Insurance and Risk Management, Minor

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The Minor in Insurance and Risk Management is designed for both business and non-business students to prepare them with the academic and professional levels of education needed to advise on insurance and risk management without having to take all of the core business school requisites. The program is available to all students except BSBA students pursuing the Insurance and Risk Management Specialization.

Program Requirements

(19 Credits for Non-Business and 22 Credits for Business Students)

Required Courses

One of the following (3 credits)
ACCT 2000 - Accounting Concepts for Nonbusiness Students
ACCT 2210 - Accounting and Business Concepts I
INS 2100 - Introduction to Insurance and Insurance Careers
FIN 3000 - Business Finance
Required: 3 courses (9 credits)
FIN 4210 - Risk Management and Insurance Planning
INS 3220 - Life and Health Insurance
INS 3230 - Property and Liability insurance

Electives

Choose one course (3 credits) for non-business students and two courses (6 credits) for business students from the following:

Note:

All courses in the Minor in Insurance and Risk Management must be taken for a letter grade.
INS 2100 can be taken in sophomore year.
A grade of C or better in FIN 3000 is required to take any FIN or INS 3000- and 4000-level courses except for INS 3200 and INS 3250 .
Substitute courses must be approved by the Department.
ACCT 2000 cannot be counted toward BSBA degree.
All students must completed at least 15 credit hours toward the minor that are not counted in the student’s major or specialization or another minor. Substitute courses must be approved by the Department.
For non-business students, the total number of hours earned in the College of Business Administration may not exceed 25 percent or 30 hours of the 122 minimum hours needed for graduation, counting the major and minor (six hours of STAT and nine hours of ECON are exempt from this limitation).