Actuarial Science
The MBA program provides the skills needed by future business leaders and future management consultants, such as creative decision making, leadership, and the ability to work as a member of a team. The actuarial science concentration focuses on mathematical modeling. Qualified students who wish to acquire both sets of skills should enroll in the MBA program with a concentration in actuarial science. Applicants will be required to meet the admission requirements for both the MBA and the MAS programs.

The concentration in actuarial science requires students to have completed courses equivalent to the following with a minimum grade of C. These courses are described in the "Course Descriptions" chapter of of the Georgia State University Undergraduate Catalog. This catalog is available from the Georgia State University Bookstore and on the web at www.gsu.edu; click on Students then Catalogs.

	AS 4120	Mathematical Statistics for Actuarial Science I
	AS 4130	Mathematical Statistics for Actuarial Science II
	AS 4230	Theory of interest

Students with undergraduate actuarial science courses required who have financial aid should refer to "Courses Eligible to Count Toward Graduate Students' Financial Aid" in this chapter before registering for the first time with graduate status.

The concentration in actuarial science requires 12 semester hours of courses selected from the following list:

	AS 8330	Survival Models and Ruin Theory
	AS 8340	Life Contingencies I
	AS 8350	Life Contingencies II
	AS 8420	Statistical Models for Actuarial Science
	AS 8430	Loss Distributions and Credibility Theory
	AS 8440	Advanced Survival Models
	AS 8510	Life Contingencies III
	AS 8520	Principles of Property and Casualty Ratemaking
	AS 8810	Actuarial Science Graduate Seminar
	MRM 8320	Introduction to Stochastic Actuarial Models
	MRM 8610	Financial Engineering I
	MRM 8620	Financial Engineering II
	MRM 8630	Asset/Liability Management

Business Analysis - Updated August 2002
The overall goal of the major/concentration in business analysis is to provide the student with specialized training in the use of advanced analytical techniques for managerial decision-making.  These areas span data analysis, management science, operations management, project management, business intelligence, and decision support systems.

The contextual topics include data warehousing, data mining, online analytical processing, enterprise resource planning, and supply chain management.  This concentration/major prepares the student for careers in business analysis, business intelligence, project management, information analysis, business development, and competitive intelligence.  The business analysis student will also be well prepared to pursue analytically oriented careers in various functional areas like marketing research, financial/investment analysis, and strategic intelligence.

Required Courses for Concentration and Major (nine semester hours)

Economics
Electives to constitute a concentration (12 semester hours) or a major (18 semester hours) in economics are chosen from any of the courses listed below for which prerequisites have been satisfied:

	Econ 8080	Economics of the Public Sector
	Econ 8200	Business Fluctuations: Trends and Forecasting
	Econ 8220	Human Resources and Labor Markets
	Econ 8230	Experimental Economics
	Econ 8300	Urban Economics
	Econ 8430	Theory of the Firm and Business Strategy
	Econ 8440	Industrial Organization and Antitrust Economics
	Econ 8450	Issues in Public Programs and Tax Policy
	Econ 8460	Economics of the State and Local Public Sector
	Econ 8470	International Public Economics
	Econ 8500	History of Economic Thought
	Econ 8600	Economics of Development
	Econ 8610	Quantitative Development Policy Analysis
	Econ 8700	Economics and the Internet
	Econ 8740	Applied Statistics and Economics
	Econ 8850	International Trade
	Econ 8860	Economics of Global Finance