The Insurance Studies Program offers a unique program of study designed to give the student a broad understanding of the roles and functions of risk-bearing institutions, knowledge of basic principles necessary for adequately managing economic risk, and the opportunity for professional advancement in the fields of risk management, insurance, and estate management. Professionalism is required in today's business climate and our program of study provides the basis for achievement of professional competency in handling the diverse economic risks apparent in today's business environment.
B.B.A. with Emphasis in Insurance
Total Curriculum Requirements: 128 Hours
University Requirements: 1 Hour
BTO 100 - Academic Orientation
General Education Requirements: 39 Hour
College Requirement: Professional Skills Seminar
BTS 300 (Junior) - Professional Skills Seminar
BTS 400 (Senior) - Professional Skills Seminar
Supporting Course Requirements: 12-15 Hours
MAT 211* - Calculus with Applications for
Business and Economics
SOC 131 - Introductory Sociology
ECO 230 - Principles of Economics I
ECO 231 - Principles of Economics II
*or the combined courses of MAT 107** and QMB 240**
**
MAT 107 - College Algebra; QMB 240 - Managerial Decision Models
Business Requirements:
Pre-Business Core: 12 Hours
ACC 201 - Introduction to Financial
Accounting
ACC 202 - Introduction to Managerial
Accounting
GBU 204 - Legal and Ethical Environments
of Business
QMB 200 - Business Statistical I
Business Core: 21 Hours
CCT 300 - Managerial Reports
CIS 300 - Management Information
Systems
FIN 300 - Business Finance I
MGT 300 - Principles of Management
MGT 370 - Operations Management
MKT 300 - Principles of Marketing
GBU 480 - Business Strategy
Major Requirements: 24 Hours
INS 370 - Principles of Risk and Insurance
INS 372 - Fundamentals of
Property-Liability Insurance
INS 374 - Fundamentals of Life and Health
Insurance
INS 378 - Risk Management
INS 486 - Insurance Company Operations
INS Electives: 9 Hours
Free Elective (non-business): 16-19 Hours
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B.S. in Insurance
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Insurance Minor
A minor in Insurance is offered for students in programs other than in Business. The minor consists of 18 hours including three hours of a required accounting course; 9 hours of required Insurance courses, and 6 hours of Insurance electives.
Students seeking a minor in Insurance must earn 12 hours of the 21 hours used for the minor in residence at EKU and must maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.0 in all courses comprising the minor.
Required Courses
ACC 201 - Introduction to Financial Accounting
INS 370 - Principles of Risk and Insurance
INS 372 - Fundamentals of Property-Liability Insurance
INS 374 - Fundamentals of Life and Health Insurance
Electives
Six semester hours of upper division Insurance or other approved courses. Students may choose from list of approved Insurance Electives.
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Insurance Elective
INS 349 - Cooperative Study in Insurance
Prerequisite: 2.0 GPA. Co-curricular work experience under direction of faculty and field supervisors. Training Plan required. May be retaken for a maximum of six hours. Minimum 80 hours work per credit hour.
INS 380 - Personal Risk Management
Prerequisite: INS 370 or instructor approval. An examination of personal loss exposures and their treatment. Emphasizes risk management techniques. Topics include property and liability loss exposures for personal automobile, homeowners, premature death, illness, accidental injury, superannuation, investment risks, and estate planning.
INS 400 Seminar in Insurance
Prerequisite: Instructor approval. A seminar study of selected topics of special and contemporary interest to business students. May be retaken under different subtitles for cumulative maximum of six hours.
INS 474 - Life Insurance and Estate Planning
Prerequisite: INS 374 or instructor approval. Role of life insurance, gifting and trusts in estate planning; considerations of developing an estate plan for the individual or the family.
INS 476 - Employee Benefit Planning
Formerly INS 376. Prerequisite: INS 370 or instructor approval. Employee benefit plans including taxation, costs, and choices of funding. Includes an analysis of the role of employee benefit plans in meeting the risks of death, sickness, disability and supperannuation.
INS 490 - Special Problems in Insurance
Prerequisite: Advisor/department chair approval. May be retaken under different subtopics to a maximum of 6 hours. Independent work, special topics, or seminars. Student must have the independent study course proposal form approved by faculty supervisor and department chair prior to enrollment.
APS 350 - Private Investigations, Ethics and the Law
Review of evolution, methods and management of private investigations, public and private investigative resources, investigative technology, and ethical and public policy considerations related to private investigations.
APS 351 - Investigative Interviews and Reports
Prerequisite: ENG 101 and 102. Review of literature and techniques for conducting investigative interviews and interrogations, and preparation of investigative reports for internal, administrative, civil and criminal proceedings.
APS 352 - Investigative Law
Prerequisites: APS 225 and 351. Examination of statutory and case law pertaining to private investigations, and presentation of investigative evidence in internal, administrative, civil and criminal proceedings.
APS 438 - Computer Information Security
Prerequisite: Instructor Approval. Vulnerability assessments and countermeasures for securing computer and network information systems for unauthorized entry, abuse, and sabotage, with emphasis on system software, database analysis, communication networks, and auditing techniques.
APS 465 - Assets Protection Auditing
Prerequisites: ACC 201 and introductory level statistics course. Review and application of investigative auditing, inventorying, and surveying procedures, and application of probability and statistical information to assets protection decision making.
FSE 221 - Fire Detection & Suppression Systems
Prerequisite: FSE 101, FSE 120. An introduction to fire detection and suppression systems and their relationship to fire control and extinguishment.
FSE 322 - Fire Protection System Analysis and Design
Prerequisite: FSE 221. Analysis and evaluation of specific code requirements related to the design, inspection, testing and maintenance of fire protection systems. Design project(s) will be included.
FSE 350 - Arson Investigation
Prerequisite: FSE 300 or approval. Detection of arson and associated crimes; interviewing techniques; preparing for court, coordination of arson investigation with other public and private agencies.
FSE 361 - Principles of Occupational Safety and Health
History of the development of occupational safety and health. Methods of accident prevention and hazard control. Introduction to safety programs, workers’ compensation, emergency preparedness and accident investigation.
FSE 366 - Hazard Identification and Control
Prerequisite: FSE 361, FSE 200 or approval. Hands-on approach toward identification and control. Areas of study include noise levels, chemical and electrical hazards, air contaminants, and heat/cold stress. Control measures include administrative, engineering, and safeguarding methods.
TRS 332 - Traffic Crash Causation and Investigation
A study of the principles of traffic accident causation and techniques used in investigation. Designed to increase the investigator’s knowledge and understanding necessary for gathering factual information through investigation as opposed to reporting traffic accidents.
TRS 342 - Advanced Accident Investigation
Prerequisite: TRS 332. Course designed to prepare participants in advanced traffic accident investigation methods and techniques.
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