Course in Risk Management | SRH Distance Learning University

At a glance

The contents of your certificate course

A company can only operate successfully in the long term if it seizes opportunities and implements initiatives. At the same time, it must be able to react to crises in an appropriate manner. In this certificate course, you will learn how to manage opportunities and risks equally efficiently.

Degree: University Certificate in Risk Management
Examination: Student Paper (20 pages)
Credit points: 6 ECTS
Learning duration: approx. 150 hours (incl. self-study and exam)
Regular certificate duration: 3 months
Access from date of purchase: 3 months + 15 months free support period
Certificate start: on the first day of each month
Certificate fee: EUR 840
Certification: Authorised in accordance with the German Distance Learning Protection Act (FernUSG) ZFU No. 176518c

After active participation, you will receive an official certificate of attendance.
Participants who optionally complete the certificate with a successful exam performance receive 6 ECTS credits and a certificate of completion for the university certificate.

Your content

Foundations of Risk Management

Risk Management as a regulatory requirement
The economic need for risk management
The concept of risks and risk management

The corporate setting of risk management

Principles
Framework
Communication and consultation with stakeholders

The Risk Management process

Risk assessment
Risk identification
Risk analysis
Risk treatment

Elements of financial risk management

Value at risk (VAR)
Backtesting
Conditional Value at risk (CVAR)
Extreme value theory (EVT)
Stress testing

Instruments of financial risk management

Typical financial risks of business
Introduction to financial derivatives
Forward contracts
Future contracts
Swaps
Options

Your advantages

Assess risks and respond appropriately
Identify and exploit opportunities
Secure long-term business success

Your outlook

How to achieve your goals

Price fluctuations, interest rate movements, payment defaults: risks are an inherent feature of daily business life. The task of good risk management is to differentiate between threats and potential opportunities and to systematically incorporate these into a company's financial and operational management. Skilled risk managers are in high demand in finance departments, in controlling, reporting and strategy development, as well as in strategic company management.

Your participation

You meet these requirements

Do you want to shape the future of your company by identifying the factors that will promote or impair future growth? Do you want to drive change and shape your company's strategy so that it is well prepared to meet unexpected challenges and deal with future crises? Then this certificate course will teach you how to work as a risk manager in companies of any size – a qualification that will make you sought-after in all industries, functions and product areas, in both private companies and public organisations.

Your credits

Recognition for a later course of study

Academic and non-academic achievements can be credited/recognised upon request. You can have successfully completed modules of the certificate course recognised in the degree programmes of the SRH Fernhochschule if there is a corresponding match in content. Please contact your student advisor for more information.

SRH Fernhochschule | Prof. Dr. Stefan Müller

Entrepreneurial activity involves the perception of opportunities and risks. Deviations from a planned, targeted state are two sides of the same coin: a deviation can be in favour of (opportunity) or to the detriment of the company (risk). Risk management provides a methodology for identifying opportunities and risks and dealing with them effectively – and thus connecting a company's present with its future by actively shaping it. In this way, risk management becomes an indispensable part of a company's strategic development.

Prof. Dr. Michael Koch, Professor of Economics & Sustainability

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