Insurance

The Difference:

The insurance program emphasizes effective teaching and student involvement in learning.

Highly respected scholars teach all courses, sharing professional experiences and academic research with their students. The general insurance sequence provides an in-depth study of insurance and financial services combined with the general business core curriculum.

Specialization is also available to provide in-depth study of insurance financial services through courses in life and health, property, liability, risk management, and financial planning, as well as through courses offered in other academic programs such as actuarial science, health sciences, loss control, accounting, management, law, investments, applied computer science, and economics.

The insurance major provides skills and knowledge appropriate to a wide range of activities in the insurance and the financial services industries. Study of insurance and the financial service industries leads to careers in insurance companies, insurance agencies, financial services firms, reinsurers, regulation, and a wide variety of firms allied with the industry. Careers in insurance include personal and business financial planning, underwriting, claims, information processing and computers, sales, sales management, insurance accounting, public relations, employee benefits, corporate operations and management, portfolio management, insurance brokers, actuarial science, and risk management.

Plan of Study

Suggested plans of study are developed by academic advisors to show students what a typical semester by semester progression might look like for majors in the College of Business.

Graduation Checklist

Checklists are created by academic advisors to show the academic requirements for each major in the College of Business. Checklists are listed by major and catalog year.