With a CPCU® designation, you've already earned one-third of your MSIM degree Boston University offers this distinctive Master of Science in Insurance Management in an online degree program especially designed for holders of the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters (CPCU®) professional designation. If you have earned the CPCU® designation, Boston University will recognize your accomplishment as the equivalent of 16 hours of credit, and let it serve as the specialization for the Master of Science in Insurance Management. The eight course program is totally online so you are never required to attend an on-campus class. By completing just eight courses, holders of the CPCU® credential will gain the advanced management knowledge required to handle high-level responsibilities and to achieve career advancement. You may want to travel to Boston for graduation ceremonies, but that is entirely up to you.