FINC 330-001: Risk and Insurance
Instructor: J Alan “J” Bennett
Course Time and Place: MWF 9:30-10:45am, COB 105
Office: 218B, College of Business
Office Hours: MW 11am-Noon and 2-3pm, TR 9-10am and 1-3pm, and by appointment
Phone: (O)257-4464
E-mail: jbennett@latech.edu (please put “FINC 330” in the subject line)
Course Description: “A comprehensive study of risk-bearing, including insurance and non-insurance
methods of handling a risk; introduction to the fields of life, disability, property, and casualty
insurance.”
Prerequisites: None
Course Materials
 Introduction to Risk Management&Insurance, 10th Edition, by Mark S. Dorfman and David A.
Cather, Pearson, 2013
 Please note that there are several options for purchase/rental of this textbook, both in the bookstore
and online
 Some additional readings of interest may be assigned.
 Please bring a blue, full-size Scantron to each exam.
Course Communication: My chief methods of communicating with you will be (1) announcements in
class, (2) Blackboard postings/announcements, and (3) Tech e-mail. I will NOT send any personal email correspondence to non-Tech e-mail addresses. If you download e-mail from your Tech account to
another e-mail account (e.g., Hotmail, AOL, MS Outlook, etc.), that is your business; understand that in
doing so, however, your privacy cannot be protected. Thus, if you don’t use your Tech address, you
should.
Student Evaluation: There will be four in-class exams given (100 points each, 400 total points), per
the syllabus. Exam coverage is per the syllabus and will predominantly be from the textbook readings
and lecture material; any other material covered on the exams will be announced in advance. Grades
will be assigned according to a straight, strict, grading scale (90% and above = “A”, less than 60% =
“F”, etc). Grades will ONLY be adjusted upward through rounding (e.g., 79.5% will round up to
80%, 79.49% will not). The instructor reserves the right to curve exam/quiz results, but this should not
be assumed.
Any students needing testing or classroom accommodations based on a disability are encouraged to
discuss those needs with me as soon as possible.
All students, in accordance with the Academic Honor Code, pledge the following: Being a student of
higher standards, I pledge to embody the principles of academic integrity
(www.latech.edu/tech/students/honor-code.pdf).
Unfortunately, not all students take this pledge seriously. Because of this, I must insist on the following:
 No cell phone calculators will be allowed during exams/quizzes (bring a regular calculator)
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On exam days, spread out, at least one seat between you and your neighbor. When this is not
physically possible, I will allow side-by-side seating ONLY in the first two rows.
All materials, except for those needed to take the test, should be stowed somewhere other than
your desktop.
Make-up Policy: Make-up exams are NOT granted (except under extraordinary circumstances) without
my permission in advance. E-mail is probably the best way to contact me, as it has a time stamp.
Absolutely no make-ups will be granted if you contact me later than the day of the exam. Make-ups
that are granted will be given at a mutually satisfactory time for the instructor and student not later than
one class period after the missed exam. Athletes who miss quizzes due to known travel conflicts must
make up the quiz before the next class period. It is the athlete’s responsibility to arrange a time for the
makeup.
Attendance: Success in this class (and, for that matter, any class) will come from attending class and
diligently reading your textbooks and any other assigned readings. Per Louisiana Tech policy, class
attendance will be taken. Attending class is an expectation; you’re not doing me a favor by showing up,
but you are doing yourself one.
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