Admission Requirements

1. Same as College and University requirements  
2. The certificate program in Financial Analysis and Planning may be pursued concurrently with other graduate programs at the University of Memphis. To be approved for the program, students currently admitted to a graduate program at this University must complete an application form and submit it and a current graduate transcript to the Department of Finance, Insurance and Real Estate for review.  
3. Non-degree seeking graduate students may also pursue this certificate program of study. To be approved for the program, these students must submit evidence of this non-degree-seeking graduate student status, along with the completed application form, to the Department of Finance, Insurance and Real Estate for review.  
4. Admission to this certificate program is not an implied acceptance into any master’s degree program in the Fogelman College of Business and Economics. 

Program Requirements

Students consider sitting for the national CFP exam should take undergraduate ACCT 3510 – Federal Income Tax as a prerequisite for taking the required five graduate courses. 

Five Courses are required for the certificate from the following primarily FIR list (students should consider CFP Board’s course requirements for eligibility to sit for the national CFP exam, or alternatively courses that prepares them for the international CFA exam): 

• ACCT 7080 - Financial/Managerial Acct Mgrs **
• FIR 7155 - Global Financial Mgmt **
• FIR 7410 - Invst Thry Portfol Mgmt **
• FIR 7840 - Quantitative Finan App
• FIR 7810 - Adv Financial Mgmt
• FIR 7173 - Financial Analys/Certification **
• FIR 7911 - Internship in FIR
• FIR 7302 - Rl Estate Dvlpmt & Sustainblty
• FIR 7725 - Eqty Mkts:Trad/Struct
• FIR 8725 - Financial Mkts: Trad/Struct
• ACCT 7140 - Financial Statement Analysis **
• ECON 7100 - Econ for Global Executive **
• FIR 6011 - Retirement and Estate Planning **
• FIR 6331 - Stock Portfolio Mgmt
• FIR 6550 - International Finance **
• FIR 6610 - Cases Managerial Fin
• FIR 6620 - Cases in Financial Planning
• FIR 6710 - Commercial Banking
• FIR 6720 - Mgmt Financl Institutns **
• FIR 6721 - Fixed Income and Derivatives
• FIR 6730 - Financial Analysis/Certification
• FIR 6310 - Real Estate Law **
• FIR 6320 - Real Estate Finance **
• FIR 6340 - Real Estate Appraisal **
• FIR 6350 - Real Estate Investment **
• FIR 6870 - Risk Management **

Graduation Requirements

1. To obtain the certificate, a student must complete five courses recommended for preparing CFA or CFP exam with an average grade of 3.0 (B) or higher, for a total of 15 credits. 
2. In the semester of graduation, the student must submit an Intent to Graduate form to the Graduate School and a Graduate Certificate Candidacy form to the College Director of Graduate Studies by the deadline specified by the Graduate School. 

Retention Requirements

Students receiving more than three semester letter grades below B- will be dropped out of the certificate program.