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 required 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

True Blue Core (TBC)	41 hours
College of Business Core	42 hours*
Major Requirements	24 hours
Auxiliary Course	3 hours*
Business Electives	9 hours
Electives	1-10 hours
TOTAL	120 hours

*This program requires courses that can also fulfill requirements of the True Blue Core curriculum. If program requirements are also used to fulfill True Blue Core requirements, the number of elective hours will increase.

True Blue Core (41 hours)

True Blue Core (TBC) requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category.

The following courses required by the program meet True Blue Core requirements:

MATH 1630 , MATH 1810 , or MATH 1910 (Quant Lit)
ECON 2410 (HSSR and business core course)
ECON 2420 (HSSR and business 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.

Major Requirements (24 hours)

FIN 3050 - Principles of Risk Management and Insurance 3 credit hours
FIN 3110 - Financial Modeling 3 credit hours
FIN 3750 - Commercial Insurance 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 Course (3 hours)

MATH 1630 - College Mathematics for Managerial, Social, and Life Sciences 3 credit hours (may be counted in the True Blue Core) OR
MATH 1810 - Applied Calculus I 3 credit hours (may be counted in the True Blue Core) OR
MATH 1910 - Calculus I 4 credit hours (may be counted in the True Blue Core)

Business Electives (9 hours)

Electives (1-10 hours)

Curriculum: Risk Management and Insurance

Freshman

MATH 1630 - College Mathematics for Managerial, Social, and Life Sciences 3 credit hours (Quant Lit) OR
MATH 1810 - Applied Calculus I 3 credit hours (Quant Lit) OR
MATH 1910 - Calculus I 4 credit hours (Quant Lit)
Elective(s) 4 credit hours
ECON 2410 - Principles of Economics, Macroeconomics 3 credit hours (HSSR) *
ECON 2420 - Principles of Economics, Microeconomics 3 credit hours (HSSR) *
Written Communication 3 credit hours
Information Literacy 3 credit hours
Non-Written Communication 3 credit hours
Scientific Literacy 8 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Sophomore

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 *
Creativity and Cultural Expression 6 credit hours
Creativity and Cultural Expression Literature 3 credit hours
History and Civic Learning 6 credit hours
Electives 6 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 - 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.

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