Risk Management

Boost your credentials as you dive into the management of corporate and property risks.

Risk Management Minor

Expand your career options and gain valuable skills through Susquehanna University’s exciting risk management minor. Open to students from any major, this program delves into the principles of managing both corporate and property risks, with a specific focus on application in the insurance industry.

Upon completion, students will be equipped with the knowledge and practical skills to thrive in business and insurance careers, or other settings where it plays a crucial role. The minor seamlessly integrates professional certifications like the Institute’s Associate of risk management, boosting your credentials and marketability.

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Program Resources

When you enroll at Susquehanna, you’ll be paired with an advisor and application tool to guide you in your course planning and scheduling. The following is an excerpt from the complete course catalog. Enrolled students follow the requirements of the course catalog for the academic year in which they declare each major and/or minor and consult with their advisor(s).

Minor in Risk Management

The Risk Management minor is designed to introduce students to the fundamental principles of risk management, focusing on corporate and property risk, and its application in the insurance industry. Students from any major can complete this minor. They will develop knowledge and skills to succeed in the insurance industry or other settings focusing on managing risk.

Professional certificates such as the Institute’s Associate of Risk Management Certification will be embedded into the curriculum, and they will enhance the knowledge, skills, and credentials of the students who complete this program.

To complete the Risk Management minor, students must have a GPA of at least 2.00 and no grade below C- in the following courses:

Required courses:

4 ACCT-200 Financial Accounting
4 FINC-340 Corporate Financial Management
4 FINC-385 Principles of Risk Management
2 FINC-386 Corporate Risk Management
2 FINC-485 Insurance Company Operations
2 FINC-486 Property Risk Management

Complete a minimum of 4 semester hours from the following:

2 ACCT-220 Introduction to Taxation
2 COMM-215 Professional Selling
4 FINC-442 Portfolio Management
2-4 FINC-487 Topics in Risk Management
1-4 FINC-497 Internship in Risk Management
4 MGMT-361 Human Resource Management

Double-counting Restriction

Only 8 semester hours may be double-counted towards other majors/minors.

A student can declare two majors within the Sigmund Weis School of Business, but they may not declare a double major in both 1) Marketing, and 2) Luxury Brand Marketing & Management. Students must complete all the requirements for both declared majors. Students may only double-count the courses included in the Business Foundation requirements. Therefore, if a course is used to satisfy a requirement of one major, that same course may not be used to fulfill a requirement of the second major within the School of Business.