Speaker: Dr. Gary Parker, SFU

Title: How (not) to get a PhD  - in actuarial science! (Slides)

Abstract: Graduate students generally know what they have to do to get a PhD. Graduate programs have fairly clear degree requirements including course work, comprehensive exam, thesis, etc. Being aware of the most common ways of not getting a PhD is probably just as important. The first part of the talk will examine some of things I kept in mind in order to avoid not getting a PhD. The second part of the talk will briefly discuss popular areas of research in actuarial science.
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