Risk Management and Insurance, B.S.B.A.
Program Overview
This highly-ranked risk management and insurance program equips students with decision-making skills, risk analysis frameworks, and industry knowledge. Students explore courses in insurance, corporate risk, health economics, and potentially business analytics. This program fosters professional and personal intelligence, preparing graduates for careers in insurance, banking, small business, and corporations.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
This major, consistently ranked as one of the best of its kind in the nation, focuses on developing decision-making skills in the face of uncertainty and providing an understanding of risk transfer markets. The risk management and insurance program provides students with frameworks, models, analytical skills and a holistic, enterprise-wide perspective of risk. Organizations of all kinds are placing greater emphasis on identifying and managing risk and creating demand for risk managers across a wide range of industry sectors.
Outline:
You'll earn 122 credit hours of coursework for this degree. In addition to the well-rounded Carolina Core and business core, you'll take a range of courses related to risk management and insurance, including life insurance, property and liability insurance, corporate risk management and health economics. You may also pursue a business analytics concentration.
Careers:
Potential Careers:
- Insurance Underwriter
- Insurance Broker
- Investment Analyst
- Risk Manager
- Insurance Marketing Representative Workplace Settings:
- Insurance
- Banking
- Small Business
- Corporations
Other:
- A Global Center for Insurance Excellence: Study at one of 12 schools in the nation and 20 in the world to receive this designation by the International Insurance Society.
- Risk and Uncertainty Management Center: Learn more about risk management and decision-making skills through real-world project assessment and strategy development.
- Building Skills: Gain the professional and personal intelligence it takes to have a successful career.
- Manage Risk: Identifying potential hazards and implementing measures to mitigate or prevent negative outcomes
- Customer Service: Providing assistance and support to customers to ensure satisfaction with a product or service
- Analytical Reasoning: Breaking down complex problems or situations to identify patterns, connections and solutions
- Critical Thinking: Analyzing and evaluating information to make informed decisions or judgments
- Decision-making Expertise: Applying critical thinking and analytical skills to make informed and effective decisions
