Program: Personal Financial Planning (B.S.) - Salina Campus - Kansas State University - Modern Campus Catalog™

Mar 12, 2025

2013-2014 Undergraduate Catalog

Bachelor’s degree requirements

Bachelor of Science
120 hours required for graduation.

Assistant Professor: Markham.

2310 Centennial Road
Salina, KS 67401–8196
1-800-248-5782
785-826-2692
Fax: 785-826-2627
http://www.salina.k-state.edu/fshs/financialplanning

The K-State School of Family Studies and Human Services (FSHS) offers their FSHS bachelor’s degree program with a Personal Financial Planning emphasis on the K-State Salina campus.

The emphasis of this program is personal and family financial planning, which combines course work in personal finance, family relationships and decision making, consumer rights, insurance, investments, retirement and estate planning, economics, and accounting. Emphasis is placed on understanding financial products and how they work, as well as the role of family in financial decisions. The program offers financial planning courses that satisfy CFP® Board’s education requirement for the CFP®/CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® certification.

Kansas State University does not certify individuals to use the CFP® and CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER®, and CFP® (with flame logo)® certification marks. CFP® certification is solely granted by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards to individuals who, in addition to completing an education requirement such as this CFP Board-registered program, have met ethics, experience, and examination requirements.

Admission to the personal financial planning program requires completion of FSHS 105 with a grade of B or better.

General requirements (40-41 credit hours)

Communications (8–9 credit hours)

COMM 105 - Public Speaking IA-Salina campus Credits: (2)
or
COMM 106 - Public Speaking I-Salina campus Credits: (3)
ENGL 100 - Expository Writing I-Salina campus Credits: (3)
ENGL 200 - Expository Writing II-Salina campus Credits: (3)

Social sciences (9 credit hours)

ECON 110 - Principles of Macroeconomics-Salina campus Credits: (3)
PSYCH 110 - General Psychology-Salina campus Credits: (3)
SOCIO 211 - Introduction to Sociology-Salina campus Credits: (3)

Humanities electives (6 credit hours)

(Only a course of 3 credits or more will apply.)

COT 150 - The Humanities Through the Arts Credits: (3)
ENGL 251 - Introduction to Literature-Salina campus Credits: (3)
ENGL 325 - Literature and Technology-Salina campus Credits: (3)
HIST 320 - History of Technology-Salina campus Credits: (3)
PHILO 100 - Introduction to Philosophical Problems-Salina campus Credits: (3)
PHILO 105 - Introduction to Critical Thinking-Salina campus Credits: (3)
PHILO 130 - Introduction to Moral Philosophy-Salina campus Credits: (3)
SPAN 110 - Conversational Spanish for the Workplace-Salina campus Credits: (3)
SPAN 161 - Spanish 1-Salina campus Credits: (5)

Natural and physical sciences (7 credit hours)

Life science elective and physical science elective
(One course must be taken from each area; one course must include a laboratory.)

Life Sciences

BIOL 198 - Principles of Biology-Salina campus Credits: (4)

Physical Sciences

CHM 110 - General Chemistry-Salina campus Credits: (3)
CHM 111 - General Chemistry Laboratory-Salina campus Credits: (1)
GEOL 100 - Earth in Action-Salina campus Credits: (3)
GEOL 103 - Geology Laboratory-Salina campus Credits: (1)
PHYS 101 - The Physical World I-Salina campus Credits: (3)
PHYS 103 - The Physical World I Laboratory-Salina campus Credits: (1)
PHYS 113 - General Physics I-Salina campus Credits: (4)

Quantitative studies (6-7 credit hours)

MATH 100 - College Algebra-Salina campus Credits: (3)
or
MATH 205 - General Calculus and Linear Algebra-Salina campus Credits: (3)
or
MATH 220 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus I-Salina campus Credits: (4)
STAT 325 - Introduction to Statistics-Salina campus Credits: (3)

Integrative Human Ecology Courses (4 credit hours)

GNHE 210 - Foundations of Human Ecology Credits: (1)
GNHE 310 - Human Needs Credits: (3)
or

Professional Studies (58 credit hours)

NOTE: Each of the professional studies courses requires a grade of C or higher.

Professional Courses (32 credit hours)

FSHS 100 - Family Financial Planning as a Career Credits: (1) Must be taken twice.
FSHS 105 - Introduction to Personal and Family Finance Credits: (3)
FSHS 110 - Introduction to Human Development Credits: (3)
FSHS 301 - The Helping Relationship Credits: (3)
FSHS 405 - Advanced Personal and Family Finance Credits: (3)
FSHS 595 - Professional Seminar in Family Financial Planning Credits: (3)
FSHS 756 - Financial Counseling Credits: (3)
FSHS 760 - Families, Employment Benefits, and Retirement Planning Credits: (3)
FSHS 762 - Investing for the Family’s Future Credits: (3)
FSHS 764 - Estate Planning for Families Credits: (3)
FSHS 772 - Personal Income Taxation Credits: (3)

Other supporting courses (27 credit hours)

BUS 251 - Financial Accounting Credits: (3)
BUS 252 - Managerial Accounting Credits: (3)
CMST 108 - PC Desktop Software Credits: (3)
ECON 120 - Principles of Microeconomics-Salina campus Credits: (3)
ECON 530 - Money and Banking Credits: (3)
FINAN 450 - Principles of Finance-Salina campus Credits: (3)
FSHS 766 - Insurance Planning for Families Credits: (3)
MANGT 390 - Business Law I-Salina campus Credits: (3)
MKTG 400 - Introduction to Marketing-Salina campus Credits: (3)

Unrestricted electives (21–22 credit hours)

Total hours required for graduation (120)