Insurance and Financial Management, A.A.S.

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Drive a car? Rent or own a home? Manage a Fortune 500 company? Chances are you answered yes to at least one of those questions. Insurance and Financial Management is everywhere and savvy students can use this training to their career advantage. An Insurance and Financial Management Degree will provide students with the fundamental knowledge, skills and tools necessary to move into their career or advance in their educational program. Improve your own personal balance sheet with an A.A.S. Degree in NIACC’s Insurance and Financial Management program.

Career Opportunities:

Successful graduates can find job opportunities in the following occupational areas:

Management
Customer Service
Sales
Commercial Bankers/Lenders
Financial Analysts
Investment Bankers
Private Wealth Managers

For specific information, contact the NIACC Business Division.

Upon successful completion of the second year Insurance and Financial Management curriculum with a grade point average of 2.00 (C) or higher, the student is awarded an Associate in Applied Science Degree. Students who know they wish to pursue a four-year degree and want to meet general education requirements of transfer institutions should pursue the A.A. Degree. This will necessitate a slightly different curriculum.

Business Internships

It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3!

Talk to the Business Internship Coordinator or your Counselor to decide when in your college career you should participate in an internship.
Enroll in and pass Workplace Professionalism (BUS 162 ).

Workplace Professionalism is a 3 s.h. course that is a prerequisite to Business Internships ~ it can be taken at any time prior to a Business Internship.

Upon passing Workplace Professionalism, the student is eligible for a Business Internship (BUS 225 ).

Students may register for a Business Internship only when they have located, secured and have had the internship site approved with the Business Internship Coordinator.
Business Internship credit ranges from 1 s.h. to 5 s.h. ~ this must be determined prior to registering for the course.

All students are highly encouraged to participate in a Business Internship before graduating.

Required Courses/Suggested Schedule

First Year

First Term

BCA - 215 Computer Business Applications (3 s.h.)
or BCA - 101 Introduction to Computers and Information Systems (3 s.h.)
BUS - 102 Introduction to Business (3 s.h.)
BUS - 121 Business Communications (3 s.h.)
or BUS - 130 Introduction to Entrepreneurship (3 s.h.)
or BUS - 161 Human Relations (3 s.h.)
or General Education elective (3 s.h.)
MGT - 101 Principles of Management (3 s.h.)
Business Elective(s) (3 s.h.)

Total: 15 s.h.

Second Term

ACC - 111 Introduction to Accounting (3 s.h.)
BCA - 152 Comprehensive Spreadsheets (3 s.h.)
BUS - 162 Workplace Professionalism (3 s.h.) +
MGT - 170 Human Resource Management (3 s.h.)
MKT - 110 Principles of Marketing (3 s.h.)

Total: 15 s.h.

Second Year

Third Term

Total: 15 s.h.

Fourth Term

ENG - 106 Composition II (3 s.h.)
Concentration Courses (9 s.h.)
Natural Science/Mathematics Elective(s) (3 s.h.)

Total: 15 s.h.

Total Program Hours: 60 s.h.

+If you anticipate achieving a two-year degree, enroll in a Business Elective your first year and BUS - 162 Workplace Professionalism your second year, preferably the Fourth Term.

Insurance and Financial Management Concentration Courses

ACC - 121 Principles of Accounting I (3 s.h.)
ACC - 122 Principles of Accounting II (3 s.h.)
BUS - 225 Business Internships (1-5 s.h.)
ECN - 110 Introduction to Economics (3 s.h.)
ECN - 115 Personal Finance (3 s.h.)
ECN - 120 Principles of Macroeconomics (3 s.h.)
ECN - 130 Principles of Microeconomics (3 s.h.)
FIN - 100 Introduction to Finance (3 s.h.)

Recommended Business Electives

BUS - 122 Emerging Business Practices & Technologies (3 s.h.)
BUS - 130 Introduction to Entrepreneurship (3 s.h.)
BUS - 152 Creating a Company (3 s.h.)
BUS - 161 Human Relations (3 s.h.)
BUS - 269 Insurance and Risk Management (3 s.h.)
MKT - 140 Principles of Selling (3 s.h.)
MKT - 150 Principles of Advertising (3 s.h.)