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DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND ACTUARIAL SCIENCE Academic Offerings The Department of Mathematics and Actuarial Science offers three undergraduate programs leading to the following degrees: • Bachelor of Science in Actuarial Science* • Bachelor of Science in Data Science • Bachelor of Science in Mathematics* In addition, it offers the following three minors: The Data Science Program is administered by a council of members from several • Minor in Mathematics* departments, including: • Minor in Applied Probability and Statistics* Biology • Minor in Financial Mathematics* Computer Science and Engineering Chemistry Mathematics and Actuarial Science Why should you pursue the Bachelor of Science program in data science? The advances in communication and information technologies have given rise to • The demand for data scientists is currently notably greater than the supply. Data scientists are in the availability of huge datasets. The datasets contain a wealth of knowledge. Data high demand, both locally and globally. Admission Requirements Accreditation science is the study of the generalizable extraction of knowledge from data. It is a • You can enjoy making good use of your mathematical and problem-solving skills in a dynamic new multidisciplinary field. A data scientist is a professional who is able to collect and business environment and be nicely rewarded for success. Students are admitted to the data science AUC is accredited in the United States by the analyze the current and future types and sizes of data and solve the kind of problems • The Department of Mathematics and Actuarial Science prepares you for four of the 10 best jobs as major either upon admission to AUC or after Middle States Commission on Higher Education “The Bachelor of Science in Data Science associated with them. ranked in 2018 by CareerCast.com: successful completion of criteria courses. (MSCHE). • Mathematician (No. 2) High-school students with a mathematics or A wide spectrum of programs are ABET at AUC is – to our knowledge – the first Being a data scientist requires an integrated skill set spanning mathematics, probability, • Statistician (No. 5) science background are accepted based on accredited and approved by the Supreme undergraduate program of its kind in Egypt statistics, machine learning, computational science and programming languages (such • Data Scientist (No. 7) their competitive high-school grades and the Council for Egyptian Universities. as R and Python), as well as a good understanding of real-world problem formulation • Actuary (No.10) capacity of the program. and effective solutions. These areas are most relevant and needed for a very strong Research and the region to cater to the highly increasing program in data science. • Only 20 students are admitted every Prospective Job Fields and Employers Research activities in the Department of year. The total enrollments in four years regional and global market demand for data Mathematics and Actuarial Science cover The data science field is currently experiencing rapid growth due to the availability of • Business analytics, machine learning and business intelligence is expected to be between 75 and 80 a wide range of areas in pure and applied huge and complex real-world data. The demand for data science education has also • National and multinational CIT (communication and information technology) companies students. scientists. This multidisciplinary program is mathematics, actuarial science, statistics, data been increasing exponentially. Accordingly, we need to move away from the traditional • Banks, investment and other financial institutions • Students can declare the major at the gate science and other related fields. way of teaching statistics to meeting the needs of the modern world for data scientists • Consulting firms or within their first three semesters at AUC. hosted by the Department of Mathematics Details concerning individual research interests who can use modern analytic techniques and tools for analyzing data, especially big • Statistical and mathematical research centers • The minimum requirements for declaration and recent activities are found on the personal data. of a major in data science are the same and Actuarial Science, but brings together webpages of faculty members. Areas of active as those for actuarial science (A minimum research include mathematical programming the expertise of a wide spectrum of faculty “The demand for data science education is surging and traditional courses offered by GPA of 3.3 and criteria courses). statistics departments are not meeting the needs of those seeking training.” (Hicks and and optimization, queuing and reliability members from various departments in the Irizarry, 2017). Graduation Requirements models, School of Sciences and Engineering.” A total of 130 credits are required for the history of mathematics, computation of graphical Bachelor of Science in data science as follows: models, topology, category theory, logic, Ali Hadi Requirements: Credits model theory, robust statistics, computational Core 40 statistics, visualization of high dimensional Founder of AUC’s Data Science Program Concentration: data, survival analysis, Bayesian inference Mathematics 21 in reliability, regression analysis, time series, Data Science: 48 multivariate analysis, fatigue and lifetime data Electives: 21 analysis, extreme value distributions, machine learning, artificial intelligence, algorithm analysis, simulation and Bayesian neural and

*For more information about these programs as well as the opportunities to double major in Mathematics and other engineering disciplines, functional networks. please see the Bachelor of Science in Mathematics Brochure.