While the Master of Business Administration Program has been designed primarily for the education of management generalists, students can choose a specialized program option in risk management. Focused on the identification, assessment, and prioritization of risks, the risk management concentration of the MBA program is designed to instill the knowledge and skills necessary to successfully manage in times of uncertainty. Students will learn to understand, analyze, and address risk to ensure that organizations achieve their objectives.
Students in the risk management concentration will complete the Master of Business Administration core curriculum as well as four of the concentration-specific electives listed below.
| BA 500 | MBA Fundamentals * | 1 |
| BA 600 | Research Methods in Business and Education | 3 |
| BA 601 | Managerial Economics | 3 |
| BA 602 | Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| BA 605 | Management Communications | 3 |
| BA 625 | Global Strategic Management | 3 |
| BA 643 | Strategic Change Management | 3 |
| BA 620 | Financial Management | 3 |
| or BA 703 | Financial Management in Healthcare Organizations | |
| BA 621 | Marketing Management | 3 |
| or BA 712 | Strategic Marketing for Nonprofit Organizations | |
| or BA 720 | Advanced Sales and Marketing in Hospitality | |
| Four of the following courses must be completed | 12 | |
| Fundamentals of Risk Management | ||
| Employee Benefits | ||
| Crisis Management | ||
| Corporate Risk Management | ||
| Strategic Selling | ||
| Topic/ (Risk Management Elective) | ||
| Total Hours | 37 | |
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If your undergraduate degree is not in Business or a related field, and you have not taken classes in Business or have a substantial amount of experience working in the field, you must complete BA 500 prior to taking any other courses.