CDFS 677 - Family Financial Counseling:
Advanced analysis of family financial issues. Evaluation of alternative financial programs. (Prereq. CDFS 357).
(North Dakota State University)

CDFS 762 - Retirement Planning, Employee Benefits and the Family:
Critical examination of micro and macro considerations in retirement planning for individuals and families.
(University of Nebraska)

CDFS 763 - Personal Income Taxation:
Study of principles and concepts of personal income tax planning as they relate to families.
(Montana State University)

CDFS 764 - Family Economics:
Overview of basic concepts and theories in family economics with emphasis on the economic situation of families in the United States.
(South Dakota State University)

CDFS 765 - Insurance Planning for Families:
An in-depth study of risk management concepts, tools, and strategies for individual and families.
(University of Nebraska)

CDFS 766 - Estate Planning for Families:
Study of principles and concepts of estate planning s they relate to families.
(Montana State University)

CDFS 767 - Professional Practices in Family Financial Planning:
Study of strategies and methods for managing private family financial planning practices including ethics, compensation, client-centered marketing and practice management.
(Kansas State University)

CDFS 768 - Housing/Real Estate:
Overview of the role of housing and real estate in the family financial planning process including taxation, law, mortgages, ethics and financial calculations.
(Iowa State University)

CDFS 769 - Financial Planning Case Studies:
Examines professional issues in family financial planning including ethics, regulation on certification, communication, and professional responsibility. Emphasis on personal finance case studies and investment policy.
(Kansas State University)

CDFS 770 - Fundamentals of Financial Planning:
Survey of personal/family financial planning including process, time value of money, cash management, credit, taxation, insurance, housing, investments, retirement and estate planning.
(Kansas State University)

CDFS 771 - Investing for the Family's Future:
Study of concepts of time and risk value of money in evaluating investment markets.
(Iowa State University)

CDFS 781 - Family Systems:
Advanced study of contemporary family systems with emphasis on research, ethics, media, and current family issues.
(North Dakota State University)

CDFS 790 - Graduate Seminar

Fall (Year 1)

CDFS 770 Fundamentals of FFP
CDFS 781 Family Systems

Spring (Year 1)

CDFS 677 Financial Counseling
CDFS 765 Insurance Planning for Families

Summer (Year 1)

CDFS 764 Family Economics
CDFS 768 Housing/Real Estate

Fall (Year 2)

CDFS 771 Investing for the Family's Future
CDFS 763 Personal Income Taxation

Spring (Year 2)

CDFS 766 Estate Planning for Families
CDFS 767 Professional Practices in FFP

Summer (Year 2)

CDFS 762 Retirement Planning, Employee Benefits and the Family
CDFS 769 Financial Planning - Case Studies

Fall (Year 3)

Practicum and/or Paper or Thesis

*This schedule can be compressed (shortened) by taking three or four courses each term, or lengthened by taking only one course each term.