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MA Risk Management
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Objectives
The MA in Risk Management builds on the Business School’s long-standing reputation as the leading centre for the study of insurance in the UK The MA in Risk Management focuses on the problems that risk poses for corporations. The programme provides you with appropriate training in research methods and introduces current research on various risk topics. The supervised dissertation allows you to develop your own independent research using concepts and techniques from the theoretical and methodological modules
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Entry requirements
This course is particularly appropriate for anyone interested in a career in risk, insurance or general management.
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Academic title
MA Risk Management
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Course description
Risk Management (MA)
Course overview
Course Content
You will study the following core modules in order to develop your knowledge and skills relating to Risk Management:
Corporate Financial Strategy
Corporate Risk
Managerial Economics
Research Methods (with Part IIA)
Theory of Risk and Insurance
In addition, you will be able to choose from a broad range of elective modules:
Three from:
Capital Market Analysis
Corporate Governance
Corporate Strategy
Derivative Investment
Financial Econometrics
Fixed Interest Investment
Industrial Economics
International Financ
Legal and Social Issues in Insurance
Management Information Systems
Quantitative Risk
Taxation
Venture Capital and Corporate Restructuring
Please note that all module details are subject to change.
Over the summer period towards the end of the course, you will undertake a 60-credit supervised 20,000-word dissertation on a subject of your choice relating to Insurance Studies.
The supervised dissertation allows you to develop your own independent research using concepts and techniques from the theoretical and methodological modules.
Course Structure
The MA in Risk Management is taught on a full-time basis over one year.
During this time, you must accumulate 180 credits to qualify for the award of MA. 120 credits come from modules taught and examined during two 15-week semesters
Each taught module typically consists of ten 2 or 3 hour sessions. Assessment is a combination of individual essay or group project and written examination
The remaining 60 credits of this course are allocated to an independent dissertation, which is completed over the summer period for submission in September.
Key facts
The MA in Risk Management is one of the flagship programmes of the School's Centre for Risk and Insurance Studies (CRIS).
The Business School is a leading UK centre for management education, and is ranked seventh in the UK in the 2007 Times Good University Guide.
We regularly review and update our MA programmes to ensure that their content is relevant to the changing global business environment.
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