What are the UBC courses that are useful preparation for the actuarial exams (Society of Actuaries = SOA).?

The latest information on SOA (Society of Actuaries) exams is at:

https://www.soa.org/education/exam-req/edu-asa-req/

There have been several recent changes.

1. Exam P: Probability; prepare with Math/Stat 302 and part of Stat 305.

2. Exam FM : Financial Math (this covers much more material than compound
interest)

3. MFE: Models for Financial Economics 
https://www.soa.org/education/exam-req/edu-exam-mfe-detail/
After July 1, 2018 this exam was revised and renamed the Investment and Financial Markets Exam. 
It is no longer required in 2023; some of this might be absorbed into
the new exam FM.

4. Exam MLC: Models for Life Contingencies 
https://www.soa.org/education/exam-req/edu-exam-m-detail/
After July 1, 2018 this exam was revised and renamed the Long-Term Actuarial Mathematics Exam. LTAM. 
In Oct 2022, it becomes 
FAM = Fundamentals of Actuarial mathematics, or
ALTAM = Advanced Long-Term Actuarial Mathematics.

5. Exam C: Construction and Evaluation of Actuarial Models
https://www.soa.org/education/exam-req/edu-exam-c-detail/
After July 1, 2018 this exam was revised and renamed the Short-Term Actuarial Mathematics Exam STAM.
In 2023, it becomes ASTAM = Advanced  Short-Term Actuarial Mathematics.

6. VEE (Validation by Educational Experience) 
https://www.soa.org/education/exam-req/edu-vee

VEE for Economics remains.
The previous VEE for Applied Statistics (regression, time series)
has been replaced by VEE Mathematical Statistics (most but not all
of the material is covered by Stat 305 at UBC).
 

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