MATH 178CFoundations of Actuarial Mathematics: Loss Models
Mathematics · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Study of loss models associated with actuarial problems. Covers severity, frequency, and aggregate loss models, parameter estimation (frequentist, Bayesian), model selection, and credibility.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Spring 2026
- Spring 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
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Requisite: course 178B.
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MATH 178C
- MATH 178BFoundations of Actuarial Mathematics: Additional Topics in Long-Term Actuarial Mathematics
- MATH 170BProbability Theory II
- MATH 170SIntroduction to Probability and Statistics 2: Statistics
- MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Series
- STATS 100BIntroduction to Mathematical Statistics
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