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Type Legend: DD Diversity–Domestic; DG Diversity–Global; ELR Experiential Learning; KAD Kent Core Additional; KBS Kent Core Basic Sciences; KCM Kent Core Composition; KFA Kent Core Fine Arts: KHU Kent Core Humanities; KMC Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning; KSS Kent Core Social Sciences; WIC Writing Intensive 

Please read the sections in the University Catalog on Kent Core, diversity, writing-intensive and the experiential learning requirements.

I. DESTINATION KENT STATE: FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE  (1 credit)
Type
 Course Title Credits
  US 10097 Destination Kent State: First Year Experience 1
II. MAJOR PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (61-79 credits)  Courses count in major GPA 
Type Course Title Credits
  ACTT 11000 Accounting I-Financial 4
  BMRT 11000 Introduction to Business 3
    11009 Introduction to Management Technology 3
    21000 Business Law and Ethics I 3
    21004 Introduction to Business Statistics 3
    21011 Fundamentals of Financial Management 1 3
    21050 Fundamentals of Marketing Technology 3
    21052 Professional Selling Techniques 3
    31006 Human Resource Management 3
  COMT 12000 Personal Productivity Software 3
  ENG 30063 Business and Professional Writing 3
  INS 29000 Introduction to Insurance and Risk 1 3
  Choose from the following: 24-25
  ACTT 11001 Accounting II-Managerial (4)  
    31063 Introduction to Cost Accounting (3)  
  BMRT 36401 Applications of Technology Management Software (3)  
    36410 Security for Business Students (3)  
    36415 Customer Service Technology (3)  
    46410 Crisis and Disaster Management Planning (3)  
    46295 Special Topics in Applied Business (3)  
  COMM 20001 Interpersonal Communications (3)  
    45807 High Impact Professional Speaking (3)  
  COMT 21010 Workgroup Productivity Software (3)  
WIC   36318 Survey of Information Security, Internet Fraud and Computer Forensics (3) 2, 3  
  MIS 34165 Dynamics of Leadership (3)  
    34185 Individual/Group Behavior in Organizations (3)  
    34280 Social Responsibility in the Workplace (3)  
    44152 Collaborative Project Management (3)  
  PSYC 31141 Perception (3) 4  
    31773 Industrial Psychology (3)  
    41581 Health Psychology (3)  
  SOC 42558 Wealth, Poverty and Power (3)  
    42563 Sociology of Health and Health Care (3) 4  
Additional Major Requirements (18 credit hours)
Below are additional major requirements for students not declared in the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriting (CPCU), Life and Health or Property and Casualty Insurance concentration
  INS 39000 Insurance Law, Finance and Risk Management 1 3
 WIC   39001 Insurance Operations 1, 2 3
    49000 Life and Health Insurance 3
    49001 Personal Lines Insurance 1 3
    49002 Commercial Insurance 1 3
ELR   49092 Insurance Practicum General 3
III. ADDITIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (40 credits)  
Type Course Title Credits
KSS ECON 22060 Principles of Microeconomics 3
KAD   22061 Principles of Microeconomics 3
  Kent Core Composition 6
  Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning 3-5
  Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts (minimum one course from each) 9
  Kent Core Social Sciences (not from ECON) 3
  Kent Core Basic Sciences (must include one laboratory) 6-7
  Kent Core Additional 3
  General Electives 4
IV. OPTIONAL CONCENTRATIONS (18 credits)  
  Chartered Property Casualty Underwriting (18)
  Life and Health Insurance concentration (18)
  Property and Casualty Insurance concentration (18)
MINIMUM TOTAL  120

1. Students in the CPCU concentration (open only to those who have completed the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter program) will earn credit for BMRT 21011, INS 29000, INS 39000, INS 39001, INS 49001 and INS 49002 after the completion of program requirements.
2. Course must be earned with minimum C grade to fulfill writing-intensive requirement.
3. COMT 36318 is required for students in the CPCU concentration. The course will count toward both the major electives and the concentration requirements.
4. Prerequisite for course may be fulfilled through the Kent Core courses.
 

Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) Concentration

For semester-by-semester sequencing for this program, view the 2014-2015 Roadmap.

I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (18 credits) Courses count in major GPA
Type Course Title Credits
WIC COMT 36318 Survey of Information Security, Internet Fraud and Computer Forensics 2, 3 3
  INS 49000 Life and Health Insurance 3
    49001 Personal Lines Insurance 1 3
    49002 Commercial Insurance 1 3
    49032 Advanced Topics in Life and Health Insurance 3
ELR   49092 Insurance Practicum General 3
MINIMUM SUBTOTAL  18

 

Life and Health Insurance Concentration

For semester-by-semester sequencing for this program, view the 2014-2015 Roadmap.

I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (18 credits) Courses count in major GPA
Type Course Title Credits
  INS 49010 Life and Health Insurance Law, Finance and Risk Management 3
WIC   49020 Life and Health Insurance Operations 2 3
    49030 Life Insurance 3
    49031 Health Insurance 3
    49032 Advanced Topics in Life and Health Insurance 3
ELR   49292 Life and Health Insurance Practicum 3
MINIMUM SUBTOTAL  18

 

Property and Casualty Insurance Concentration

For semester-by-semester sequencing for this program, view the 2014-2015 Roadmap.

I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (18 credits) Courses count in major GPA
Type Course Title Credits
  INS 49011 Property and Casualty Insurance Law, Finance and Risk Management 3
WIC   49021 Property and Casualty Insurance Operations 2 3
    49041 Personal Lines Property and Casualty Insurance 3
    49042 Commercial Lines Property and Casualty Insurance 3
    49043 Advanced Topics in Property and Casualty Insurance 3
ELR   49192 Property and Casualty Insurance Practicum 3
MINIMUM SUBTOTAL  18