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 500MBA Fundamentals *1
BA 600Research Methods in Business and Education3
BA 601Managerial Economics3
BA 602Managerial Accounting3
BA 605Management Communications3
BA 625Global Strategic Management3
BA 643Strategic Change Management3
BA 620Financial Management3
or BA 703 Financial Management in Healthcare Organizations
BA 621Marketing Management3
or BA 712 Strategic Marketing for Nonprofit Organizations
or BA 720 Advanced Sales and Marketing in Hospitality
Four of the following courses must be completed12
Fundamentals of Risk Management
Employee Benefits
Crisis Management
Corporate Risk Management
Strategic Selling
Topic/ (Risk Management Elective)
Total Hours37
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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.