RMIN 4000. Risk Management and Insurance. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: RISK MAN/INSURANCE.
Risk identification, risk evaluation, and risk treatment methods. Consideration is given to both business and personal risks, with an emphasis on insurance as a risk management tool. Designed for non-majors as well as a basis for more advanced courses.
Offered every year.
RMIN 4000H. Risk Management and Insurance (Honors). 3 hours.
Oasis Title: RISK MAN/INSURANCE.
Not open to students with credit in RMIN 4000.
Risk identification, risk evaluation, and risk treatment methods for Honors students. Consideration is given to both business and personal risks, with an emphasis on insurance as a risk management tool. Designed for non-majors as well as a basis for more advanced courses.
Offered every year.
RMIN 4800. Internship in Risk Management and Insurance. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit.
Oasis Title: INTERNSHIP IN RMI.
Prerequisite: RMIN 4000 and permission of department.
Practical and applied experience in risk management and insurance. Student must be sponsored by a business or government agency.
Non-traditional format: Internship.
Offered every year.
RMIN 5100. Commercial Property and Liability Insurance. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: COM PROP & LIAB INS.
Prerequisite: RMIN 4000.
Property and liability risks and the effective management of these risks with insurance. Application of property insurance to pure risk exposures including direct and indirect property. Application of liability insurance to general business liability and catastrophic liability risks. Current topics in the field of commercial property and liability insurance. Group case study.
Offered every year.
RMIN 5110. Employee Benefits. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: EMPLOYEE BENEFITS.
Prerequisite: RMIN 4000.
Approaches to problems of employee security from the perspective of businesses. Topics include pensions, profit-sharing plans, 401(k) plans, group life and health plans, and flexible benefit programs.
Offered every year.
RMIN 5510. Life Insurance. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: LIFE INSURANCE.
Prerequisite: RMIN 4000.
Individual life, health, and annuity contracts within a financial planning context.
Offered every year.
RMIN 5530/7530. Advanced Property Insurance. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: ADV PROPERTY INS.
Undergraduate prerequisite: RMIN 5100 or permission of department.
Property risks facing businesses and the effective management of these risks with insurance. Practical application of property insurance to pure risk exposures, including direct and indirect property, inland marine, crime, boiler and machinery, and catastrophic property risks.
Offered every year.
RMIN 5540/7540. Advanced Liability Insurance. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: ADV LIABILITY INS.
Undergraduate prerequisite: RMIN 5100 or permission of department.
Liability risks facing businesses and the effective management of these risks with insurance. Practical application of liability insurance to pure risk exposures, including motor vehicle liability, professional and general liability, environmental liability, employment practices and workers' compensation, and fiduciary liability.
Offered every year.
RMIN 5570. Insurer Operations and Policy. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: INSURER OPER & POL.
Prerequisite: RMIN 4000.
Analysis of insurer operations and the issues facing managers of such operations. Topics covered include regulation, accounting, finance, marketing, underwriting, reinsurance, ratemaking, and claims.
Offered every year.
RMIN 5950. Corporate Risk Management. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: CORP RISK MGMT.
Prerequisite: RMIN 5100.
The operational and financial risks faced by firms and the study of various methods of handling these risks, including loss prevention, risk retention, self-insurance, corporate insurance programs, and capital markets.
Offered every year.
RMIN 5990. Directed Study. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit.
Oasis Title: DIRECTED STUDY.
Prerequisite: RMIN 4000.
Individual, advanced study, reading, or projects under the direction of a faculty project director.
Non-traditional format: Directed study.
Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.
RMIN 7000. Master's Research. 1-9 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit.
Oasis Title: MASTER'S RESEARCH.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Research while enrolled for a master's degree under the direction of faculty members.
Non-traditional format: Independent research under the direction of a faculty member.
Offered every year.
RMIN 7005. Graduate Student Seminar. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 45 hours credit.
Oasis Title: GRAD STUDENT SEM.
Advanced supervised experience in an applied setting. This course may not be used to satisfy a student's approved program of study.
Non-traditional format: Seminar.
Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.
RMIN 7100. Fundamentals of Risk Management. 1.5-3 hours.
Oasis Title: FNDMTL OF RISK MGMT.
Not open to students with credit in RMIN 8100.
Fundamentals of Risk Management and Insurance, with emphasis on risk financing through the use of insurance, retention, and non-insurance transfer agreements.
Offered every year.
RMIN 7110. Employee Benefits. 1.5 hours.
Oasis Title: EMPLOYEE BENEFITS.
Not open to students with credit in RMIN 8110.
The design, management, and financing of employee benefit plans. Topics include group life, group health, group disability, and retirement plans. Implications for employers and employees. Public and private approaches to provision of benefits. Regulatory and tax issues. Current topics in the field of employee benefits.
Offered every year.
RMIN 7120. Corporate Risk Management. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: CORP RISK MGMT.
Not open to students with credit in RMIN 8120.
Prerequisite: RMIN 7100.
The operational and financial risks faced by firms and the study of various methods of handling these risks, including loss prevention, risk retention, self-insurance, corporate insurance programs, and capital markets. Extensive use of cases.
Offered every year.
RMIN 7300. Master's Thesis. 1-9 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit.
Oasis Title: MASTER'S THESIS.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Thesis writing under the direction of the major professor.
Non-traditional format: Independent research and thesis preparation.
Offered every year.
RMIN 8990. Directed Study in Risk Management. 1-9 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit.
Oasis Title: DIR ST IN RISK MGMT.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Directed study or research in risk management and insurance.
Non-traditional format: Directed study.
Offered every year.
RMIN 9000. Doctoral Research. 1-9 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit.
Oasis Title: DOCTORAL RESEARCH.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Research while enrolled for a doctoral degree under the direction of faculty members.
Non-traditional format: Independent research under the direction of a faculty member.
Offered every year.
RMIN 9005. Doctoral Graduate Student Seminar. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 45 hours credit.
Oasis Title: DOC GRAD STU SEM.
Advanced supervised experience in an applied setting. This course may not be used to satisfy a student's approved program of study.
Non-traditional format: Seminar.
Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.
RMIN 9300. Doctoral Dissertation. 1-9 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit.
Oasis Title: DOCT DISSERATATION.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Dissertation writing under the direction of the major professor.
Non-traditional format: Independent research and preparation of the doctoral dissertation.
Offered every year.
RMIN 9450. Property and Liability Insurance Seminar. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit.
Oasis Title: PROP & LIAB INS SEM.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Selected topics in property and liability insurance. Special emphasis on academic research. Topics include loss reserves, adverse selection, insurer solvency, underwriting cycles, capital budgeting and property and liability insurance, property and liability rate regulation, and liability insurance issues.
Offered every year.
RMIN 9550. Life and Health Insurance Seminar. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit.
Oasis Title: LIFE & HLTH INS SEM.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Selected topics in life and health insurance. Special emphasis on academic research. Topics include pensions, group health, moral hazard, demand for life insurance, industry structure and productivity, life insurance products and costs, disability insurance, and life insurer asset/liability management.
Offered every year.
RMIN 9650. Risk Theory Seminar. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: RISK THEORY SEMINAR.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Risk theory and its applications including basic concepts of actuarial mathematics. Importance of utility theory and ruin theory to modeling of the insurance process is investigated. Application of probability and statistical techniques to the analysis of pure losses and loss distributions.
Offered every year.