Online Course Outline

 

Course Contact Hours - For each course

The CFP Board's requirement is 45 hours per course, on average. Please note that we have combined 3 board courses into one course each semester. Our course is broken down into 3 units per course.

• 18.0      3 hours of online instruction with the instructor per week (per unit) This is recorded and available to view anytime.
• 12.0      Discussion boards (2 posted discussion questions from the ME books each week - 2 one hour sessions per week per unit)
•   6.0      1 hour quiz per week per unit
•   3.0      Final exam - minimum score required for each unit
• 12.0      2 hours per week of graded problems per unit
• 51.0      Total contact hours per unit (153 hours per course)

Note: Students should login online 4 out of 7 days per week and the first discussion post must be done by Thursday at midnight (Eastern Standard Time) each week.

Grading

• 24%      Discussions, 4 points each week (2pts per question)
• 24%      Weekly quiz, 4 points each week
• 28%      Final exam (3 sets of 20 questions - an accommodation to Blackboard's stability)
• 24%      Weekly problems, 4 points each week
• 100%

Note:  A minimum score of 75% in the course is necessary to pass the course.  Students who do not achieve this score can retake the exam within 1 week of the class end date. If still not at 75%, then the course needs to be retaken at full course cost.

Course Descriptions