Need a degree to get the CFP

[rachel83az]

mikemart82, you probably are already aware of this, but the educational requirement for the CFP is 2-part.  You have to have a bachelor's degree AND you have to complete a CFP board registered program.  You also need the bachelor's degree to receive the CFP designation, but do not need it to sit for the examinations.  

I looked into CFP years ago and remember that there are credit-bearing and non-credit-bearing CFP board registered programs.  If you end up at TESU, you will need 30 RA hours.  Just from a quick Google search, it looks like the credit-bearing CFP programs are in the 21 credit hour range.  Since you have 9 CC hours, a credit-bearing CFP program might make sense for you.  This would get you to the 30 RA hours you need and would get you that much closer to your BA.

This might be a clever way to get the end result your need for both the degree and the education requirements for the CFP.  The only for credit program that is coming up as self paced is the one at Southern Wesleyan University - https://www.swu.edu/online/financial-planning (appears that you can take the program as stand alone or as a minor - this link just gave the best overall information on the courses).  The course numbering indicate they would count as UL Finance courses; not sure how many fit the Finance requirements for the TESU BSBA-Finance (sure others here will have a better idea on that). They could be used as electives at the very least, and they would count as RA credits along with meeting the requirement you need for the CFP. Here is the link for all those that show college credit offering - https://www.cfp.net/get-certified/certif...,selfstudy

Assuming that those are, indeed, all UL courses, that should take care of the entire Finance AOS. All that would be needed would be the Business Core and Gen Eds.