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CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ Certification Education Program for Financial Professionals

Fundamentals of Financial Planning: MED0100
This course introduces students to the fundamental issues of personal financial planning. The course is based on the learning objectives specified by the CFP Board with emphasis on the process of financial planning. This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the concepts of the financial planning process, the economic environment, the time value of money, the legal environment, financial analysis, and ethical and professional considerations in financial planning. This course is intended to be the first in a series of six courses in a preparatory program for the CFP® Certification Examination and is designed to meet the educational requirements for certification in financial planning.

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Risk & Insurance Planning: MED0101
This course introduces students to the application of insurance planning and risk management in personal financial planning. This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the concepts of identification of risk exposure, legal aspects of insurance, property and liability policy analysis, life insurance policy analysis, health insurance policy analysis, employee benefits, social insurance, insurance regulation, and principles of insurance taxation.


Investment Planning: MED0102
This course introduces students to investment planning in the personal financial planning process. The course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the concepts of investment regulation, client assessment, investment theory, economic environment, and financial markets, strategies and tactics, modern portfolio theory, and the integration of these topics.

Income Tax Planning: MED0103
This course introduces students to the application of income tax planning in personal financial planning. This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the concepts of the fundamentals of income taxation, tax computations, and concepts of tax planning.


Retirement Planning & Employee Benefits: MED0104
This course introduces students to the application of retirement planning and employee benefits in personal financial planning. This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the concepts of the ethical considerations, Social Security and Medicare benefits, retirement plan types, qualified plan characteristics, distributions and distribution options, group insurance benefits, other employee benefits, and analysis of retirement factors.


Estate Planning: MED0105
This course introduces students to the application of estate planning in personal financial planning. This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the fundamentals of estate planning, estate planning considerations and constraints, tools and techniques for general estate planning, and the tools and techniques for special estate planning situations.




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