Risk Management and Insurance, BBA

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Pamela Hurley, Ph.D., Director, Risk Management and Insurance
B486, 713-223-7959

Risk Management and Insurance faculty: Hurley

Students are taught risk management processes for handling business and personal risk exposures including property and liability risks, financial planning, employee benefits and international loss exposures. Courses include content developed by and in collaboration with The Institutes, The American College and the National Alliance for Insurance Education and Research for industry professional designations. These designations are recognized throughout the world and sought by industry professionals and hiring managers, giving UHD graduates a differentiator from other business graduates. Students that earn this degree will have opportunities to interact with industry professionals to evaluate different career paths, apply for internships and secure career positions in this dynamic profession.

Risk management is one of the fastest-growing international business opportunities with a rapidly expanding number of new and replacement positions opening in the next two decades. Within the first five years in the industry, risk management and insurance careers rank third highest in earnings for college graduates. Students can choose from careers with mega-large international companies to entrepreneurial operations and find a lifetime of new and interesting educational and skill development experiences in a diverse and upwardly mobile profession.

UHD BBA graduates will be able to:

communicate in an organized and professional manner.
apply decision-making models.
identify and apply basic business concepts.
identify the factors influencing individual and organizational responsibilities and the ramifications of unethical behavior.

In addition, BBA Risk Management and Insurance graduates will meet the following learning outcomes:

Students will apply the steps of the risk management process (correlation, risk management analysis, agency problems, traditional and enterprise risk management, and be able to price risk).
Students will apply appropriate techniques for risk mitigation (including loss control, insurance or other transfer, hedging, diversification etc.).
Students will apply insurance applications for commercial and personal lines (regulations, operations, types of insurance entities, and functional areas).

Bachelor of Business Administration Programs

All majors within the Bachelor of Business Administration degree share the Texas Common Core requirements and a common core of business course requirements (Business core is listed under the Preparatory Area of the degree plan). These two core areas must be completed in addition to the Major Area and Elective Area of the degree plan.

Students must complete the Texas Common Core Area prior to enrolling in upper-division courses. Upon completion of the Texas Common Core Area requirements and earning the requisite GPA, students should file for admission to the Marilyn Davies College of Business.

Degree Requirements

Texas Common Core Area (42 hours)

Common core requirements may be filled by taking any of the courses listed as options under the heading of Common Core Requirements detailed in the Undergraduate Academic Programs section. To fulfill the Mathematics requirement, MATH 1324, or equivalent, is required. Transfer students who have not completed the institutional requirement are recommended to take UHD 2301 - University Seminar-Communication specifically “Going Virtual: Communication in Cyberspace.” Transfer students whose transfer credits, plus UHD credits, enable them to fulfill the common core and business core requirement in fewer than 90 hours may use free electives to complete the hours needed.

Preparatory Area (45-48 hours)

Complete the following “Business Core”

RMI Major Area (15 hours)

Elective Area (15 hours)

(15 hours of upper-division business courses, of which 6 hours must come from the courses listed below):