2024-2025 Academic Catalog

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Risk Management (RISK)

RISK 5939 -  Experiential Learning in RMI Industry  (1-3 Credits)  
This course connects students to risk management service providers through the Risk Management and Insurance (RMI) Program. The students will intern with a specific provider. The RMI program and faculty will supervise and monitor tasks and assignments, and coordinate with the providers to maximize the learning experience. Max hours: 3 Credits.
Grading Basis: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
RISK 6028 -  Global Enterprise Sustainability and Resilience  (3 Credits)  
Study abroad and interact with business leaders to learn how corporations are creating solutions, partnerships, reporting on their sustainability performance, and building resilience to strategic risks such as climate change and water challenges. The course culminates with a business challenge. Restriction: Restricted to graduate majors and NDGR majors with a sub-plan of NBA within the Business School. Cross-listed with RISK 4028. Max hours: 3 Credits.
Grading Basis: Letter Grade
Restriction: Restricted to graduate majors and NDGR majors with a sub-plan of NBA within the Business School.
Typically Offered: Fall.
RISK 6129 -  Practical Enterprise Risk Management  (3 Credits)  
Enterprise risk management examines all categories of an organization’s risks and expands beyond Hazard risk, covering Strategic, Financial, and Operational risks and methods to mitigate these risks. Prominent local Risk Management guest speakers share their experiences with Risk and ERM. Cross-listed with RISK 4129. Term offered: fall. Max hours: 3 Credits.
Grading Basis: Letter Grade
Typically Offered: Fall.
RISK 6209 -  Cyber Risk Management  (3 Credits)  
Computer networks and the data that travels upon them are under constant and increasing attack. This course will focus on a discussion of how state and non-state actors utilize this form of asymmetrical warfare to infiltrate government and corporate networks, risk management responds and risk strategies apply. Cross-listed with RISK 4209. Max hours: 3 Credits.
Grading Basis: Letter Grade
RISK 6309 -  Strategic Risk Management  (3 Credits)  
Introduces the theory and practice of strategic risk management in volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous conditions that increasingly characterize corporate risks. Identify critical risks (climate, reputational, regulatory, disruptive technologies) to a firm, and develop strategies to increase resilience and thrive. Cross-listed with RISK 4309, SUSB 6309. Max Hours: 3 Credits.
Grading Basis: Letter Grade
Typically Offered: Fall.
RISK 6409 -  Employee Benefits and Workforce Risk Management  (3 Credits)  
The course surveys an array of popular employee benefit programs to attract, protect, and retain valued employees. It also focusses on risk management programs that invest in human capital and address the downside risks of employing a workforce. Cross-listed with RISK 4409 and MGMT 4460/6760. Max hours: 3 Credits.
Grading Basis: Letter Grade
RISK 6509 -  Global Risk Management  (3 Credits)  
A distinctive immersion to explain how risk is transferred globally, through standard insurance markets, surplus lines markets, Lloyds of London, and reinsurers. Includes optional travel to London, which is the home to many of the world’s largest insurers and reinsurers. Prereq: One RISK course. Cross-listed with RISK 4509. Term offered: spring. Max hours: 3 Credits.
Grading Basis: Letter Grade
Prereq: One RISK Course
Typically Offered: Spring.
RISK 6709 -  Life and Health Insurance  (3 Credits)  
This course introduces students to life and health insurance concepts and policy types with an emphasis on insurance planning for individuals and businesses. The insurance industry and trends within are also explored. Prereq: BUSN 6640. Cross-listed with RISK 4709. Max hours: 3 Credits.
Grading Basis: Letter Grade
Prereq: BUSN 6640.
RISK 6809 -  Principles of Risk Management & Insurance  (3 Credits)  
This course prepares students for advanced work in insurance and RM. The course first covers the nature of risk and risk fundamentals, insurer operations and insurance regulation. It then considers the principal techniques of managing risk exposures and the basis of decision making in management of business and personal risks. Coreq: BUSN 6640 or permission of instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits.
Grading Basis: Letter Grade
Coreq: BUSN 6640
RISK 6840 -  Independent Study  (3 Credits)  
Max hours: 3 Credits.
Grading Basis: Letter Grade
RISK 6909 -  Corporate Risk Management  (3 Credits)  
This course provides an overview of the corporate risk management process. It considers the ways companies identify their risk exposures, the tools used to measure and mitigate those exposures including the latest developments in alternative risk transfer, and ultimately, how risk management adds value to the firm. Coreq: BUSN 6640. Max hours: 3 Credits.
Grading Basis: Letter Grade
Co-req: BUSN 6640