BBA in Risk Management and Insurance

Curricular listings include General Education requirements in Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences categories.

Freshman

• ENGL 1010 - Expository Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
• ENGL 1020 - Research and Argumentative Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
• MATH 1630 - College Mathematics for Managerial, Social, and Life Sciences 3 credit hours (Math) or
• MATH 1810 - Applied Calculus I 3 credit hours (Math) or
• MATH 1910 - Calculus I 4 credit hours (Math)
• Elective(s) 4 credit hours
• COMM 2200 - Fundamentals of Communication 3 credit hours (Comm)
• Natural Sciences (2 prefixes) 8 credit hours
• ECON 2410 - Principles of Economics, Macroeconomics 3 credit hours (Soc/Beh Sci) *
• ECON 2420 - Principles of Economics, Microeconomics 3 credit hours *

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Sophomore

• ENGL 2020 - Themes in Literature and Culture 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) or
• ENGL 2030 - The Experience of Literature 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) or
• HUM 2610 - World Literatures 3 credit hours (Hum/FA)
• Humanities and/or Fine Arts (2 prefixes) 6 credit hours
• Social/Behavioral Sciences 3 credit hours
• Elective 3 credit hours
• ACTG 2110 - Principles of Accounting I 3 credit hours *
• ACTG 2120 - Principles of Accounting II 3 credit hours
• BIA 2610 - Statistical Methods 3 credit hours *

Choose 6 hours from:

• HIST 2010 - Survey of United States History I 3 credit hours
• HIST 2020 - Survey of United States History II 3 credit hours
• HIST 2030 - Tennessee History 3 credit hours
• HIST 2040 - Survey African American History I 3 credit hours
• HIST 2050 - Survey African American History II 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Junior

• BLAW 3400 - Legal Environment of Business 3 credit hours
• BCED 3510 - Business Communication 3 credit hours
• MGMT 3610 - Principles of Management 3 credit hours
• MKT 3820 - Principles of Marketing 3 credit hours
• FIN 3050 - Principles of Risk Management and Insurance 3 credit hours §
• FIN 3010 - Principles of Corporate Finance 3 credit hours
• FIN 3750 - Commercial Insurance 3 credit hours §
• FIN 3110 - Financial Modeling 3 credit hours §
• BUS 3000 - The Dale Carnegie Course 3 credit hours
• BIA 3620 - Introduction to Business Analytics 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Senior

• FIN 4730 - Insurance Company Operations 3 credit hours §
• FIN 4750 - Enterprise Risk Management 3 credit hours §
• Business electives 9 credit hours
• INFS 3100 - Principles of Management Information Systems 3 credit hours
• BUAD 4980 - Strategic Management 3 credit hours §

9 credit hours from:

• FIN 3030 - Principles of Real Estate 3 credit hours
• FIN 3090 - Financial Planning 3 credit hours
• FIN 3660 - Life Insurance and Health Insurance 3 credit hours
• FIN 3750 - Commercial Insurance 3 credit hours
• FIN 3810 - Investments 3 credit hours
• FIN 3950 - Corporate Finance 3 credit hours
• FIN 4390 - Employee Benefits 3 credit hours
• FIN 4710 - Insurance in Estate Planning 3 credit hours
• FIN 4730 - Insurance Company Operations 3 credit hours
• FIN 4790 - Independent Study in Insurance 3 credit hours
• FIN 4850 - International Insurance Markets 3 credit hours
• FIN 4880 - Internship in Risk Management or Insurance 3 credit hours

Note:

Students pursuing the CLU should take FIN 3660 and FIN 4710, and students pursuing the CPCU should take FIN 3750 and FIN 4730.

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Note:

*A 2.25 GPA in these courses is required for admission to the Jones College of Business.

§Admission required

Students in the Risk Management and Insurance program are strongly encouraged to work toward achieving professional designations. Four very prestigious insurance and risk management designations are the Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter (CPCU), Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU), Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC), and Certified Financial Planner (CFP). Career opportunities include:

• Actuarial analyst
• Agent
• Broker
• Claims adjuster
• Compliance auditor
• Data mining analyst
• Loss control specialist
• Quality assurance specialist
• Self-employed
• Service representative
• Underwriter