Risk Management Program

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About HCC OnlineHCC has prepared traditional and nontraditional students in Northeast Kansas and beyond to enter the workforce or continue their education at baccalaureate-granting institutions for more than 150 years.

HCC brings the classroom to its students with online courses. Students who have jobs, children or other responsibilities can take advantage of the convenience of online courses. Online courses offer the ideal way to maximize time and realize potential without the burden of attending traditional courses.

AccreditationHCC is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools and is authorized to operate by the Kansas Board of Regents.

Tuition$121 per credit hour for in-state students$147 per credit hour for out-of state students$259 per credit hour for international students*Tuition pricing is subject to change.**Students are responsible for the cost of textbooks.

Get Started Today!Contact Melissa StevensCoordinator and Instructor, Risk Management Programmstevens@highlandcc.edu785-597-0129

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How does your organization deal with:FIRE. THEFT. TORNADO. NATURAL DISASTERS. BIO HAZARDS. TERRORISM. THREATS. ECONOMIC VULNERABILITY?

Take Charge! Become a Risk Management Professional! • Evaluate risk.• Identify loss exposures.• Assess and prevent workplace violence.• Perform workplace investigations of sexual harassment,

drug use, theft and fraud.• Protectpersonnel,vehiclefleets,productsandproperty.• Participate in emergency preparedness activities.• Coordinate with legal counsel.• Participate in strategic planning.

The risk management degree offers students the knowledge, concepts, activities and applications, which reinforce the four primary management functions of planning, organizing, controlling and leading. Emphasis is on identifying and assessing a risk and determining ways of controlling, minimizing, reducing, and/or avoiding the risk. Regardless of the industry, companies have to be prepared to deal with risk factors at all times. Students will be able to complete the HCC Associate in Applied Science (AAS) in Risk Management in two years (four semesters) with coursework available online.

The AAS Risk Management Degree at HCC offers:• Affordable: Tuition for online courses can be ridiculously

high! Compared to the competition, our tuition is reasonably priced. In tough economic times, it’s good to know that HCC is offering quality programs in both a cost andtime-efficientmanner.

• Applicability to authentic skills for the workplace: This program is designed to utilize practical and authentic applications of real-world skills needed to successfully function as a risk manager and/or loss prevention professional.

• Career advancement: The risk management degree is applicable to multiple disciplines. Private and public corporations and organizations are shifting their focus to an enhanced protection of assets, reduction of liability and safety and minimizing or avoiding risks.

• Online: The program is online. Coursework can be completed at any location with a computer and the Internet.

HCC Online Risk Management ProgramProgram Requirements (36 Credits)

RM 100: Security and Loss Prevention I (3)This course gives an overview of security and loss prevention and focuses primarily on loss problems and countermeasures thatprotectagainstcrimes,firesandaccidents.

RM 110: Risk Assessment (3)This course provides an overview of the risk assessment process, including the loss exposures that organizations face and quantitative foundations needed to gauge the importance and predict the effect of loss exposures.

RM 111: Investigations in the Workplace (3) This course focuses on the investigative process and explores the methodology, rationale and practices involved in effective workplace investigations.

RM 112: Security and Loss Prevention II (3) This course provides students with security and loss prevention challengesassociatedwithfourteenidentifiedareasandindustries. The primary focus of the course is to explore loss problems and those countermeasures that protect against crimes,fires,andaccidents.

RM 114: Risk Control (3)This course provides an overview of the risk control process, including the techniques and measures available to control the risks from property, personnel, liability and net income loss exposures.

RM 115: Prevention and Assessment of Workplace Violence (3)This course provides basic knowledge prevention and assessment principles of workplace violence.

RM 116: Safety I (3) This course gives an overview of risk management professionals’ safety responsibilities. It is intended for general industryprofessionals,whichincludesofficers,retailers,manufacturers and industrial facilities that do not have special technical safety concerns.

RM 117: Foundations of Information Systems Security and Loss Prevention (3)This course offers an overview of information systems security and focuses primarily on how to establish and manage an information protection program.

RM 200: Risk Finance (3)Thiscoursefocusesontheriskfinancingprocess,includingavailabletechniquesandmeasurestofinancerisks from property, personnel, liability and net income loss exposures.

RM 201: Safety II (3)This course provides advanced knowledge of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and EnvironmentalProtectionAgency(EPA)regulations,firesafety and prevention, emergency medical procedures and emergency planning.

RM 202: Risk Communication (3)This course provides an overview of the risk communication process with emphasis placed on the care, consensus and crisis communication as it relates to environmental, safety and health issues.

RM 204: Risk Quality (3)This course provides basic knowledge of risk quality principles, including continuous improvement tools, satisfying internal customers, meeting and team development and management, problem solving, survey development,cost/benefitanalysis,andaudittechniques.

Risk ManagementAssociate in Applied Science63 Total Credit Hours

General Education Requirements (27 Credits)ENG 101 College English I (3) ENG 102 College English II or SP 101 Oral Communications (3) PE 139 Lifetime Fitness or Approved PE Elective (1) Approved Computer Literacy Course (1) COL 103 College Success & Orientation (1)

Social & Behavioral Science Course (3)Humanities & Fine Arts Course (3)Mathematics or Science Course (3)Open Electives (9)

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