Need a degree to get the CFP

[mikehart82]

Well, that kind of sucks! But it does make things easier in a way. There will be no confusion over whether a certain prior course will meet degree requirements.

First off, are you going to register for a credit-bearing CFP program, as linked to earlier in the thread? If so, I would do that ASAP. There is some confusion over whether those credits can be used in the BSBA's AOS, but they can at least be used as electives. That would get you at least 15-ish RA credits (out of a total of 30 RA credits). If TESU accepts them toward the Finance requirements, then they'd be more than 15 credits, but we'll say 15 to be safe. 6 more credits will come from the capstone/cornerstone, leaving you with 9 RA gen ed credits to complete. We generally recommend the TECEPs for English Comp, so that leaves you with a single RA course that will be needed.

Check out https://www2.tesu.edu/listalltecep.php for a list of all TECEP exams. UExcels are listed here: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/UE...es_at_TESU Most UExcels will fill either a gen ed requirement or a business core requirement.

You could also choose a course at https://ea.asu.edu/courses/ but some of these do have writing. We can help you to avoid those.

If you are NOT going to register for a credit-bearing CFP program, then you would need 5 more TECEPs, UExcels, or ASU courses. These can be gen eds or they can be electives; it doesn't matter. Pick the 5 that seem like they would be easy for you to pass.

Let us know what you've chosen and we can go from there.

Ok, so step one would be to apply here and do the 21 hours, correct?

https://www.swu.edu/online/financial-planning/