Insurance, Financial Services, Risk Management
The University of Alabama has a proud heritage of teaching in insurance and related subjects. The first course in insurance was taught here in 1921, only five years after Dr. Solomon S. Huebner taught the first course at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
Students in the Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration have a broad set of options related to “insurance, risk management, and financial services” (hereafter referred to as “Insurance”). All CBA students may take Insurance courses as an elective. And students from other UA colleges are welcome in Insurance classes. At this point UA does not offer a major in Insurance, but students in most CBA majors may take a specialization in Insurance. A specialization requires only two courses in a subject, but many students with an Insurance concentration take three courses.
In keeping with the accreditation requirements of AACSB International, as well as the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, all students in the Culverhouse College of Commerce & Business Administration, University of Alabama, take a diverse curriculum of Arts, Sciences, and Humanities, as well as broad spectrum of business courses. Exhibit 1 shows the overall curriculum for a student concentrating in Insurance.