Department Core

(Complete 2 courses)

• FCS 3200 - Research Methods in Family and Consumer Studies 4 Credit(s)
• FCS 3210 - Statistics in Family and Consumer Studies 4 Credit(s)

CCS Major Core

(Complete 2 courses)

• FCS 3500 - Financial Skills for Life 3 Credit(s)
• FCS 3600 - Introduction to Consumer and Community Policy 3 Credit(s)

Certified Financial Planning Courses

(Complete 4 courses)

• FCS 5510 - Building Family Wealth: Investment and Life Insurance Planning 3 Credit(s)
• FCS 5520 - Retirement and Benefits Planning for Families 3 Credit(s)
• FCS 5530 - Income Tax Planning for Families 3 Credit(s)
• FCS 5540 - Protecting Family Wealth: Insurance and Estate Planning 3 Credit(s)

Capstone

(Complete 1 course)

• FCS 5550 - Family Financial Planning Capstone 3 Credit(s)

Electives

(Complete 1 course)

• FCS 3010 - Introduction to FCS and Career Development 2 Credit(s)
• FCS 3180 - Family, School and Community Connections 3 Credit(s)
• FCS 3420 - Housing Policy and Issues 3 Credit(s)
• FCS 3430 - Family Advocacy and Policy 3 Credit(s)
• FCS 3450 - Family Economic Issues Across the Life Course 3 Credit(s)
• FCS 3510 - Tax Preparation Certification & Community Engagement 3 Credit(s)
• FCS 3470 - International Consumer Policy 3 Credit(s)
• FCS 3620 - Environmental Psychology and Sustainability 3 Credit(s)
• FCS 4910 - Connecting Classroom to Career 1 - 6 Credit(s)
• FCS 5200 - Families and Social Policy 3 Credit(s)
• FCS 5282 - Conflict and Mediation 3 Credit(s)
• FCS 5430 - Families, Consumers, and Health 3 Credit(s)
• FCS 5450 - Nonprofit Community Organizations 3 Credit(s)
• FCS 5590 - Intensive Spanish, Culture and Community Services in Mexico 4 Credit(s)
• FCS 5630 - Healthy Communities 3 Credit(s)
• FCS 5700 - Analyzing Community Growth: An Evidence-based Approach 3 Credit(s)
• FCS 5730 - Community and Environmental Change 3 Credit(s)
• FCS 5800 - Optimal Human Development and Social Policy 3 Credit(s)
• FCS 5950 - Undergraduate Research 1 - 4 Credit(s)
• FCS 5964 - Special Topics in Consumer Studies and Family Economics 1 - 5 Credit(s)

Department Breadth Requirement

(Complete 1 course)

• FCS 1500 - Lifespan Human Development 3 Credit(s)

• OR

• FCS 2400 - Modern Family: A Life Course Perspective 3 Credit(s)

Allied Hours

In addition to CCS credits, a minimum of 12 credit hours is required from related areas of study. Students may choose allied hours from courses in the College of Social and Behavioral Science, College of Business, or Department of Communication including Accounting, Anthropology, City and Metropolitan Planning, Communication, Economics, Environmental and Sustainability Studies, Finance, Geography, Gender Studies, Humanities, Management, Marketing, Political Science, Psychology, Social and Behavioral Science, and Sociology.