Risk Management (RISK)
RISK 1001 - Careers in Risk Management (1 Credit)
This course introduces high school students to the many and varied opportunities in the risk management and insurance industry via visiting professionals and on-site industry visits. This course meets during the summer semester. It is pass/fail. This course is equivalent to RISK 1000 Introduction to Risk Management and Insurance Careers in content. Note: Must be a high school student or recent high school graduate to enroll. CU Denver students cannot enroll. No co-credit with RISK 1000.
Grading Basis: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
RISK 3809 - Introduction to Risk Management (3 Credits)
This course introduces students to the fundamentals of risk and risk management for businesses and individuals. Corporate risk management techniques covered range from insurance to enterprise risk management. Personal risks discussed range from unemployment to retirement.
Grading Basis: Letter Grade
Requires corequisite course of FNCE 3000. Restricted to students with junior or senior standing.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
RISK 3949 - Experiential Learning in RMI Industry (1-3 Credits)
This course connects students to risk management service providers through the Risk Management and Insurance (RMI) Program. The students will intern with a specific provider. The RMI program and faculty will supervise and monitor tasks and assignments, and coordinate with the providers to maximize the learning experience. Repeatable.
Grading Basis: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
Repeatable. Max Credits: 6.
Restriction: Restricted to Juniors and Seniors only.
RISK 4028 - Global Enterprise Sustainability and Resilience (3 Credits)
Study abroad and interact with business leaders to learn how corporations are creating solutions, partnerships, reporting on their sustainability performance, and building resilience to strategic risks such as climate change and water challenges. The course culminates with a business challenge. Cross-listed with RISK 6028.
Grading Basis: Letter Grade
Restriction: Restricted to Junior standing or higher.
Typically Offered: Fall.
RISK 4129 - Practical Enterprise Risk Management (3 Credits)
Enterprise risk management examines all categories of an organization’s risks and expands beyond Hazard risk, covering Strategic, Financial and Operational risks and methods to mitigate these risks. Prominent local Risk Management guest speakers share their experiences with Risk and ERM. Cross-listed with RISK 6129.
Grading Basis: Letter Grade
Typically Offered: Fall.
RISK 4209 - Cyber Risk Management (3 Credits)
Technology underpins every aspect of our lives; these systems face relentless threats. In this course learn how state and non-state actors breach networks, develop risk management strategies to combat these attacks, engage in case studies, and a cyber-attack simulation. Cross-listed with RISK 6209
Grading Basis: Letter Grade
Typically Offered: Fall.
RISK 4309 - Strategic Risk Management (3 Credits)
Introduces the theory and practice of strategic risk management in volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous conditions that increasingly characterize corporate risks. Identify critical risks (climate, reputational, regulatory, disruptive technologies) to a firm, and develop strategies to increase resilience and thrive. Cross-listed with RISK 6309, SUSB 6309.
Grading Basis: Letter Grade
Typically Offered: Fall.
RISK 4509 - Global Risk Management (3 Credits)
A distinctive immersion to explain how risk is transferred globally, through standard insurance markets, surplus lines markets, Lloyds of London, and reinsurers. Includes optional travel to London, which is the home to many of the world’s largest insurers and reinsurers. Cross-listed with RISK 6509.
Grading Basis: Letter Grade
Prereq: One RISK Course
Additional Information: Denver Core Requirement, International Perspectives.
Typically Offered: Spring.
RISK 4609 - Claims Management (3 Credits)
This course will provide an overview of the claims process in the Property and Casualty Insurance world. Students will learn about basic claims handling for personal and commercial claims as well as how to determine coverage and legal issues.
Grading Basis: Letter Grade
Typically Offered: Spring.
RISK 4709 - Life and Health Insurance (3 Credits)
This course introduces students to life and health insurance concepts and policy types with an emphasis on insurance planning for individuals and businesses. The insurance industry and trends within it are also explored. Cross-listed with RISK 6709.
Grading Basis: Letter Grade
RISK 4809 - Principles of Property & Casualty Insurance (3 Credits)
Students learn the fundamentals and uses of personal and commercial property and casualty insurance, including cost and pricing issues. Insurance company financial management and current trends in the insurance industry are also explored.
Grading Basis: Letter Grade
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring.
RISK 4840 - RMI Independent Study (3 Credits)
Grading Basis: Letter Grade
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
RISK 4909 - Corporate Risk Management (3 Credits)
This course provides an overview of the corporate risk management process. It considers the ways companies identify their risk exposures, the tools used to measure and mitigate those exposures including the latest developments in alternative risk transfer, and ultimately, how risk management adds value to the firm.
Grading Basis: Letter Grade
Requires prerequisite course of RISK 3809 (minimum grade C). Restriction: Restricted to undergraduate Business majors with junior standing or higher.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring.
RISK 4950 - Special Topics (3 Credits)
Current topics in risk will be occasionally offered. Cross-listed with RISK 6800. Repeatable.
Grading Basis: Letter Grade
Repeatable. Max Credits: 6.
Restriction: Restricted to Juniors and Seniors only.