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Family Financial Planning
Students in this specialization enhance personal financial knowledge, complete a master's degree or a certificate program and develop competencies that can lead to the Certified Financial Planner designation by the CFP International Board of Standards. The program focuses on the efforts of households to improve their economic well-being through effective use of resources, and on the economic and social systems that enhance or constrain these efforts. The degree prepares students for further graduate study or for work in human services, Cooperative Extension, the private sector or the public sector. If you enjoy working with people and with numbers, consider the Family Financial Planning masters program or graduate certificate within the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences. This online financial planning curriculum lets you do course work when it's convenient for you. You can complete a masters degree or graduate certificate by taking courses that help you enhance your personal financial knowledge. It could lead to professional certification by the CPF Board of Standards. The program was developed by Great Plains IDEA — a consortium of 10 Midwestern universities, including the University of Nebraska. You can complete the program through any of the participating universities. When you select the University of Nebraska, you can still take classes from the other participating universities — Colorado State University, Iowa State, Kansas State, Montana State, North Dakota State Oklahoma State University, South Dakota State and Texas Tech University. Your credits from those institutions will be placed on your NU transcript. Graduate Certificate Program The graduate certificate program consists of 18 semester credit hours. You will register for courses and pay tuition and fees to UNL. Your program adviser will send instructions and course registration materials for each course. The following six courses make up the program of studies for the certificate. FACS 821 Insurance Planning for Families FACS 823 Estate Planning for Families FACS 824 Fundamentals of Financial Planning FACS 828 Retirement Planning, Employee Benefits and the Family FACS 840 Personal Income Taxation FACS 883 Investing for the Family's Future Masters Degree Program The masters degree program requires 42 semester credit hours. Most students complete the masters program in three years while working a full-time job. You will register for courses and pay tuition and fees to UNL. Your program adviser will send instructions and course registration materials for each course. The degree, a Master of Science in Family and Consumer Sciences with a specialization in Family Financial Planning, is made up of the six courses for the certificate program as well as the following courses: FACS 820 Family Economics FACS 822 Financial Counseling FACS 835 Professional Practices in Financial Planning FACS 836 Financial Planning Case Studies FACS 841 Housing/Real Estate FACS 881 Family Systems FACS 897B Practicum in Family Financial Planning (6 credit hours) Course Schedule — NU only Summer 2003 FACS 828, Retirement Planning Employee Benefits and the Family Fall 2003 FACS 897d, Practicum Spring 2004 FACS 821, Insurance Planning for Families Spring 2004 FACS 897d, Practicum Summer 2004 FACS 828, Retirement Planning Employee Benefits and the Family Fall 2004 FACS 897d, Practicum Spring 2005 FACS 821, Insurance Planning for Families Spring 2005 FACS 897d, Practicum Summer 2005 FACS 828, Retirement Planning Employee Benefits and the Family Fall 2005 FACS 897d, Practicum Spring 2006 FACS 821, Insurance Planning for Families Spring 2006 FACS 897d, Practicum Summer 2006 FACS 828, Retirement Planning Employee Benefits and the Family Fall 2006 FACS 897d, Practicum Requirements to become a Certified Financial Planner The mission of Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards is to foster professional standards in personal financial planning. CFP Board requirements for certification are: Education Examination Experience Ethics The Great Plains-IDEA Financial Planning Program on-line degree curriculum is registered with CFP Board and satisfies CFP Board's topic requirements; therefore, successful completion of the curricula meets the education requirements prerequisite to the CFPª Certification Examination. This is not a guarantee you will pass the exam, only that you will meet the education requirements to take the exam. After completing your education requirements, you will work with CFP Board on examination, experience and ethics requirements for CFPª certification. As a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNERª Professional, you will have the satisfaction of helping people solve their financial problems and reach their financial goals. CFP Board web site at .www.CFP-Board.org has extensive CFP certification information. We advise NU students admitted to the Great Plains-IDEA on-line degree program to obtain the Guide to CFP Certification. The guide includes applications for the exam, fee information, exam procedures and information on what constitutes the required work experience. Offices of CFP Board are located at: Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. 1700 Broadway Street, Suite 2100 Denver, Colorado 80290 Phone: 303-830-7500 Fax: 303-860-7388 E-mail: mail@CFP-Board.org