2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

BUSN 305 Insurance Planning

This course involves a comprehensive study that addresses the use of insurance for personal risk management within the overall financial planning context. Students will examine basic insurance principles, specific coverages provided by life, health, disability, homeowners, and automobile insurance policies, and strategies for determining appropriate coverages for individuals. 

Credits

3

Prerequisites

BUSN 301; junior or senior standing

Offered

Fall

Student Learning Outcomes

  1. Explain insurance industry operations and legal principles
  2. Describe life insurance and annuities, medical and disability insurance, long=-term care insurance, property and casualty and liability insurance
  3. Analyze the potential costs of loss exposures for individual clients
  4. Recommend appropriate types and amounts of coverages for managing loss exposures