MBA/MS Personal Financial Planning

The Rawls College of Business, in association with the College of Human Sciences, offers this joint program which enables a student to obtain both the Master of Science in Personal Financial Planning and the Master of Business Administration degree.  The program is certified by the Certified  Financial Board of Standards, Inc.  Designed to save numerous semester credit hours in comparison to the total credit hours if the degrees were pursued separately,   application must be made and approved by both the Rawls College of Business  and the College of Human Sciences.

The ever-increasing demand for sophisticated management and accountability in the financial industry requires professionals whose education is strongly based in business principles.  This educational base is most appropriately provided by an International Association for Management Education (AACSB) accredited graduate degree in both business and financial planning. The Jobs Rated Almanac has ranked financial planning as the nation’s #1 job in 2001.

MBA Tool Courses (12 Hours)
3
ACCT 5301
 Financial and Managerial Accounting
3
ISQS 5345
 Statistical Concepts for Business and Management
3
ECO 5310
 Price and Income Theory
or BA 7000
 Domestic & Global Business Conditions
3
MGT 5391
 Strategic Management
     
MBA Core Courses (23 Hours)
2
FIN 5219
 Financial Management Tools
3
FIN 5320
 Financial Management Concepts
3
MKT 5360
 Marketing Concepts and Strategies
3
MGT 5371
 Managing Organizational Behavior and Design
2
BLAW 5290
 Legal, Regulatory, and Ethical Environments of Business
 
or BLAW 5291
 Intermediate Business Law
3
ISQS 5343
 Operations Management and Management Science
2
ISQS 5230
 Managerial Decision Theory
2
ISQS 5231
 Information Technology for Managers
3
MGT 5372
 Leadership and Ethics
   
Specialization Courses (27 Hours)
3
ACCT 5311
 Individual Study in Income Tax Accounting
3
PFP 5362
 Asset Management I
3
PFP 5371
 Intro to Personal Financial Planning
3
PFP 5372
 Asset Management II
3
PFP 5373
 PFP Capstone
3
PFP 5394
 Retirement Planning
3
PFP 5395
 Risk Management & Employee Benefits
3
PFP 5397
 Life and Health Insurance Planning
3
PFP 5398
 Estate Planning
     
Capstone Course (1 Hour)
1
BA 5199
 MBA Capstone Course (Grade of B or better)

**Course requirements subject to change. To graduate, you must have at least 3-hours of "A"  above a 3.00 graduate GPA.  Individual degree plans vary based on concentration and student background.