Minor in Financial Counseling (21-22)

The financial counseling minor promotes personal financial literacy and will prepare students to pursue careers in the financial planning and financial counseling industry, which is one of the fastest-growing career fields. Financial counseling helps individuals and families understand how to manage limited resources to achieve financial goals and build a strong financial foundation. All majors are eligible to pursue the financial counseling minor.

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Requirements (15)

HDFS 174 - Happiness in Life and Relationships Credits: 3
HDFS 207 - The Consumer Credits: 3
HDFS 343 - Family Financial Planning Credits: 3
HDFS 344 - Financial Counseling and Consumer Credit Credits: 3
HDFS 387 - Introduction to Couple and Family Therapy Credits: 3
OR COUN 400 - Exploration in the Counseling Profession Credits: 3
OR REHB 493 - Counseling in Rehabilitation Services Credits: 3

Pick two of the following (6-7):

ACCY 288 - Fundamentals of Accounting Credits: 3
ECON 260 - Principles of Microeconomics Credits: 3
GERO 415 - Financial Dimensions of Aging and the Family Credits: 3
STAT 100 - Basic Statistics Credits: 3
OR UBUS 223 - Introduction to Business Statistics Credits: 3
OR STAT 200 - Elementary Statistics Credits: 4
A minimum of six semester hours in the minor must be taken at NIU.