Personal Financial Planning (M.S.)

The School of Family Studies and Human Services offers a Master of Science degree in Personal Financial Planning. The distance-based curriculum lets students complete course work at times convenient times to them. Upon completion of the Personal Financial Planning track, students are eligible to take the Certified Financial Planner certification examination. The program consists of 30 semester credit hours. Students entering the program without the CFP® designation or a time value of money course will be required to take PFP 624 Fundamentals of Family Financial Planning or an equivalent course as a prerequisite.

For additional information, please visit the Personal Financial Planning website at: www.ipfp.k-state.edu

Choose two of the three tracks (total credit hours must equal or exceed 30):

Personal Financial Planning (18 credit hours)

PFP 760 - Retirement Planning for Families Credits: 3
PFP 762 - Investing for the Family’s Future I Credits: 3
PFP 764 - Estate Planning for Families Credits: 3
PFP 766 - Insurance Planning for Families Credits: 3
PFP 772 - Personal Income Taxation Credits: 3
PFP 836 - Financial Planning Case Studies Credits: 3

Financial Therapy (12 credit hours)

PFP 768 - Introduction to Financial Therapy Credits: 3
PFP 769 - Money and Relationships Credits: 3
PFP 770 - Applied Behavioral Finance Credits: 3
PFP 771 - Financial Therapy Theory & Research Credits: 1-3

Advanced Financial Planning (12 credit hours)

PFP 675 - Field Study in Family Economics Credits: 1-3
or
PFP 835 - Professional Practices in Family Financial Planning Credits: 3
and
PFP 860 - Advanced Retirement Planning Issues Credits: 3
PFP 864 - Advanced Estate Planning Issues Credits: 3
PFP 909 - Topics in Personal Financial Planning Credits: 0-3

Students who choose to combine the Financial Therapy and Advanced Financial Planning tracks must choose 2 of the following courses (6 credit hours):

PFP 675 - Field Study in Family Economics Credits: 1-3
PFP 808 - Research Application in Personal Financial Planning Credits: 1-8
PFP 835 - Professional Practices in Family Financial Planning Credits: 3
PFP 836 - Financial Planning Case Studies Credits: 3
CNRES 751 - Conflict Resolution: Core Skills and Strategies Credits: 3
GERON 605 - Practicum in Gerontology Credits: 1-3

Kansas State University

Course Catalog

Personal Financial Planning (M.S.)

Personal Financial Planning (18 credit hours)

Financial Therapy (12 credit hours)

Advanced Financial Planning (12 credit hours)

Students who choose to combine the Financial Therapy and Advanced Financial Planning tracks must choose 2 of the following courses (6 credit hours):