Risk Management and Insurance, B.B.A.

Economics and Finance
Dave Wood, chairholder, Martin Chair of Insurance
Dave.Wood@mtsu.edu
615-898-2813

In addition to meeting the Jennings A. Jones College of Business requirements, a major in Risk Management and Insurance consists of 24 semester hours of finance and requires a minimum of 2.00 GPA. At least 50 percent of the required major hours must be taken in residence at MTSU.

The program below includes a Business Administration minor. An alternate business minor may be chosen, but it may require total hours for graduation to exceed 120.

Academic Map

Following is a printable, suggested four-year schedule of courses:

Risk Management and Insurance, B.B.A., Academic Map

Degree Requirements

General Education (41 hours)

General Education requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences.

The following courses are required by the program and can satisfy the respective General Education requirement:

MATH 1630, 1810, or 1910 (Math)
ECON 2410 (Soc/Beh Sci and core course)

College of Business Core (42 hours)

All students must complete the College of Business Core which requires 42 hours with a 2.000 GPA. ECON 2410 is included in the core and will also satisfy 3 hours from the Social/Behavioral General Education requirement.

Major Requirements (24 hours)

FIN 3050 - Principles of Risk Management and Insurance 3 credit hours
FIN 3750 - Commercial Insurance 3 credit hours
FIN 3110 - Financial Modeling 3 credit hours
FIN 4730 - Insurance Company Operations 3 credit hours
FIN 4750 - Enterprise Risk Management 3 credit hours

Choose 9 hours from the following:

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 3810 - Investments 3 credit hours
FIN 3950 - Corporate Finance 3 credit hours
FIN 4390 - Employee Benefits 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
BLAW 3460 - Insurance Law 3 credit hours
MKT 3840 - Professional Selling 3 credit hours

Auxiliary Courses (12 hours)

MATH 1630 - College Mathematics for Managerial, Social, and Life Sciences 3 credit hours (may be counted in General Education) OR
MATH 1810 - Applied Calculus I 3 credit hours (may be counted in General Education) OR
MATH 1910 - Calculus I 4 credit hours (may be counted in General Education)
Business electives 9 credit hours

Electives

To make 120 hours

Total hours in program: 120

Curriculum: 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.