Spring 2027

Seminar in Actuarial Science, Risk Management & Insurance I

Doctoral seminar in actuarial science, risk management and insurance focusing on appreciating existing literature and developing skills for independent scholarly work.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Justin Sydnor3.9/5Tyler Leverty3.9/5

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2014: 3.83 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.93 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Analyze and critique existing literature in actuarial science, risk management and insurance.

  • Develop skills to conduct scholarly work that makes significant contributions to the body of knowledge in the field.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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Graduate/professional standing or declared in graduate Business Exchange program

    • Graduate/professional standing
    • declared in graduate Business Exchange program
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RMI 920

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  • Any of
    • Graduate/professional standing
    • declared in graduate Business Exchange program

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Raw average: 4.71/5 from 7 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.93 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

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Raw average: 4.80/5 from 5 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

JUSTIN SYDNOR is recorded teaching in Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SEM 001Classroom Instruction0 / 120

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2014: 3.83 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.93 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Actuarial Science
  • Risk Management
  • Insurance
  • Scholarly Work and Literature Analysis

Skills

  • Analyze and critique existing literature in actuarial science, risk management and insurance.
  • Conduct scholarly work that makes significant contributions to the body of knowledge in the field.

Grades

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RMI 920 · Spring 2027

Seminar in Actuarial Science, Risk Management & Insurance I

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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