Course

Course Summary
Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
SDCM-0224
Organization's ID:
Finance 305
Organization:
Study.com, LLC
Location:
Classroom-based
Length:
Self-paced. 10 weeks (30 hours)
Dates Offered:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Upper-Division Baccalaureate 2 Introduction to Risk Management or Risk Management
Description

Objective:

The course objective is to teach students the foundations of risk management in the financial sector. Students will learn about types of financial risk and how to identify them, monetary policy, risk measurement methods, derivatives, insurance solutions, and financial risk management strategies.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Identify and differentiate the types of risks across various sectors of business
  • Explain the origins of the Great Recession and the factors that lead up to it
  • Evaluate and analyze the risks a company faces and create a plan to manage those risks
  • Calculate investment risk and return using the CAPM and defend if an investment is worth its risk
  • Conduct a risk assessment that examines risk tolerance, requirement, and capacity.
  • Characterize financial instruments and analyze how they are used to manage risk
  • Understand the value of various risk measurement methodologies and perform analyses such as risk-return, cost-benefit, target-profit, and break-even

General Topics:

  • Foundations of risk and risk management
  • Enterprise-level risk
  • Investment risks
  • Identifying financial risks
  • Risk measurement and metrics
  • Value at risk
  • Risks in planning and accounting
  • Regulatory responses to risk management
  • Insurance solutions in risk management
  • Decision making, biases and risk
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Audio Visual Materials
  • Case Studies

Methods of Assessment:

  • Case Studies
  • Examinations
  • Quizzes
  • Written Papers

Minimum Passing Score:

70%
Supplemental Materials