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MRI510 Leadership
This course is intended to expose you to several key concepts in the domain of leadership, to open up the process of thinking of yourself as a leader, to help you analyze organizations and the “leadership gaps” that hinder organizational effectiveness, and to create an environment that encourages you to develop your own “theory” of leadership. The class will require you to be both introspective and participative.
MRI520 Managerial Accounting
This course teaches the application of managerial accounting concepts, techniques, and issues, emphasizing uses of internal accounting information for decisions making, planning or budgeting, and evaluation control. Topics include alternative cost measurement, accumulation, allocation methods, and analysis techniques (job, process, just-in-time, standard, activity based costing, cost behavior, cost, volume profit analysis, contribution approach) that are relevant to various managerial decisions (production, pricing, etc.) and related issues (behavioral implications).
MRI530 Financial Management
An analysis of the theory and practice of financial management, this course expands on the topics covered in the finance primer. In general, the course focuses on how firms properly acquire and invest funds in a corporate setting. Specific topics include capital budgeting, capital structure, dividend policy, derivatives, mergers and acquisitions, and bankruptcy.
MRI540 Fundamentals of Risk and Insurance
Thorough review of principles and theories around technology-supported evaluation of risk, analysis of various risk management products, and current market developments regarding products available for emerging risks. Managerial analysis of risk management processes and decision-making specific to organizational alignment of the risk management function within broader management of company operations.
MRI542 Risk Control
Discussions regarding various managerial approaches to loss control and risk mitigation for property/casualty and life/health exposures, particularly in environments of limited information. A managerial approach to determining corporate governance, employee health and safety, wellness programs, traditional property and casualty, and loss control engineering (property) will also be reviewed with specific attention to their impact on the overall performance of the firm.
MRI544 Big Data and Analytics
Evaluation of current developments, technology, and analysis of how company leaders look at and utilize information available to evaluate risk, facilitate underwriting of particular risks by product line, claims analysis and actuarial support, and overall company financial results and profitability (corporate and insurance company). A key feature of the analysis will be geared to consider how the resulting information will impact managerial decision making.
MRI546 Alternative Risk Financing
Review of current methods to finance risk for both insurance companies and corporations. Since this topic may be foreign to many executives, students will master strategies for how to influence top decision makers that need to know about topics like financial tools, traditional risk transfer, and creative alternatives in the marketplace. There will be applied evaluation of insurance transfer, retention, and non-insurance transfer agreements in order to reinforce mastery of the topics.
MRI545 Capstone with the Butler Captive Insurance Company
Designed to serve as a capstone experience, this course presents students with a client-based challenge that allows students to integrate and apply the knowledge and skills from this Master of Science curriculum to deliver a well thought out and documented solution to a specific business problem. This course will require a trip to Bermuda to participate in an experiential project where students work on a client firm’s business problem. In the short term, this business with be the Butler student-run captive. Students in this class will help provide structure and guidance to undergraduates who are running the day-to-day operations of the Captive but don’t have time to think about its long-term, strategic direction.
Each MSRI elective is 3-credit hours. Electives will include topics such as International Risk Management, Business Valuation, Employee Benefits, Derivatives, Insurance Company Operations, Insurance Law and Contract Analysis, Health Care Economics and Regulation, and Enterprise Risk Management.
Incoming MSRI students who do not have an undergraduate degree in business are strongly encouraged to complete the three MSRI primer courses in Canvas prior to starting the equivalent MSRI coursework. These courses will provide students with a non-business background the baseline knowledge to be successful in the Butler MSRI program. Although completion of these courses is not mandatory, you are unlikely to be successful in the program without this knowledge. MSRI faculty expect incoming students to possess the baseline knowledge outlined in the courses and will not review this information in their classes.
The program primers include:
Finance*
Accounting*
Statistics
In addition to the above three primer courses, incoming MSRI students that do not possess a risk and insurance background are strongly encouraged to complete the CPCU500 Foundations in Risk Management and Insurance course through The Institutes. As mentioned above, although completion of this course is not mandatory, you are unlikely to be successful in the program without this knowledge. MSRI faculty expect incoming students to possess the baseline knowledge outlined in the CPCU500 course and will not review this information in their classes.
Risk and Insurance**
*Successful completion of CPCU540 Finance and Accounting for Insurance Professionals offered through The Institutes will satisfy these prerequisite courses.
**Successful completion of CPCU 500 Foundations of Risk Management and Insurance offered through The Institutes satisfies this prerequisite course. The following designations can also be used for this course waiver: Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter (CPCU); Certified Insurance Counselors (CIC); Certified Financial Planner Certificate (CFP®); Fellow, Life Management Institute (FLMI); Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU); Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC); Associate of the Society of Actuaries (ASA); Associate in Captive Insurance (ACI); Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA); Associateship in the Casualty Actuarial Society (ACAS); Fellowship in the Casualty Actuarial Society (FCAS); Certified Employee Benefit Specialist (CEBS); Certified Employee Benefit Specialist Fellow (CEBS Fellow); Commercial Lines Coverage Specialist (CLCS); and Associate in Risk Management (ARM).