Fsu financial planning certificate
Academic Program Guide
Financial Planning
ACADEMIC MAP (Effective Fall 2024 and after)
*Please Note: This program will be available via Face-to-face/in-person instruction beginning Fall 2024, ONLY at the Panama City, FL campus. This major is available through Online/Distance Learning to ALL FSU students via the Panama City, FL campus. Contact the College of Applied Studies for specifics.*
This map is a term-by-term sample course schedule. The milestones listed to the right of each term are designed to keep you on course to graduate in four years. The Sample Schedule serves as a general guideline to help you build a full schedule each term. The General Education and Elective courses must be selected to satisfy all area and diversity requirements unless your program meets these requirements with major courses. Milestones are courses and special requirements necessary for timely progress to complete a major. Missing milestones will result in one of two types of map registration stops. The first level (Degree Map Off-track) is placed following grade posting if the student has missed a milestone (course and/or GPA) for the first time in the major. If a student is in non-compliance with milestones for two (2) consecutive semesters (excluding summers), a Major Change Required stop is placed on the student's registration.
The Financial Planning program aims to prepare students to become effective and successful financial planners who, upon graduation, will be eligible to sit for the Certified Financial Planning (CFP) exam and be knowledgeable in both the academic and people skills required for financial planning practice. Students will learn from professors who have applied experience as well as academic credentials for Financial Planning.
Sample Schedule and Required Milestones by Term
| Sample Schedule: Term 1 hrs |
| ENC1101 Freshman Composition 3 |
| MAC1105 College Algebra or higher mathematics 3 |
| CGS2100 Computer Apps. for Business, ECO2013 Macroeconomics or ECO2023 Microeconomics 3 |
| GE History 3 |
| Writing (W) Course 3 |
| Required Milestones: Term 1 |
| Complete ENC1101 (≥ C minus) |
| Complete (or waive) MAC1105 (≥ C minus) |
| Sample Schedule: Term 2 hrs |
| ENC2135 Research, Genre, and Context 3 |
| MAC2233 Calculus for Business 3 |
| CGS2100 Computer Apps. for Business, ECO2013 Macroeconomics or ECO2023 Microeconomics 3 |
| GE Core Humanities/Cultural Practice/Ethics 3 |
| Writing (W) Course 3 |
| Required Milestones: Term 2 |
| Complete ENC2135 (≥ C minus) |
| Complete MAC2233 (≥ C minus) |
| Complete 2 Admission Prerequisites (≥ C minus) in each |
| Sample Schedule: Term 3 hrs |
| CGS2100 Computer Apps. for Business, ECO2013 Macroeconomics or ECO2023 Microeconomics 3 |
| STA2023 Business Statistics 3 |
| ACG2021 Introduction to Financial Accounting 3 |
| GE Natural Science 3 |
| ENT2000 Introduction to Entrepreneurship 3 |
| Required Milestones: Term 3 |
| Complete 4 Admission Prerequisites (MAC2233 plus 3 others) (≥ C minus) in each |
| Sample Schedule: Term 4 hrs |
| ACG2071 Introduction to Managerial Accounting 3 |
| GE Humanities/Cultural Practice/Ethics 3 |
| GE Core Natural Science with Lab 4 |
| SIP course 3 |
| Elective (general or specialized) 3 |
| Required Milestones: Term 4 |
| Complete all 7 Admission Prerequisites (≥ C minus) in each |
| Sample Schedule: Term 5 hrs |
| FIN3124 Introduction to Personal Financial Planning 3 |
| TAX4006 Personal Income Tax Concepts 3 |
| FP Core Course *prefer ECO3042 Family Consumer Economics 3 |
| Elective (specialized) 3 |
| Elective (specialized) 3 |
| Required Milestones: Term 5 |
| Complete ENT2000 (≥ C minus) |
| Civic Literacy requirement |
| Sample Schedule: Term 6 hrs |
| FIN4125 Advanced Personal Financial Planning 3 |
| FIN4xxx Personal Risk Management & Insurance Planning 3 |
| FP Core Course: Personal Investment Concepts I 3 |
| FP Core Course 3 |
| Elective (specialized) 3 |
| Required Milestones: Term 6 |
| No Milestones |
| Sample Schedule: Term 7 hrs |
| FIN4xxx Personal Investment Concepts II 3 |
| FIN3xxx Ethics and Financial Planning 3 |
| FP Core Course *prefer FIN4133 Retirement Planning 3 |
| Elective (specialized) 3 |
| Elective (specialized) 3 |
| Required Milestones: Term 7 |
| Complete 6 Core Courses with a C minus or better in each |
| Sample Schedule: Term 8 hrs |
| FIN4xxx *prefer Estate Planning 3 |
| FIN4xxx Senior Seminar and Capstone 3 |
| FP Core Course: FIN3163 Psychology for Financial Planning 3 |
| Elective (specialized) 3 |
| Elective (general or specialized) 3 |
| Required Milestones: Term 8 |
| Apply for Graduation in 1st two weeks |
Employment Information
A financial planning degree can lead to a variety of employment fields: Personal Financial Planner, Investment Advisor, Wealth Manager, Financial Therapist, Compliance Specialist, Entrepreneur, Consultant, Financial Planning Analyst and Client Services.
Explore challenging and rewarding career opportunities while helping clients make the most of their money and other finances.
Salary Information: For more information go to: National Association of Colleges and Employers (www.naceweb.org) or the Occupational Outlook Handbook (www.bls.gov/ooh/home.htm) provided by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
This Map is not a contract, either expressed or implied, between the University and the student, but represents a flexible program of the current curriculum which may be altered from time to time to carry out the academic objectives of the University. The University specifically reserves the right to change, delete or add to any Map at any time within the student’s period of study at the University.
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