The Graduate Certificate of Finance and Actuarial Statistics is designed for students who wish to:

• Develop a greater understanding of financial, actuarial or statistical principles and their application;
• Gain Part II exemption status for the Institute of Actuaries;
• Improve analytical skills for interpreting and analysing financial, actuarial or statistical information;
• Increase management skills for dealing with organisations, teams and policy issues; and,
• Expand their applied knowledge in various specialised areas of finance, actuarial studies or applied statistics.

 

Students who achieve a GPA of 4.5 for the Graduate Certificate of Finance and Actuarial Statistics with an appropriate specialisation may transfer to one of the RSFAS Masters Programs (Master of Applied Finance, Master of Finance, Master of Actuarial Studies, Master of Actuarial Practice, Master of Statistics).

Learning Outcomes

1. Recognise the important role of finance, actuarial or statistical principles and their application;

2. Demonstrate the necessary analytical skills for interpreting and analysing financial, actuarial or statistical information;

3. Justify and communicate the necessary management skills for dealing with organisations, teams and policy issues, so as to be able to work independently and collaboratively to collect, process, interpret and communicate the outcomes of financial, actuarial or statistical problems; and,

4. Demonstrate the skills necessary to critically engage with and evaluate financial, actuarial or statistical problems.