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Personal Financial Planning听(PFP) Programs听

Personal financial planning is offered as either a track option听within the听Finance emphasis area (PFP Track), or by taking the courses as business electives (Business Electives Pathway). As a planning professional, you will be helping individuals and families reach their financial goals and objectives by applying your broad understanding of financial topics and concepts, in-depth technical knowledge of wealth management and financial planning strategies and awareness about client communication, including relationship building, active listening during client discovery and presentation of planning recommendations.

The program鈥檚 curriculum has been approved by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards. After successfully completing the PFP courses, you will be eligible to sit for the national CFP庐 Certification Examination. The CFP庐 designation is a professional mark that will help set you apart within the financial-services industry.

Personal Financial Planning听Track Career and Advising Guide

An emphasis will be placed on mentoring, internships and placements specific to the personal financial planning field in cooperation with national &听local wealth management firms and planning practitioners.

Upon Graduation

All undergraduate Finance听students from Leeds School of Business earn a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree. Additionally, your transcript will show that your major is FINANCE with an option in Personal Financial Planning.

Contact: Harry Starn, MS, CFA, CFP庐
harry.starn@colorado.edu
303-492-7658
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Certificate in Personal Financial Planning

The Personal Financial Planning Certificate is available to undergraduate students who are not enrolled in the Personal Financial Planning Track. The certificate does not allow eligibility to sit for the CFP庐 exam, however it is designed to differentiate students seeking to position themselves for potential career opportunities within the financial services industry and acquire personal skillsets for financial planning and wealth management.This certificate has been approved by the Leeds School of Business and is administered by the Office of the Registrar. Upon successful completion, the certificate will post to your official transcript.

Coursework (12 credits)

Required Courses:

• FNCE 3820 鈥� Principles of Personal Financial Planning and Insurance
• FNCE 2830 鈥� Personal Investment Management

Select two (2) of the following courses

• ACCT 3440 鈥� Income Taxation of Individuals
• FNCE 3040 鈥� Retirement Planning
• FNCE 3060 鈥� Estate Planning

Students must maintain a 2.7 grade-point average or higher for the four courses taken.

Experiential
In addition to the four courses, students must select and complete a relevant experiential learning activity. Examples of pre-approved learning activities include an internship with a financial-services company, the FPA鈥檚 virtual externship program, or completing the Leeds self-study SIE Canvas Course and passing the SIE exam. When an alternative, experiential activity is preferred, the student will need to receive pre-approval from the certificate-program鈥檚 faculty director.

Personal Reflection and Exit Interview
After completion of the academic and experiential requirements, students will document their overall experience in a reflection paper (2-3 pages), which satisfies the established 鈥渞eflection letter鈥� guidelines. The papers will be graded on a pass/fail basis. Students will meet with the faculty director for their exit interview.听

Apply for Admission
You can declare for the certificate by completing this application 鈥溾�� Once declared, the faculty director will reach out to set up an initial meeting. If you have any questions regarding the certificate, then please contact the certificate faculty director, Harry Starn, at harry.starn@colorado.edu.听