Learn to predict and mitigate enterprise risk with a Graduate Certificate or MS in Enterprise Risk Management

The MS in Enterprise Risk Management will introduce you to the essential tools and theories needed to lead change, think strategically in complex business situations, and provide analytical and technological solutions that mitigate risk across entire enterprises—knowledge you can immediately apply in an exciting, data-driven industry. 

The Enterprise Risk Management master’s degree will equip you with:

• Proficiency in designing and evaluating exposures and the available response options, and in developing appropriate plans for widely used enterprise risk management, business continuity planning, and disaster recovery frameworks and processes.
• Skills in the use of quantitative and qualitative data to estimate the likelihood and severity of individual exposures.
• The skills and abilities necessary to undertake management and leadership roles in the profession of enterprise continuity, with an awareness of the broad issues of continuity, security, and risk management.
• A broad understanding of the different aspects of business continuity as it impacts the continued operations of the firm, from supply chain management through higher-level strategy development involving markets and industry sustainability.

The Graduate Certificate in Enterprise Risk Management is designed to provide business managers and public employees with the skills they need to formulate and execute the best possible response to a wide range of emergencies and disasters—from extreme weather to layoffs to a supply chain disruption.

You’ll examine a range of technical and logistical issues facing emergency management professionals while gaining an understanding of the psychological and social components—the human resources—of an organization. In addition, you will learn the following principles:

• Preparedness planning
• Risk assessment and mitigation
• The interface between private and public response
• The human, technological, and logistical factors of crisis recovery
• The development of a system-wide continuity plan

Each course in the Enterprise Risk Management certificate program features a case study simulation that provides an opportunity to apply the concepts learned from coursework under emergency-like conditions.