Become a Risk Management Professional
With a Graduate Certificate in Strategic Risk and Responsibility from St. Thomas, you’ll gain a solid understanding of the political, legal, economic and environmental risks that organizations face. Learn to develop comprehensive, effective risk management strategies.
Our curriculum was developed with input from industry experts and employers, to address the high demand for skills in risk evaluation and decision theory, corporate governance, compliance programs and processes, and organizational business ethics. Corporate social responsibility, sustainability and resilience are also considered, and how they relate to these risk challenges. This program gives you knowledge and skills in these critical areas, and gives you a competitive edge in the workplace.
Complete the program at your own pace by taking evening courses on our downtown Minneapolis campus. Convenient for working professionals, our flexible program can be completed in a year or longer – based on your individual needs and schedule. If you are currently enrolled in a St. Thomas MBA program, you may complete the designated courses as program electives to earn a graduate certificate on your transcript.
The Graduate Certificate in Strategic Risk and Responsibility program has both required and elective classes that you can complete at your own pace. Take one or more evening courses per term to earn your certificate while you work. You can also earn the certificate as you pursue an MBA from St. Thomas.
Students are required to earn 12 credits:
Are you planning to earn your St. Thomas MBA and this certificate at the same time? Explore our Part-time Flex MBA program to learn more.
Meet the significant demand for risk management professionals in regulated industries with a Graduate Certificate in Strategic Risk and Responsibility. Show current and future employers that you can help their companies meet industry requirements while managing their corporate responsibility.
The Graduate Certificate in Strategic Risk and Responsibility program has both required and elective classes that you can complete at your own pace. Take one or more evening courses per term to earn your certificate while you work. You can also earn the certificate as you pursue an MBA from St. Thomas.
Students are required to earn 12 credits:
Are you planning to earn your St. Thomas MBA and this certificate at the same time? Explore our Part-time Flex MBA program to learn more.
Meet the significant demand for risk management professionals in regulated industries with a Graduate Certificate in Strategic Risk and Responsibility. Show current and future employers that you can help their companies meet industry requirements while managing their corporate responsibility.
In this course, you will learn how to: 1. Engage boards and executive management to get risk management onto their agendas. 2. Translate risk policy into risk management systems and structures. 3. Knit together the existing technical specialist infrastructure. 4. Develop sufficient risk management competence among the entire organization. 5. Communicate relevant risk information to external stakeholders.
This course will explore compliance program elements such as assessment, communication and training, investigations and discipline, reporting and disclosure, auditing and monitoring, and remediation, as well as how to measure their effectiveness.
This course will examine how change occurs in organizations so students can better understand the process and develop a framework for understanding and managing change more effectively. The course will look at major world and societal changes that contribute to the amount and pace of change in business organizations, review the major theories that try to explain change, and explore diagnostic tools and actions needed for facilitation and implementation of change.
Peter Young holds a Ph.D. in risk management from the University of Minnesota, and has authored an influential risk management textbook: Risk Management and Insurance (McGraw-Hill, coauthored with Michael Smith). In addition to his academic responsibilities, Young acts as a professional consultant, advising on risk management for a client list that includes the Risk Office at Novo Nordisk (Denmark), the South Dakota Technology and Science Authority and DUSEL (University of California-Berkeley), SABMiller plc (UK and South Africa) and Anchor Bank in the Twin Cities.
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