Overview of Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours) Risk Management in Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman UTAR Malaysia
Risk is an uncertainty or potential threat to an organisation. It can be the potential factor materially affect the value and survival of a business. Hence, business must understand, evaluate and manage the risks to achieve their primary objectives while keeping all the risks under reasonable control. In time of economic uncertainty, more corporations have added risk management function as one essential component to communicate risk policies and manage risk processes within the organisation.
Risk Management job is one of well-respected professions yet a challenging career. If ones willing to take the challenge, it is indeed a rewarding career and the knowledge, skills and experience gained are transferable from one industry to another. In view of the strong focus on risk management and heighten control by central bank and local authority, there is need to install and impart risk awareness mind set among students.
The UTAR's Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours) Risk Management aims at providing students with comprehensive understanding of risk management for financial and non-financial corporations. Core curriculum of this programme involve analytical knowledge, operation management, legal framework and strategic planning. More importantly, the programme balance between the need of providing students with solid theoretical knowledge but include case studies that parallel to current ever shifting business environment.
CAREER PROSPECTS
Risk Analyst
Risk Control Consultant
Risk Management Executive/Manager/Specialist
Business Risk Manager
Compliance Analyst
Credit Risk Management Executive
Equity Analyst
PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
Year 1
Business Accounting 1
Business Accounting 2
Co-Curriculum
Economics
English for Business
English for Management
Introduction to Business Programming
Introduction to Probability and Statistic
Management Principles
MPU1**
National Language/Other Languages
Principles of Marketing
Principles of Risk Management and Insurance
Statistical Methods
Year 2
Applied Regression Analysis
Business Finance
Corporate Ethics, Fraud and Compliance in Risk Management
Credit and Market Risk Management
Crisis Communication in Public Relations
Elective I
Financial Statement Analysis
Industrial Training
Introduction to Occupational Safety and Health
Operational Risk Management in Financial Institutions
Sun Zi's Art of War and Business Strategies
Time Series Analysis
Year 3
Business and Society
Elective I
Elective II
Elective III
Enterprise Risk Management
Financial Derivatives
Internal Auditing for Financial Institution
International Finance
Legal Framework of Banking and Financial Institutions
MPU1*
Research Project
Strategic Management and Project
Elective I - Choose 2 Course (s)
Business Analytics
Confucianism and Modern Society
Digital Entrepreneurship
Fundamentals of Digital Media Technology
Interpersonal Communication
Introductions to Internet of Things and Its Application
Public Speaking and Oral Presentation
Elective II - Choose 1 Course (s)
Applied E-Commerce
Business Taxation
Islamic Banking
Elective III - Choose 1 Course (s)
Managerial Accounting
Money and Banking Management
Personal Financial Planning and Management
Portfolio Management
MPU1* - Choose 1 Course
Hubungan Etnik - For Local Students
Malaysian Studies 3 - For International Students
MPU1** - Choose 1 Course
Bahasa Melayu Komunikasi 2 - For International Students
Tamadun Islam dan Tamadun Asia (TITAS) - For Local Students
National Language/Other Languages - Choose 1 Course (s)
Bahasa Kebangsaan A - For Malaysian only, without SPM-BM Credit
Introduction to FrenchIntroduction to German LanguageIntroduction to JapaneseIntroduction to Tamil Language
Co-Curriculum - Choose 1 Course (s)
Arts and Cultural Performance
Art, Craft, and Design
Business Plan Writing and Preparation
Community Project
Critical Thinking, Creative Thinking and Problem Solving
