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Family Financial Planning,
The Family Financial Planning Certificate prepares students for further graduate work or for work in human services, cooperative extension, the private sector or the public sector and focuses on the subject matter required for the Certified Financial Planner Certification Examination.
Description
The Family Financial Planning Certificate prepares students for further graduate work or for work in human Students in the Family Financial Planning program cover a wide area of topics from the fundamentals for family financial planning to estate and retirement planning. This program focuses on the efforts of households to improve their economic well-being through effective use of resources as well as the economic and social systems that enhance or constrain these efforts. It could lead to professional certification by the CFP Board of Standards.
Job opportunities for individuals with CFP certification include:
- Real estate
- Tax and estate planning
- Financial advising
- Retirement planning
- Income management
- Employee benefits and compensations
Applying for Admission
Standard requirements for all graduate programs
- Application for Admission with $50 non-refundable application fee.
- Transcripts (unofficial): Uploaded as part of application form.
If International: Uploads must include all college- or university-level transcripts or mark sheets (records of courses and marks earned), with certificates, diplomas, and degrees plus certified English translations.
After admission: Official documents are required from all students who are admitted and enroll. Photocopies of certified records are not acceptable. International students enrolled in other U.S. institutions may have certified copies of all foreign records sent directly to the Office of Graduate Studies by their current school’s registrar office.
- If applicant’s native language is not English, verification of English proficiency
is required.
When sending TOEFL scores, our institution code is 6877 and a department code is not needed.
- If applicant is not a US citizen and expects an F or J visa: financial information.
- Applicants must also fulfill any additional requirements the department specifies at the time of application.
Additional requirements specific to this program
- Resume
- Personal Statement: Statement of professional goals.
- Three letters of recommendation
Certificate programs are not considered degree programs, additionally, coursework for this program is delivered primarily online, so international students should be aware that admission to this program is ineligible for immigration forms for an F-1 student visa.
Program Faculty
Katelyn Coburn (bio)
LGBTQ+ family dynamics, Transgender and nonbinary mental health, Religious communities and LGBTQ+ people, The gender binary
Rochelle Dalla (bio)
Professor & Graduate Chair, Familial Dynamics, Intergenerational Family Processes, Support Systems of Women Trafficked into the Commercial Sex Industry (CSI).
Patty Kuo (bio)
Parent-child relationships, Early childhood development, Family dynamics, Salivary hormones, and fathers
Michael Merten (bio)
Adolescent and young adult psychosocial and behavioral outcomes in the context of family and community
Amy Napoli (bio)
Early math, Home learning environment, Parent-child math interactions, Early literacy
Gilbert Parra (bio)
Poverty, Father Involvement, Parenting Stress, Child Development, Neighborhood Disadvantage
Rachel Schachter (bio)
Early Childhood Teachers' Experiences, Professional learning, Instructional Supports, Multiple Research Methods
Julie Tippens (bio)
Refugees, Forced Migration, Humanitarian Aid, Older Adults and Aging, Sexual and Reproductive Health, East Africa, Ethnographic, Visual, and Participatory Research
Julia Torquati (bio)
Infant Mental Health, Parent-child Relationships, Attachment, Social-Emotional Development
Yan Ruth Xia (bio)
Immigrant Youth Behavioral and Mental Health, Adolescent Substance Abuse, Parenting, Chinese families
UNL Graduate Chairs and staff please complete the program update form to provide edits. Updates to graduate program pages are made on an annual basis in conjunction with the Graduate Application for Admission.