Courses

Registration dates 2024-2025

The registration to the track could be done in each beginning of each trimester. The AOL is open for 10 days. 

T1 : 30/09 to 08/10/2024

T2 : 13/01 to 22/01/2025

T3 : 07/04 to 16/04/2025

Please note that the two courses by Marie Kratz (IDSD31375 & IDSM31183) changed their dates. They will take place, given the actual santory situation, on Friday. 

List of the 10 required courses at ESSEC (IDS & Finance Departments)

IDS Department

IDSD31375 - Quantitative Risk Management (T3)

IDSM31183 - Financial Mathematics (T3)

IDSS31161 - Introduction to Econometrics (T1)

IDSS21020 - Modélisation statistique (pre-master period) (for ASC Students) 
or
IDSS21021 - Statistical Modeling

Highly recommended but not mandatory :
IDSS31269 Stochastic Modelling for DA&ML (Given only once every two years from fall 2022). 

IDSS32102 - Big Data Analytics [(T1) 

IDSS32202 - Financial Econometrics (T2) 

IDSI31137 - Python Programming (T1, T2, T3)

Finance Department

FINM31165 - Financial Markets

FINM31261 - Portfolio management 

FINM31271 - Options


List of the 10courses at ISUP

                                       Master 1                                                                                                                     Master 2

Semester 1

UE Etique et Normes de l'Actuariat

Droit du contrat d'assurance*


UE Etique et Normes de l'Actuariat

Professionnalisme

Semester 2

UE Assurance 1

Econométrie de l'Assurance non-vie

UE Assurance 1

Econométrie de l'Assurance vie

UE Assurance 1

Règlementation des assurances

Semester 3

UE Risk Management

Statistiques des Modèles de durée

UE Assurance 2

Réassurance

UE Science des données Communication, étique et Big Data

UE Assurance 2

Comptabilité en assurance

UE Assurance 2

Assurance de Groupe et prévoyance sociale*

​*For French speaking students. Foreign students who are not fluent in French, are required to take French classes instead, as well as to do a study and report comparing the French regulation with that of their own country (required by the 'Institut des Actuaires', from Fall 2023).

Semester 1 & 3 : from September to January

Semester 2 & 4 : from January to June

** the two periods at ISUP can be done one following the other, for example when you finish all ESSEC courses in 2022-2023, you could do the first and third semester from september 2022 to January 2023 and the second and fouth semester from January 2023 to June 2023. After this you can directly stard the 6 months internship in order to prepare your Actuarial Thesis.