Courses

The online certificate in financial planning is an 18-credit program of study with six required courses offered in a time frame comparable to a traditional semester schedule, with fixed start and end dates. Successful completion of the online certificate satisfies the entire education coursework requirement for CFP® certification, and prepares students to take the CFP® Certification Examination. The education and examination components are two of the core prerequisites to obtain full CFP® certification.

Course List - Undergraduate Certificate in Financial Planning

Prescribed Courses (18 credits)
Title	Abbreviation	Description	Credits
Principles of Taxation I OR Principles of Taxation	ACCTG 405 OR ACCTG 310	Elements of tax policy and tax-planning concepts for personal and business decision making; with emphasis on taxation of individuals. Prerequisites: ACCTG 211, B A 301* or FIN 301 Study of income determination concepts for individuals and corporations, impact of taxation on decisions, elementary research techniques, and ethical standards. Prerequisite: ACCTG 211 or FIN 301	3 credits
Personal Financial Planning	FIN 330	Developing financial plans including cash budgets, credit purchases, investments, and insurance. Third semester standing or permission of instructor.	3 credits
Investment and Portfolio Analysis	FIN 420	Investment and risk, types of security investments, sources of investment information, the broker, the stock market, portfolio management. Prerequisite: FIN 301**	3 credits
Estate Planning	FIN 430	Liquidity planning, titling and transfer of property, trusts, federal unified tax system, gifting, incapacity planning, legal documents. Prerequisites: FIN 330 and ACCTG 405	3 credits
Retirement Planning	FIN 450	Retirement planning: qualified and non-qualified plans, characteristics, provisions, regulations administration, application approach with case studies.	3 credits
Financial Planning Capstone	FIN 491	Critical thinking and decision-making about personal financial planning topics in the context of the financial planning process. Prerequisites: completion of first 15 credits of the certificate curriculum	3 credits

*Prerequisites for B A 301 are: Econ 102 or Econ 104

**Prerequisites for FIN 301 are: (ENGL 15 or ENGL 30 or ESL 15 or ENGL 137H or CAS 137H) and ACCTG 211 and (ECON 102 or ECON 104) and (SCM 200 or STAT 200)

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