Risk Management Minor

Z-New Program Proposal- 8/4/16 - 8/3/17

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  • Title of Program

  • Program Title*
    Risk Management Minor
    Risk Management Minor
  • Degree or Certificate Type *

  • MyCWU Program and Specialization Codes

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    Type B - Collaborative Certificate Programs: Programs that admit both matriculating students and non-matriculating students and offer a set of courses that includes regular course offerings appearing in the CWU catalog and administered by CWU Colleges are classified as "Collaborative Certificate Programs." These programs are developed, taught, and offered by academic departments housed in colleges in cooperation with the office of continuing education.

    Type C - Continuing Education Certificate Programs: Programs that target primarily non-matriculating students and offer a set of instructional experiences developed independent of CWU's colleges but with input as appropriate from faculty are classified as "continuing education certificate programs." These programs are developed, delivered, and administered by the office of continuing education in consultation with faculty, academic departments, and/or college dean, as appropriate.

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  • If this is a Certificate program, which type?
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  • Program Text for Catalog Copy 

    The Program Narrative is a required description of the program, the others are optional text fields where additional descriptions can be added. If any of the requirements below involve courses or shared cores they must be added into the proposed curriculum. For assistance in attaching an existing core or in creating a new one contct curriculog@cwu.edu. A proposal may be rejected or delayed if the program has, or should have, information in the optional text fields in this section that is not included.

  • Program Narrative*

    The Risk Management Minor (RMM) will provide in-depth knowledge needed to assess and respond to the numerous hazard (insurable) risks faced by all organizations. The RMM will help prepare students for exciting careers within their major, by helping the students build a strong foundation in the science of risk management. The RMM will help students gain practical skills to avoid, reduce, and manage risk, and to develop and implement a balanced hazard risk financing strategy using retention, transfer, and hybrid strategies.

  • Admission Requirements

    Risk Management Minor (RMM) applications are accepted during the spring quarter, and the students start in the fall quarter. Any CWU student interested in improving their career opportunities can obtain the RMM. For details about the RMM application procedures, contact the Safety and Health Management Program Director.

  • Graduation Requirements

    Students must earn a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 (on a scale of 4.0) in courses allowed in fulfilling the Risk Management Minor requirements.

  • Program Requirements

    A minimum grade of “C” is required in each of the courses used to satisfy the Risk Management Minor.

  • Program Curriculum

    In this field you will build all of the course requirements for the program.  If this program will use existing courses from the catalog, or a shared core from an existing program, those can be imported from the Online Catalog by clicking on the Import arrow at the top left of this form. 

    Please Note:  multiple courses can be selected for import at one time, by clicking on each desired course from the list that is populated by your search parameters.  If the desired course is either an existing new course proposal, or will be submitted concurrently with the program proposal, click “Add Course.†Here you will be prompted to enter in the course’s prefix, code (number), and name (course title).

    For further detailed instructions on importing courses into your program, please see the Curriculog User Guide.

  • Program Curriculum *

  • Online Program Options

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  • Justification for the Program

    This is the field where you will provide a justification for the creation of this program.  If this section is not complete, the proposal will be returned to the originator.  

    In the box below please address:

    • How will this new program enhance the curriculum of your department, college, and the university?
    • What specific needs are being addressed that are not being met in other programs? 
    • ​Document the demand for this program.
  • Justification*

    Program Need

    The Risk Management Minor (RMM) is being created to meet industry demand, student demand, and at the request of the SHM program’s Industry Advisory Council (IAC). The RMM will add value to the safety and health management majors, and to all other degrees within the Engineering Technologies, Safety, and Construction (ETSC) Department, such as construction management, mechanical engineering technology, industrial technology, and electronics engineering technology. Also, the risk management industry is incredibly diverse and hires talented individuals from nearly every major. Students interested in developing their expertise to analyze the risk dimensions of their chosen field may consider adding the RMM to their undergraduate degree plan. The RMM will give students the tools to analyze risks within a discipline, increasing their marketability and potential for success.

     

    Program Curriculum and Recognized Industry Credential

    Due to increase in demand for risk management expertise, the Safety and Health Management (SHM) Program’s 16-member Industry Advisory Council (IAC) formed and charged a small workgroup to study the feasibility of bringing back the risk management specialization that was removed from the SHM major in 2006, in the form of the Risk Management Minor (RMM). The group consisted of three CWU alumni who worked for Wells Fargo, Swedish Medical Center, and T-Mobile, providing risk management services as part of their job functions. The workgroup, with support from SHM faculty, reviewed industry risk management demands and risk management program options. The workgroup spoke to active risk managers and concluded there is a demand within and outside the SHM profession. They found that the most common risk management program in the U.S. is the Insurance Industry of America’s Associate in Risk Management (ARM™) program. The ARM™ program has three courses that are recognized as being at the 300/400 college level.

     

    The workgroup and the SHM program believe that completing the RMM will allow our students to sit for the nationally recognized Associate in Risk Management (ARM™) certification immediately after completing the RMM courses. The ARM certification will be a vital add-on or value-add to CWU students, significantly expanding hiring and promotional potential in most organizations. The prestige of this designation can also positively impact the 300+ majors within the ETSC Department and others. The RMM will help our students leverage their education at CWU with an undergraduate degree and a nationally recognized industry credential.

     

    External Support

    The program’s IAC strongly supports creating the Risk Management Minor (RMM). The IAC’s workgroup even mentioned possible support on material costs (i.e., textbooks) for students; this support could be obtained from the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Washington (IIABW) and the Risk Insurance Management Society (RIMS). The local RIMS chapters (Washington and Oregon) have shown interest in and support to develop the RMM. The RIMS of Washington recently donated to the SHM program, which the program will use for goods/ services and student travel to RIMS chapter meetings.

    The Institutes, the entity that administers the ARM™ certification, has supported the RMM proposal and is willing to recognize the CWU testing center as an authorized testing center, so students do not have to drive to Puyallup, WA to take the ARM™ exams.

     

    Internal Support / Resources

    The SHM faculty do not anticipate this new Risk Management Minor (RMM) impacting any existing programs in our department, college, or university. The SHM faculty has consulted with the departments whose courses might be similar to the proposed courses and has obtained an all clear.

     

    The RMM will add 13 new credit hours to the SHM program. There are four faculty members assigned to the SHM program. The four faculty members include a tenured associate professor, two tenure-track assistant professors (one is currently part of the program and the second one will start in Fall 2017), and a non-tenure-track full-time senior lecturer (multi-year contract). The current faculty for the program provide adequate instructional capacity to offer all of the RMM courses on an annual basis. The certifications held by the faculty members include: Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Associate in Risk Management (ARM™), and Construction Risk and Insurance Specialist (CRIS) from the International Risk Management Institute. All the SHM faculty are members of at least one professional society such as the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), Risk Insurance Management Society (RIMS), American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA), National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), and others. Hence, the current faculty members’ industry background/experience is adequate to cover all the curricular areas of the RMM program.

    The SHM program’s foundation accounts have sustaining and reliable source of funds to cover any and all incidental expenses for student travel to conferences, chapter meetings, and even establish a RIMS student chapter at CWU.

     

    Student Demand / Value Add-on

    The SHM program admits approximately 40 students on a cohort-style basis every year into the program, with 80 majors at any given time in the program. Many students fall short of the 180 credit B.S. degree requirements and are looking for additional credits to complete their undergraduate degree. The Risk Management Minor (RMM) will fulfill their need for additional credits while also increasing the value of their undergraduate degree. The majority of SHM students have shown interest in pursuing the RMM and obtaining the ARM™ certification. Also, the SHM program is anticipated to receive ABET accreditation in summer 2017, which will allow SHM students to graduate with the Board of Certified Safety Professionals’ Graduate Safety Professional (GSP®) credential. When the RMM is established, it will allow for students to graduate with GSP® & ARM™ credentials right out of college; this is unprecedented and will increase demand of SHM graduates. Hence, we anticipate at least 20 SHM students pursuing the RMM every year, with a projected 100 students for the first five years. The basis for these projections is industry demand for risk management expertise among SHM students, which in turn has encouraged students to pursue this RMM. However, if the demand is low, the program will offer RMM courses on a rotating basis every other year. Students will work with their advisor in planning a schedule of coursework to progress to completion of the RMM in 2 years.

  • Program Impacts, Costs, and Revenues

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  • Additional Data for Graduate Programs Only

    Please indicate in the fields below the estimated number of projected enrollments in thesis, project or exam options, and estimated number of graduate assistantships. For Graduate level programs this information is required. Graduate level program proposals that do not include information in this section will be rejected. 

  • Thesis - Projected Enrollment

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  • Project or Exam Options

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  • Graduate Assistantships

    NA

    Estimated number of graduate assistantships.

  • Please indicate in the field below your faculty's ability to oversee thesis, project, or exam options as Regular, Associate, or Affiliate Graduate Faculty or qualifications to obtain Graduate Faculty status.

  • Faculty Ability to Oversee Graduate Qualifications

    NA

Student Learning Outcomes and Assessments
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  • Program Proposals are not required to have program educational objectives for the Faculty Senate Curriculum Committee's approval, however they will still be required for review by the college dean whose college will house the proposed program, the Office of the Associate Provost for Accreditation, Academic Planning, and Assessment, and for graduate level programs, by the School of Graduate Studies and Research.

    The preferred format for this is the "Program Educational Objectives" form. For assistance or questions please email curriculog@cwu.edu.

    While not required, it is suggested to copy and paste the completed text/ chart from that form in the field that follows.

  • Program Educational Objectives

    Risk Management Student Outcomes Linked to SHM Courses

    The expected level of attainment for the seven student outcomes for the RMM course activities is “at least 80% or 85% (varies for different outcomes) of the students meet or exceed expectations of an entry level safety/risk management professional (70% or greater).” The expected level of attainment that is used to evaluate the student performance for each student outcome is presented in the Table below. The program assesses its student outcomes based on three criteria:

    1. Exceeded Expectations of an entry level risk management professional (> 90%)

    2. Meets Expectations of an entry level risk management professional (70% to 90%)

    3. Did Not Meet Expectations of an entry level risk management professional (<70%)

    Student Learning Outcomes

    By the time of RMM completion, students will  have demonstrated an:

    Course and Methods of Assessment

    Level of Attainment

    Understanding of professional and ethical responsibilities of safety/risk management professionals.

     

    SHM 482 Ethics Paper

    85%

    Ability to identify, describe, and apply the fundamental aspects of safety and health management.

     

    SHM 301 Exam

    80%

    Ability to identify and apply business and risk management concepts as part of a comprehensive safety and health management program.

     

    SHM 353 Business Risk Management Plan

    80%

    Understanding of evolving risk management issues and the impacts of their solutions within a global and societal context.

    SHM 482 Evolving Issues Paper

    85%

    Ability to identify and apply applicable government regulations associated with the risk management discipline.

    SHM 454 Simulated Credentialing Exam

    85%

    Ability to use practical skills to assess, avoid, reduce, and manage risk.

    SHM 455 Simulated Credentialing Exam

    85%

    Ability to develop and implement a balanced hazard risk financing strategy using retention, transfer, and hybrids as part of a comprehensive safety and health management program.

    SHM 456 Simulated Credentialing Exam

    85%

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