Bachelor of Science - Risk, Insurance, and Safety Management
About Bachelor of Science - Risk, Insurance, and Safety Management
The Bachelor of Science in Risk, Insurance, and Safety Management (BS-RISM) degree program has been designed to prepare students for a rewarding career as a risk, insurance, and safety management professional.
Risk, insurance, and safety professionals are essential members of any organization in industries such as retail, agriculture, petrochemical, government, construction, insurance, manufacturing, mining, services, and transportation. This degree program is delivered 100 percent online. The BS-RISM degree equips students with professional skills and knowledge to develop, implement, and administer risk and safety management programs in a variety of industries. Graduates will use a variety of concepts and principles from diverse areas such as occupational safety management, business administration, risk management, insurance, and statistics to assess and respond to the numerous hazard (insurable) risks faced by incredibly diverse organizations. The degree will equip students with competencies to fill entry-level positions in both the private and public sectors.
Technical Skill Areas
- Describe the fundamental aspects of risk, insurance, and safety management.
- Identify and apply standards, regulations, codes, and guidelines associated with the risk, insurance, and safety management disciplines.
- Explain the purpose and operation of insurance.
- Identify and describe key commercial and property liability risk exposures and control, and name the type of insurance policies and their limitations that address each of these loss exposures.
- Examine, interpret, and apply data to manage hazards and risks.
- Identify and describe various hazard and risk management techniques.
- Define, describe, and apply broad business administration concepts associated with accounting, marketing, organizational management, and human resource management.
- Use the techniques, skills, and modern scientific and technical tools necessary for professional practice as it pertains to risk, insurance, and safety management.
- Design and evaluate an organization’s risk and safety management system using ISO 45001.
- Complete risk or safety management training by applying adult learning theories.
- Conduct an incident investigation and analysis.
- Use applied science knowledge and solve problems as it pertains to the practice of risk, insurance, and safety management disciplines.
- Identify contemporary risk, insurance, and safety issues and the impacts of their solutions within a global and societal context.
- Apply the principles of risk and safety management in a non-academic setting through an internship, cooperative, or supervised experience.
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