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.

The program also offers financial counseling courses that satisfy the education requirements for the Accredited Financial Counselor (AFC®) exam sponsored by the Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education.

Kansas State University does not certify individuals to use the AFC®, CFP®, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER®, and CFP® (with flame logo)® certification marks. AFC ® is solely granted by the Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education. 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 (36-37 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 (6 credit hours)

ECON 110 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credits: 3
PSYCH 110 - General Psychology Credits: 3

Humanities (6 credit hours)

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 (6 credit hours)

STAT 350 - Business and Economic Statistics I Credits: 3
Choose one from the following:
MATH 100 - College Algebra Credits: 3
Grade of “B” or higher required

or
A college-level calculus course Credits: 3

Integrative Health and Human Sciences core courses (3 credit hour)

HHS 101 - Introduction to Well-being Credits: .5
HHS 201 - Community Well-being Credits: .5
HHS 202 - Social Well-being Credits: .5
HHS 203 - Financial Well-being Credits: .5
HHS 204 - Physical Well-being Credits: .5
HHS 301 - Career Well-being Credits: .5

Professional Studies (71-74 credit hours)

Grades of C or higher required.

Professional courses (44 credit hours)

HDFS 110 - Introduction to Human Development Credits: 3
HDFS 301 - Helping Relationships Credits: 3
PFP 105 - Introduction to Personal Financial Planning Credits: 3 -Grade of “B” or higher required
PFP 305 - Advanced Personal Financial Planning Credits: 3
PFP 320 - Applied Behavioral Finance Credits: 3
PFP 456 - Financial Counseling and Communication Credits: 3
PFP 460 - Retirement Planning Concepts Credits: 3
PFP 462 - Personal Investment Concepts I Credits: 3
PFP 464 - Estate Planning Concepts Credits: 3
PFP 466 - Personal Risk Management and Insurance Planning Credits: 3
PFP 468 - Professional Practice Management in Personal Financial Planning Credits: 1
PFP 472 - Personal Income Tax Concepts Credits: 3
PFP 482 - Personal Investment Concepts II Credits: 3
PFP 579 - Pre-Internship Orientation in Personal Financial Planning Credits: 1
PFP 580 - Internship in Personal Financial Planning Credits: 3
PFP 595 - Capstone in Personal Financial Planning Credits: 3

Other supporting courses (21 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
MANGT 430 - Business Law I Credits: 3
MKTG 400 - Introduction to Marketing Credits: 3
SALES 542 - Fundamentals of Professional Selling Credits: 3
Choose one from the following:
AGEC 513 - Agricultural Finance Credits: 3
FINAN 450 - Principles of Finance Credits: 3

Select One Track Option (6-9 credit hours)

Entrepreneurship (9 credit hours)

ENTRP 340 - Business Innovation and the Entrepreneurial Mindset Credits: 3
and
Choose 6 credit hours from Entrepreneurship Minor
ENGL 455 - Exploring Creativity Credits: 3
ENTRP 350 - Technology and Innovation Management Credits: 3
ENTRP 466 - Digital Business Credits: 3
ENTRP 520 - Social Entrepreneurship Credits: 3
ENTRP 540 - Entrepreneurial Consulting Credits: 3

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