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Principles of Risk Management covers the nature of risk, insurance markets, and decision-making techniques for effective risk management.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Grading relies on three open-note exams based entirely on lectures, with no textbook provided. Success requires active participation and attending every lecture to capture test material.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026RMI 365 explores subject areas potentially to be introduced into the business curriculum.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026RMI 399 is an independent reading and research course in Risk Management tailored to individual undergraduate student needs.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
RMI 635 examines captive insurance structures, feasibility processes, and financial performance measurement techniques.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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Spring 2022–Fall 2025 · limited sampleManagement of insurance enterprise covering operations, underwriting, rating, and regulation.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Historical reviews of Carl Barlett, Daniel Kaiser, Kristina Talkowski: Barlett’s course requires attendance and hard work. Kaiser’s exams were free-response with no objective rubric or feedback, making grading unclear. Talkowski’s exams were manageable if students engaged in lecture, though one student found her assignment directions unclear.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026RMI 645 examines corporate insurance products, their economic underpinnings, and their application to organizational contexts.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Reviewers disagree on exam difficulty; one finds them extremely difficult to study for due to missing slides, while another considers them easy and open-note.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025Covers the assessment, control, financing, and management of environmental, social, and liability risks.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
The course features easy projects and grading, though it includes two significant group projects that require collaboration.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025RMI 655 teaches advanced risk management tools and markets for financing loss costs, including insurance, captives, and reinsurance.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
The course can be tough without prior Finance 300 knowledge, and covariance is a major focus that students must master.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025Examines market and public policy approaches for managing catastrophe risks, including modeling, reinsurance, and public-private partnerships.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
This course covers the nature of risk, risk management techniques, insurance markets, and decision-making bases.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
The course features one cumulative exam and one group project, which are described as very easy.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025 · limited sampleRMI 765 explores advanced subject areas potentially for the business curriculum.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026 · limited sampleRMI 799 is an independent reading and research course for graduate students, with content arranged individually.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
RMI 990 is an independent research course for Ph.D. students to complete their dissertation requirements.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
RMI 999 is an independent reading and research course for PhD students in Risk Management and Insurance.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sampleNo released grades for this term.
Offering snapshots currently cover Fall 2026. Earlier grade records do not provide a complete offering history.