Master of Science in Personal Financial Planning
Program Quick Facts
Program Length
39 semester hours of creditDescription
The online Master of Science in Personal Financial Planning degree from the College of Financial Planning has been created to be a program the includes a two-for-one field of study that will prepare students for the CFP Certification Examination as well as position them for a earning their master's degree.
Throughout the course of this online financial planning degree program emphasizes the tradition areas of financial planning, and offer students the opportunity to expand their study into a specialized instruction.
The online courses of this program cover a variety of topics related to financial planning, including:
- Communication & Research Techniques for Master's Students
- Financial Planning Process & Risk Management
- Insurance
- Investment Planning
- Income Tax Planning
- Retirement Planning
- Estate Planning
- Pre-retirement Financial Planning Topics
- Portfolio Management for Personal Financial Planners
- Tax Planning for the Highly Compensated
- Issues and Cases in Estate Planning
- Financial Statement Analysis
- Investment Analysis
- Qualified Retirement Plan Topics
- Estate Planning for Retirement Benefits
- Women & Financial Planning
- Money & Banking
- Global Economics
- Public Finance
- Technical Analysis
Your studies will emphasize the traditional areas of financial planning and then expand into specialized instruction.
The personal financial planning major requires completion of 39 semester hours of credit (13 courses) with an overall grade-point average of 3.0 (B) on a 4.0 scale.
Students must have a Bachelors degree from a regionally accredited institution.
Accreditation
North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, The Higher Learning Commission