金融是一门商业学科，它为学生进入各种公司角色和金融职业做好了准备。所有这些充满挑战性的工作领域涉及针对不确定的未来结果和不确定性事件的规划的当前决策。在投资领域，此活动涉及风险和与投资相关的收益的度量以及储蓄投资的决策。在保险领域，这项活动涉及对影响个人和组织正常活动和经验的不确定事件和结果的度量和价值评估。识别，分析，评估，控制，避免，最小化和/或消除不可接受的风险就是风险管理。
Finance is a business discipline that prepares students for entry into a variety of corporate roles and financial professions. All of these areas of engaging and challenging work address present-time decision-making for uncertain future outcomes and the planning for uncertainty events. In the investment area, this activity involves the measurement of the risk and the return associated with investments and the decision making for the investment of savings. In the insurance area, this activity involves the measurement and value assessment of uncertain events and outcomes that affect the normal activity and experiences of individuals and organizations. The identification, analysis, assessment, control, avoidance, minimization, and/or the elimination of unacceptable risks is risk management.