Financial Planning, BBA

A Bachelor of Business Administration in Financial Planning trains you to manage all aspects of a household’s and individual’s financial situations, understand regulatory rules and understand how they fit into the financial marketplace. This CFP® Board Registered program satisfies the education requirements and helps prepare students to sit for the Certified Financial Planner^TM (CFP®) Examination.

Bachelor of Business Administration

The department offers the Bachelor of Business Administration in the professional fields listed below. General requirements for the BBA are listed in the University Core Curriculum and the University Core Curriculum requirements in the Academics section and under Bachelor of Business Administration in the G. Brint Ryan College of Business section.

Professional Field requirements, 21 hours

Courses required to fulfill the CFP Board Education requirements:

Supporting Field Requirement, 9 hours

To satisfy the internship requirement:

*Internship subject to program director or FIREL department approval.

To satisfy the international course requirement

FINA 4500 - International Finance

Other course requirements

Choose one (3 hours) from the following options:

Courses that provide training for additional industry licensing/certifications:
FIPL 4605 - Client Communications and Behavioral Finance
FIPL 4200 - Life and Health Insurance Planning
FIPL 4210 - Securities Licensing
or
FINA 4650 - Special Topics in Finance (SIE Special Topics section only for FINA 4650)
Additional course options:
DSCI 3870 - Management Science
ECON 4140 - Managerial Economics
FINA 3600 - Applied Topics in Banking
FINA 4400 - Financial Markets and Institutions
LSCM 3960 - Logistics and Supply Chain Management
OPSM 3830 - Operations Management
REAL 2100 - Principles of Real Estate

Electives

Electives may be required to satisfy University Core Curriculum, Ryan College of Business requirements, and minimum total hour requirements for the degree.

Additional requirements

Any other Ryan College of Business requirements for a BBA