Nov 21, 2024  
2024-2025 Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Catalog

Financial Counseling Specialist (FCSCC)

Location(s): Online


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Award: Career Certificate
Pathway to Associate Degree: Business Administration (BSAAS)
Academic Focus Area: Business
 

AFCPE® counseling certifications are the most respected in the field of counseling and education. The Accredited Financial Counselor (AFC®) is the gold standard. The AFC® provides comprehensive knowledge and skills to assist clients in complex and financial decision making. An AFC® can address immediate money challenges, create a plan to achieve unique goals and dreams, and build a sustainable foundation for long term financial well-being. Source: AFCPE®

Graduation Requirements
To earn this degree, a student must complete all required courses.
Total credit hours required: 27.0
 

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Program Level Student Learning Outcomes


  1. Identify ways to educate clients in sound financial principals
  2. Recognize and assist clients in the process of overcoming financial indebtedness
  3. Identify and modify client’s ineffective money management behaviors
  4. Formulate successful strategies for achieving a client’s financial goals
  5. Recognize and support clients as they work through financial challenges and opportunities
  6. Formulate and develop new perspectives on the dynamics of money in relation to family, friends, and individuals’ self esteem

Source: AFCPE®

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