PhD Program Structure
The PhD program in risk management and insurance is designed to prepare students for teaching and research at universities and colleges and for positions in government and business. The program is individualized to allow for specializing in various areas within the field of risk management and insurance. By supplementing courses with other programs in the Terry College of Business, the student has choices in the direction and concentration of his or her desired specialty. For example, graduate students can combine their insurance program with law, economics, quantitative methods, finance, management, marketing, or insurance. This flexibility gives the student a wide degree of latitude in choosing a program that corresponds with a specific career path.
All PhD students in business are required to complete one year of calculus (differential and integral), preferably before entering the program. A course in elementary linear algebra is strongly recommended before taking doctoral level (8000 and 9000) courses. Students entering without a Master of Business Administration degree will be required to complete additional graduate-level courses.
Representative Plan of Study
| RMIN 9450 | Property and Liability Insurance Seminar |
| RMIN 9550 | Life and Health Insurance Seminar |
| RMIN 7100 | Fundamentals of Risk Management (1.5 credits) |
| RMIN 7110 | Employee Benefits (1.5 credits) |
| RMIN 7120 | Corporate Risk Management |
| ECON 8010 | Microeconomic Theory I |
| FINA 9200 | Corporate Finance Theory |
| FINA 9110 | Valuation and Capital Market Theory |
| FINA 9120 | Empirical Research in Corporate Finance |
| FINA 9130 | Financial Research Methodology |
| ECON 8000 | Mathematical Analysis for Economists |
| ECON 8070 | Statistics for Economics |
| ECON 8080 | Introduction to Econometrics |
| ECON 8110 | Econometrics I |
| ECON 8120 | Econometrics II |
| RMIN 8990 | Directed Study in RMI |
| RMIN 9000 | Doctoral Research (Survey Paper) |
| RMIN 9300 | Doctoral Dissertation |
Dissertation Stage
| RMIN 9300 | Doctoral Dissertation (taken until dissertation is complete) |
* Electives must be approved by the Graduate Coordinator
Contact Information
University of Georgia
206 Brooks Hall
