Consumer and Family Financial Services, Bachelor of Science in Human Ecology
Pursue an in-demand yet rewarding career in financial planning, consumer economics and analytics. This program offers courses that prepare you to take the Certified Financial Planner® certification exam and equip you with skills for jobs in data analytics and decision making
Specializations
A career in financial planning provides you the opportunity to pursue a highly sought after, yet rewarding career where you help others reach their financial goals. As a Financial Planning minor or Consumer and Family Financial Services major, you’ll be prepared to take the Certified Financial Planner® certification exam upon graduation. You’ll also make valuable connections and gain experiences that will help you stand out to employers upon graduation.
Learn how to use principles of economics and statistics to understand how consumers interact with the world around them. In this track, you will develop analytical skills corporations, organizations and government employers seek for data-driven decision-making.
It was extremely beneficial for my peers and me to gain real world knowledge from our professors who were practicing what they were teaching us daily.
Student Opportunities
A student organization, advised by a Certified Financial Planner, providing networking, resume workshops, insights into the industry and advanced notice to jobs and internships.
A unique way to get experience in financial coaching and make an impact in the future of your peers.
A three-course sequence provides the knowledge and experience to meet individuals and families where they are, help them build a strong financial foundation, realize their goals, and achieve lasting financial well-being.
What is it like to be a financial planning major?
Transcript for the Consumer and Family Financial Services video, (on focus pressing Enter will reveal the transcript text).
[Music]
Speaker 1:
When I came here I wanted to go in financial planning and one of my professors told me about the major so I checked it out.
When I coupled it actually with my finance majors. Now I'm a double major in financial planning finance and I really like that it gives me the ability to sit for the CFP exam upon graduation and it really prepares me for the day in and day out things that I'll be doing when I graduate.
Compared to just a typical finance degree, my major is on Human Development and Family science.
I was actually gonna be a business minor instead I found Consumer Financial Services took a class last semester and actually fell in love with it.
I like best about my minor it's many different avenues you can take with the minor based off with the different companies and speakers that came in and talked about their job. So you can be like a mortgage broker or my favorite a financial planner.
So it basically opened my eyes to different things that I will probably be interested in when I graduate.
[Music]
Career Paths
Degree requirements
Get in touch with advising team.