You’ll be taught theory and methods used by professional actuaries; on how to apply mathematical and statistical skills to minimise financial risk when the stakes are high, in areas such as commerce, government, insurance and finance. You’ll be provided with the crucial basis of core skills in data base programming and management, in developing data processing pipelines and in organising and analysing large and massive data sets. And you’ll be introduced to and use programming language Python and R for statistical analysis and data visualisation. In your third and fourth year, analysing data and methods in group projects will be essential capstone modules for the learning outcomes of the course. Topics include: * Mathematical skills and finance * Computer science and programming * Statistics and operations research * Artificial intelligence, databases and information retrieval * Ethical issues around the use and processing of data * Specialist skills in the areas of big data, data analytics and data science