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Family Financial Planning Master Program

Students Must:

1. Practicum and Masters Paper, or a Masters thesis.
2. Successfully complete their core requirements.
3. Maintain a B average or better (accumulative).

Courses to complete for Masters Program:

CDFS 677 - Family Financial Counseling - NDSU
CDFS 762 - Retirement Planning, Employee Benefits and the Family - Univ. of Nebraska
CDFS 763 - Personal Income Taxation - Montana State
CDFS 764 - Family Economics - SDSU
CDFS 765 - Insurance Planning for Families - Univ. of Nebraska
CDFS 766 - Estate Planning for Families - Montana State
CDFS 767 - Prof. Practices in Family Financial Planning - Kansas state
CDFS 768 - Housing/Real Estate - Iowa State
CDFS 769 - Financial Planning - Case Studies - Kansas State
CDFS 770 - Fundamentals of Financial Planning - Kansas State
CDFS 771 - Investing for the Family's Future - Iowa State
CDFS 781 - Family Systems - NDSU

Each course is offered every year.

Final year of study, students can choose from the following requirements:

• Six credits of practicum at the degree granting institution such NDSU (CDFS 796) OR
• Three credits of practicum (CDFS 796) and three credits of Master’s paper (CDFS 797) OR
• Six credits of Master’s thesis (CDFS 798).

This online graduate program is registered by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards.

Family Financial Planning Certificate Option

Students Must:

1. Complete 18 credits that consists of six on-line courses:
2. After completion of coursework students are eligible to sit for the CFP® Certification Examination. The CFP Board website at http://www.cfp.net provides information relating to CFP® Certification Examination.

Courses to complete for Masters Program:

CDFS 762 - Retirement Planning, Employee Benefits & Family - Univ. of Nebraska
CDFS 763 - Personal Income Taxation - Montana State
CDFS 765 - Insurance Planning for Families - Univ. of Nebraska
CDFS 766 - Estate Planning for Families - Montana State
CDFS 770 - Fundamentals of Financial Planning - Kansas State
CDFS 771 - Investing for the Family's Future - Iowa State

Each course is offered every year: 

NOTE: this is not a Master’s Degree it is a Certificate.

This online graduate program is registered by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards.

For further information link to: Great Plains - Interactive Distance Education Alliance (IDEA).

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Last updated December 2006