In response to increasing challenges to businesses, and the demand for experts to mitigate numerous types of risk across their enterprises, the School of Business has renamed and significantly revised the curriculum for one of its master’s degree programs.
The M.S. in Financial and Enterprise Risk Management (FERM) program will be offered at the Stamford campus starting in Fall 2024. The program replaces the popular master’s degree in Financial Risk Management, first introduced in 2010.
The degree will prepare graduates to address a variety of risk factors that pose threats to businesses, including financial, operational, informational, geopolitical, regulatory, and cybersecurity risk. Graduates of the FERM program will be versed in structuring a corporation so there are safeguards throughout the enterprise.
“Risk management is perhaps the fastest growing and most important competitive component in every industry today,’’ said Chinmoy Ghosh, head of the finance department.
The School of Business currently offers a master’s degree in Financial Risk Management, which will be folded into the FERM program, Ghosh said.
“We’ve always addressed these issues, but now they…
