Requirements
M.P.Ac. in Personal Financial Planning
Admission Requirements
- Completed application form accompanied by a fifty dollar nonrefundable
application fee.
- A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
- Two courses in principles of accounting or equivalent.
- Official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate records.
- Completion of the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT), unless the
applicant is a CPA or has passed a state bar examination. Applicants will also
be exempt from the GMAT if they have earned a B.S. degree in accounting from
Rhode Island College or the University of Rhode Island, with a 3.00 grade point
average in the major.
| Foundations Component |
| ACCT 661 | Financial Planning Capstone Course | 3 |
| FIVE COURSES from |
| ACCT 533 | Fundamentals of Financial Planning | 3 |
| ACCT 543 | Personal Income Tax Planning | 3 |
| ACCT 554 | Estate Planning | 3 |
| ACCT 555 | Retirement Planning and Employee Benefits | 3 |
| FIN 432 | Theory of Investment | 3 |
| FIN 559 | Insurance Planning and Risk Management | 3 |
| Electives |
| SIX CREDIT HOURS OF COURSES at the graduate level in
accounting appropriate to career plans | 6 |
| SIX CREDIT HOURS OF COURSES at the graduate level
appropriate to course of study | 6 |
|
| Total Credit Hours | 30 |
Page last updated: Wednesday, April 11, 2007