Extended Accelerator - Bachelor of Science - Business Administration - Risk Management and Insurance

Earn your Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a focus on Risk Management and Insurance at USC Columbia. Apply now for international student support!

The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with Risk Management and Insurance focuses on developing decision-making skills in the face of uncertainty and providing an understanding of risk transfer markets. This program is consistently regarded as one of the nation’s best and is recognized as a Global Center for Insurance Excellence by the International Insurance Society. The risk management and insurance major aims to produce graduates with analytical and qualitative decision-making skills that allow them to make rational, objective decisions under uncertainty. Students will be provided with frameworks, models, analytical skills and a holistic, enterprise-wide perspective of risk. These concepts are applied and illustrated using the insurance industry, for which risk management is fundamental. Risk management is a growing field as companies face more — and more varied — challenges around the globe. Organizations of all kinds are placing greater emphasis on identifying and managing risk and creating demand for risk managers across a wide range of industry sectors.