Relevant Coursework
Relevant courses I have taken so far:
- Data Centric Application Development
- Learned PHP, HTML, PDO, CSS and how they can interact with each other
- Data Analytics
- Sharpened Excel skills while learning SQL and R
- Intermediate Macroeconomic Analysis
- Studied the functionality of macroeconomic models and how different events affect them
- Excel for business applications
- Gained proficiency in Excel
- Data Science
- Learned Tableau and how to use it to visualize data
- Risk Management and Insurance
- Learned about risks companies face, and how to categorize, quantify, and manage risks
- Introduction to Human Capital Risk
- Learned how to design a benefit plan, how to identify the loss employers and employees face, and the administrative details of designing an employee benefit plan
- Insurance operations
- Learned about the insurance industry, types of coverages, types of insurance companies, industry trends, and types of policies available
- Contracts
- Learned about the contracts involved in insurance and why they are written in the way they are
- Enterprise IT architecture
- Learned how to work with a cloud service, Microsoft Azure, and how to write executive summary papers detailing the benefits of technology
- Operations Management
- Used excel models to help solve business problems
These classes are focused on technology and its application to the risk management and insurance industry. I have learned valuable skills in each of these classes, and cannot wait to apply them. Excel and its uses has been the most useful technical skill I have been able to take from my relevant coursework. This is an essential tool in the employee benefits space, which is where I hope to have a career. The other coding skills I have learned have allowed me to become a fast learner when learning new technological concepts.