Risk Management & Insurance

Students complete 15 credits from the courses below to earn the Certificate in Risk Management & Insurance.

If you have already completed Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) courses, as many as two of the certificate courses can be waived, giving you a jump start toward earning your certificate. 

• View course descriptions for prerequisites and co-requisites.

Required Courses	Credits
RMI 210 Fundamentals of Risk Management & Insurance	3
RMI 220 Operations & Management of Insurance Companies	3
Pick three of the following courses:
RMI 301 Personal Property-Casualty Risk Management & Insurance	3
RMI 303 Project Management	3
RMI 350 Life & Health Insurance	3
RMI 401 Commercial Property-Casualty Risk Management & Insurance	3
Total Credits Required	15

Students must complete the degree requirements for the Bachelor of Science in addition to the major requirements listed below.

• View course descriptions for prerequisites and co-requisites.

Major Courses

Courses	Credits
RMI 210 Fundamentals of Risk Management & Insurance	3*
RMI 220 Operations & Management of Insurance Companies	3*
RMI 301 Personal Property-Casualty Risk Management & Insurance	3*
RMI 303 Project Management	3*
RMI 401 Commercial Property-Casualty Risk Management & Insurance	3*

Select two courses from the following:

Courses	Credits
BUS 370 Professional Selling	3*
ECN 260 Financial Institutions & Markets	3*
ECN 325 Intermediate Microeconomics	3*
FIN 410 Investments	3*
RMI 350 Life & Health Insurance	3*
RMI 497 Internship in Risk Management & Insurance	3*
PRS/BUS 265 Business Writing & Presentations	3*

Business Core Courses

Courses	Credits
ACT 210 Accounting for Financial Decision Making	3*
ACT 220 Accounting for Managerial Decision Making	3*
BUS 220 Principles of Marketing	3*
BUS 240 Management & Organization Behavior	3*
BUS 250 Legal Environments of Business	3*
BUS 318 Business & Society	3*
BUS 343 Human Resource Management	3*
BUS 479 CORE: Strategic Management	3*
FIN 325 Managerial Finance	3*
ECN 207 Principles of Microeconomics	3*
ECN 208 Principles of Macroeconomics	3*

Select one course from the following:

Courses	Credits
CIS 107 Computer Applications	3*
CIS 234 Database Management Systems	3*

Required Correlatives

Courses	Credits
MTH 140 Introduction to Statistics	3
PHL 346 Principles of Business Ethics	3

Total Credits Required	63

* Used to calculate the Major GPA

The course plan below is a sample plan for your major; it does not and should not replace meeting with your Academic Advisor to map out the best course plan that suits your individual academic goals and placement upon initial registration.

Classes listed may not necessarily be offered during a particular term. 

Year 1
Fall Semester	Spring Semester
ENG 110	ENG 111
CORE 179	ACT 220
ECN 207	BUS 220
ACT 210	ECN 208
MTH 140	THL

Year 2
Fall Semester	Spring Semester
CORE 279	BUS 250
BUS 240	PHL 346
FIN 325	RMI 220
RMI 210	CIS 107
HST	Art/Music/Theatre

Year 3
Fall Semester	Spring Semester
CORE 379	BUS 343
BUS 318	RMI 303
RMI 301	Required Elective
Required Elective	THL
LNG 242	Social/Behavioral Science

Year 4
Fall Semester	Spring Semester
BUS 479	Natural Science
RMI 401	Elective
LIT	Elective
PHL	Elective
Elective	Elective

Student either needs a Minor or Emphasis (complete 9 credit hours) but could also do both.

• Required Elective – choose two classes: BUS 370, ECON 260, ECN 325, FIN 410, RMI 350, RMI 497, PRS/BUS 265

Academic Advisors should help students pick Emphasis Electives and Minors based on career path. Other electives should be towards minor or graduate school prerequisites (meet with Advisor) and all students need 120 credits (15 credits per semester) to graduate in 4 years.