Risk Management (R M)
R M 119S, 219S, 319S, 419S, 519S, 619S, 719S, 819S, 919S Topics in Risk Management 1-9 Hours
This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Department of Information, Risk, and Operations Management. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.
R M 129S, 229S, 329S, 429S, 529S, 629S, 729S, 829S, 929S Topics in Risk Management 1-9 Hours
This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Department of Information, Risk, and Operations Management. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.
R M 140S, 240S, 340S, 440S, 540S, 640S, 740S, 840S, 940S Topics in Risk Management 1-9 Hours
This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office or the school's BBA Exchange Programs. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Department of Information, Risk, and Operations Management. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence.
R M 357E Introduction to Risk Management 3 Hours
Principles of risk management for individuals and organizations, financial aspects of insurance companies and markets, industry structure, managerial aspects of underwriting and pricing, and public policy issues.
R M 369K Managing Employee Risks and Benefits 3 Hours
Risk management issues involving financial consequences of life and health contingencies, health care finance, company management, pension planning, economics of industry structure, and public policy issues.
R M 376 Quantitative Methods in Finance 3 Hours
Explores quantitative methods and techniques in optimization and simulation, and their use in financial decision making. Discusses theory and application in portfolio selection, options and other derivative pricing, index tracking, risk measures, volatility estimating. Specific topics will include linear, quadratic, nonlinear, and integer programming; dynamic programming; robust optimization; Monte Carlo methods and variance reduction techniques. Emphasis will be placed on problem solving with advanced computational programming languages.
R M 377 Property-Liability Risk Management and Planning 3 Hours
Analysis of property-liability risks of businesses, risk management tools, risk financing, and insurance contracts for financial planning purposes; investment and underwriting operations, market structures, and insurance regulation.
R M 179, 379 Independent Research in Risk Management 1,3 Hours
R M 391 Topics in Decision Analysis 3 Hours
R M 391.1 Decision Analysis 3 Hours
Descriptive and normative principles of decision making.
R M 391.2 Managing Decisions under Risk 3 Hours
State-of-the-art methods and tools to analyze risky decisions and design optimal strategies. Practical knowledge and practice are emphasized.
R M 391.3 Research Issues in Decision Making 3 Hours
Talks by students and faculty members with research interests in decision making, and group discussion of the talks and of students' decision-related research.
R M 391.4 Behavioral Decision Theory 3 Hours
The psychology of decision making: how and why our judgments are more fallible than we ordinarily suppose, and the extent to which predictive judgment can be improved through use of normative strategies that tell us how we should make judgments and decisions.
R M 192, 292, 392 Topics in Quantitative Finance 1-3 Hours
R M 192.1, 292.1, 392.1 Modeling and Optimization in Finance 1-3 Hours
R M 192.2, 292.2, 392.2 Statistics for Finance 1-3 Hours
R M 192.3, 292.3, 392.3 Financial Engineering 1-3 Hours
R M 192.4, 292.4, 392.4 Mathematical Finance 1-3 Hours
R M 192.5, 292.5, 392.5 Computational Finance 1-3 Hours
R M 194, 294, 394 Topics in Business Analytics 1-3 Hours
Selected topics in business analytics.
R M 194.1, 294.1, 394.1 Optimization I 1-3 Hours
R M 194.2, 294.2, 394.2 Optimization II 1-3 Hours
R M 195, 295, 395 Topics in Seminar: Risk Management 1-3 Hours
R M 195.1, 295.1, 395.1 Corporate Risk Management 1-3 Hours
Analysis of risk management and security needs of businesses and individuals; related insurance coverages and other tools available to deal with risk.
R M 195.2, 295.2, 395.2 Financial and Economic Aspects of Risk Management 1-3 Hours
Analysis of risk management techniques and insurance company operations. Similarities between insurance pricing techniques and risk management methodology.
R M 195.3, 295.3, 395.3 Risk Management and Finance 1-3 Hours
Examination of theories underlying risk management techniques for business and insurance mechanisms; theoretical analysis of problems and practices in risk management.
R M 195.5, 295.5, 395.5 Managing Environmental Risk 1-3 Hours
R M 195.6, 295.6, 395.6 Risk Analysis and Management 1-3 Hours
R M 195.7, 295.7, 395.7 Managing International Risk 1-3 Hours
The global aspects of risk management; basic risk and crisis management principles pertinent to multinational firms; financially, legally, and culturally multinational marketplaces such as reinsurance markets, captive offshore insurance.
R M 195.8, 295.8, 395.8 Managing Employee Risks and Benefits 1-3 Hours
Corporate planning and public policy issues associated with employee benefits.