Specialization Head: Robert Reitano (rreitano@brandeis.edu)

Risk Management encompasses the development and application of quantitative models for operational and market risks: Commodity, interest rate, credit, currency and equity; as well as the more "qualitative" risk management approaches relating to the managerial and organizational response to operational risks, corporate governance, fraud detection, strategic risk and reputational risk. The requirements of this specialization are structured to give students flexibility in tailoring coursework between the two risk management frameworks.

Coursework

FIN 270a and FIN 279a form the foundation for risk management, and build on the knowledge and skills introduced in the required Investments course by both deepening and generalizing the materials on financial derivatives and their applications, as well as introduce students to many of the core issues and approaches in risk management. 

The first set of electives below builds on the core and required courses above and provides students with experience in various areas of risk management which involve quantitative tools but where the emphasis is on qualitative considerations and managerial judgment. 

The specialization requires completion of 20 credits, which must include:

and 4 credits from the following electives:

and 4 credits from the following electives:

and 4 credits from either group of electives listed above

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