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Risk Management and Insurance,
MBA
The Fox School of Business and Management offers MBA programs that provide a solid understanding of business models created by the synergistic forces of globalization, entrepreneurship and information technology.
Our approach to graduate education helps develop practical expertise through case analysis, presentations, interaction with business practitioners, and team projects.
The Fox School prepares students to step immediately into key management roles in highly specialized fields.
The Fox School is the region's second largest graduate business school, with over 1300 students studying in 16 concentrations including risk management and insurance.
For more information about graduate programs at the Fox School of Business and Management go to:
www.sbm.temple.edu
For more information about the Risk Management, Insurance and Healthcare department go to:
http://www.sbm.temple.edu/%7Ermidept/
Campus
Location:
Center City
All six required business foundation classes and the advanced managerial courses are offered at both the Fort Washington and Center City campuses throughout the year. Upper-level courses are offered at the Center City campus but not necessarily in the same semester. Courses are also offered on-line.
Students are required to complete the degree program through classes offered after 4:30 p.m. Students able to complete the degree program on a part-time basis (8 credit hours or less per semester).
Department
Information
Temple University
Speakman Hall LL5,
1810 North 13th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19122
ssokol@sbm.temple.edu
215-204-7678
Ranking:
The Fox School of Business and Management is ranked 14th for technology MBA programs by Computerworld, and holds a specialty ranking of 26th in the nation for healthcare management programs. The Fox School has been recognized for research in numerous departments.
Accreditation:
True
All of our MBA programs are accredited by AACSB -- The International Association for Management Education.
Areas
of Specialization:
The four courses that make up the concentration requirement for the MBA in Risk Management and Insurance are taken in the following areas:
RMI 501 - Risk Management
Choose 2 of:
RMI 511 - Life & Health Insurance & Employee Benefits; RMI 512 - Retirement Plans;
RMI 520 - Property & Liability Insurance;
RMI 574 - Advanced Applications in Risk Management.
Business Elective - Any 500-level course.
Job
Placement:
Graduates of the Fox School of Business and Management obtain jobs in: Computer / Information Technology;
Consulting; Pharmaceutical Industry;
Consumer Products / Services; Energy / Utilities; Financial Services / Banking; Government; Healthcare;
Industrial Products / Services; Manufacturing; Telecommunications; and Tourism / Transportation
Affiliation(s):
Research is supported by the Fox School of Business and Management's eBusiness Institute, the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, the Institute of Global Management Studies, the Institute for Healthcare Management, the Center for e-Marketing, the Ethics Resource Center, the Safeguard Scientifics Center for Economic Education, the Institute for Financial Services, and the Small Business Development Center. Research interests of the Fox School faculty are also supported by numerous centers and institutes throughout Temple University.
Interdisciplinary
Study :
Study
Abroad:
The Fox School of Business provides graduate level courses during the summer at its Rome, Italy campus.
Licensure:
False
Non-degree
Student Policy:
Students with an undergraduate GPA of 2.8 or above may take classes on a non-matriculated status. Non-matriculated students can take a maximum of nine credit hours. Any additional courses require the student to be matriculated in a program.
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