Personal Financial Planning (B.S.)

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The personal financial planning program 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®, 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.

Bachelor’s Degree Requirements

General Requirements (41-44 credit hours)

Communications (8-9 credit hours)

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

Social Sciences (9 credit hours)

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

Humanities (6 credit hours)

Only a course of 3 credit hours or more will apply.

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.

Quantitative Studies (7-9 credit hours)

CIS 102 - Introduction to Spreadsheet Applications Credits: (1)
or
CMST 108 - PC Desktop Software Credits: (3)
STAT 350 - Business and Economic Statistics I Credits: (3)
Choose one from the following:
MATH 100 - College Algebra Credits: (3)
or
- A college-level calculus course Credits: (3)

Integrative Human Ecology Courses (4 credit hours)

FSHS 350 - Family Relationships and Gender Roles Credits: (3)
or
GNHE 310 - Human Needs Credits: (3)
GNHE 210 - Foundations of Human Ecology Credits: (1)

Professional Studies (62 credit hours)

Grades of C or higher required.

Professional FSHS courses (38 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 400 - Family and Consumer Economics 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 766 - Insurance Planning for Families Credits: (3)
FSHS 772 - Personal Income Taxation Credits: (3)

Other supporting courses (24 credit hours)

ACCTG 231 - Accounting for Business Operations Credits: (3)
ACCTG 241 - Accounting for Investing and Financing Credits: (3)
ECON 120 - Principles of Microeconomics Credits: (3)
ECON 530 - Money and Banking Credits: (3)
MANGT 390 - Business Law I Credits: (3)
MKTG 400 - Introduction to Marketing Credits: (3)
MKTG 542 - Professional Selling Credits: (3)
Choose one from the following:
AGEC 513 - Agricultural Finance Credits: (3)
FINAN 450 - Principles of Finance Credits: (3)

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