FFC: Family Financial Counseling
FFC: Family Financial Counseling
Overview
The program empowers students to address consumer and financial issues that impact individual and family economic well-being. Through coursework, hands-on experience, and internship placements, students develop a comprehensive understanding of both consumer economics and personal finance.
Consumer economics focuses on the consumer side of economic markets as students develop a working knowledge of consumer behavior, consumer advocacy, and consumer protections provided by legislation and regulation. Family financial counseling focuses on personal finance as students develop a working knowledge of financial literacy, money management, and financial counseling practices.
Highlighted Courses
- FFC 251: Personal and Family Finance (3 hours)
- FFC 350: Consumer Economics (3 hours)
- FFC 351: Advanced Personal and Family Finance I (3 hours)
- FFC 352: Advanced Personal and Family Finance II (3 hours)
- FFC 403: Family Financial Counseling (3 hours)
- FFC 496: Accredited Financial Counselor Review Course (3 hours)
- FFC 498: Internship in Consumer Economics and Personal Finance (3 hours)
- FFC 499: Advanced Internship in Consumer Economics and Personal Finance (3 hours)
Certification & Credentials
Students seeking to supplement their bachelor's degree with credentialing may choose to pursue the AFC (Accredited Financial Counselor) credential from the Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education (AFCPE). The FFC program is an AFCPE Registered Education Program, which "marks the highest standard of excellence in the field of financial counseling and education" and, among other benefits, provides graduates a streamlined way to earn an AFC certification after completing the program.
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Careers
For students who choose employment in the combined areas of the FFC program, careers are available as financial counselors in credit counseling agencies and nonprofits, student financial aid offices, debt counseling agencies, and federal, state, and local governmental agencies.
Examples of the types of careers that await graduates of our programs can be found on the Careers page.
