Master of Compliance and Risk Management Courses

Overview of Courses Required for all Master Candidates

  • Foundational courses (10)
  • Thesis project (4)
  • Required courses in specialization (6)
  • Electives in specialization (6-8)
  • General electives (2-4)

TOTAL = 30 credits 

Required Courses for Master Degree with a Specialization in Healthcare

Foundational courses = 10 credits 

  • Risk Assessment (4)
  • Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance (3)
  • Compliance & Risk Management Skills: Planning, Auditing, Investigating, and Reporting (3)

Thesis project = 4 credits

Healthcare law specific requirements = 6 credits 

  • Health Law (3)
  • Healthcare Finance & Regulation (3)

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Elective Courses for Master Degree with Specialization in Healthcare

Healthcare law electives * = 6-8 credits

  • Bioethics & Law (1-3)
  • Elder Law (3)
  • Employment Discrimination (3)
  • ERISA (4)
  • Food, Drug & Biotech Law (3)
  • Genetics and the Law (2)
  • Health Care and Human Rights (2)
  • Health Care Controversies (2)
  • HIPAA/Information Privacy (1-2)
  • Hospital Risk Management (1-2)
  • Insurance Law (3)
  • Public Health Law (2-3)
  • Research Regulation & Ethics (2-3)

Required Courses for Master Degree with a Specialization in Business Finance

Foundational courses = 10 credits  

  • Risk Assessment (4)
  • Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance (3)
  • Compliance & Risk Management Skills: Planning, Auditing, Investigating, and Reporting (3)

Thesis project = 4 credits

Business Finance law specific requirements = 6 credits 

  • Business Associations (3)
  • Securities Regulation

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Elective Courses for Master Degree with Specialization in Business Finance

Business Finance law electives * = 6-8 credits

  • Antitrust (3)
  • Advanced Securities Regulation (3)
  • Bankruptcy (3)
  • Business and Law Colloquiim (3)
  • Corporate Finance (3)
  • ERISA (4)
  • Federal Income Tax (3)
  • Federal Taxation of Corporations & Partnerships (4)
  • Financial Institutions Regulation (3)
  • HIPAA/Information Privacy (1-2)
  • Franchise Law (1)
  • International Business Transactions (3)
  • Mergers & Acquisitions (3)

Required Courses for Master Degree with Specialization in Environmental Regulation

Foundational courses = 10 credits 

  • Risk Assessment (4)
  • Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance (3)
  • Compliance & Risk Management Skills: Planning, Auditing, Investigating, and Reporting (3)

Thesis project = 4 credits

Environmental Regulation Specialization specific requirements = 3 credits

  • Environmental Law (3)

Elective Courses for Master Degree with Specialization in Environmental Regulation

Environmental Regulation electives * = 13 credits

  • Administrative Law 
  • Animal Law
  • Climate Law
  • Energy Law
  • Environmental Health and Policy
  • Environmental History and Law Seminar
  • Expert Witnesses and Scientific Evidence
  • International Environmental Law
  • Land Use Control
  • Nonprofit Organization Law
  • Public Health Law

Required Courses for Master Degree with Specialization in Intellectual Property

Foundational courses = 10 credits 

  • Risk Assessment (4)
  • Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance (3)
  • Compliance & Risk Management Skills: Planning, Auditing, Investigating, and Reporting (3)

Thesis project = 4 credits
Intellectual Property Fusion Concentration specific requirements = 9 credits 

  • Trademark Law (3) or Copyright Law (3)
  • Patent Law (3)
  • Commercialization and Intellectual Property Management (3)

Intellectual Property law Patent Concentration specific requirements = 9 credits 

  • Patent Law (3)
  • Patent Preparation and Prosecution I (3)
  • Patent Preparation and Prosecution II (3)

Intellectual Property Law & the Arts Concentration specific requirements = 7 credits 

  • Sports Law (1)
  • Copyright Law (3)
  • Trademark Law (3)

Elective Courses for Master Degree with Specialization in Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property electives * = 7-9 credits

  • Business Associations
  • Commercialization & IP Management
  • Copyright Law
  • Cyberspace Law
  • Intellectual Property and Dealmaking
  • Intellectual Property and First Amendment in the Arts
  • Law of the Music Industry 
  • Law of the Visual Arts 
  • Negotiation Strategies in Sports Management
  • Museum Law
  • Patent Law
  • Patent Preparation and Prosecution I
  • Patent Preparation and Prosecution II
  • Representing the Musical Artist
  • Sports Data Lab 
  • Sports Law

*Not all elective courses are taught every year

General electives** = 2-4 credits
** must be approved by advisor, but can include any courses offered by the university