for international students, payable online by credit card. Applications are submitted through EducationPlannerBC.

Apply through the official page: https://www.sfu.ca/students/admission.html

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