Welcome to the Risk, Insurance, and Safety Management Program at CWU.


The Risk, Insurance, and Safety Management BS or BAS will launch your successful career assessing risk, making informed decisions, and balancing an organization’s tolerance of risk and reward. Use your eye for analyzing situations and the skills you learn here to enter this in-demand field as a safety manager, underwriter, worker’s compensation claims manager, and more.

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Risk Management Certificate and Minor

Risk Management Minor/Certificate page.

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Curriculum

RISM Curriculum page

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Degree Options

Our department envisions itself providing an educational service with customers at both ends of the system: students wanting an education leading toward employment and employers desiring leaders of the future.  

  • Undergraduate 
    • Risk, Insurance, and Safety Management, BS  
    • Risk, Insurance, and Safety Management, BAS 
  • Minors and Certificates 
    • Construction Minor or Certificate 
    • Engineering Technology Management Minor or Certificate  
    • Public Health and Risk Management Certificate  
    • Risk Management Minor or Certificate 
    • Safety and Health Management Minor or certificate  
    • Engineering Technology Minor  
    • Insurance Management Certificate  
    • Robotics and Automation Minor  

Learn more about our degree options through our Program Finder.   

Admissions  

For general university admissions information, contact the Office of Admissions. For advising information, contact the Academic Advising Center.  

Are you a graduate student? Contact the School of Graduate Studies and Research for admissions information.  

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