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Family Financial Planning Graduate Programs

Master's Degree Course Information

Military Personal Finance

University:
University of Nebraska - Lincoln University of Nebraska - Lincoln logo
Course Number:
CYAF 826
Credit Hours:
3 credit hours - $600 per credit
Start/End Dates:
May 20, 2024 - July 12, 2024

Overview

Course Description

This course offers an overview of topics relevant to the financial planning process and adapts the topics to unique needs, terminology, benefits, and resources that impact military service members and their families. The subject matter includes status of service members, financial readiness, financial management, recordkeeping, cash flow management, risk management, credit and debt management, savings, education planning, investment management, tax management, retirement management, estate management, and special topics.

Contacts

Instructor

Doug Nelson
Office: 913-461-7283
Fax: 888-648-0771
dnelson16@unl.edu

Campus Coordinator

For course access questions, contact the teaching university’s campus coordinator. For enrollment questions, contact your home university campus coordinator.

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Disability Support Services

To request accommodations for this course, contact the disability support office at your home university. You must register each semester and for each course. Read more about the IDEA process for requesting accommodations.

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Textbooks

Armed Forces Financial Guide
Morris, Virginia B
Edition: 2021
ISBN: 978-1-933569-22-2
Publisher: Lightbulb Press, Nyack, NY

Veterans Benefits Guide For Dummies
Johnston, Angie Papple
Edition: 2022
ISBN: 13: 9781119907619

Course Access

Canvas at UNL

UNL Graduate Studies will email students with information (student name, email, and NU ID) and instructions for accessing UNL classes. For undergraduate students in the ECEMS program, Mel Sedlacek will email students with information and instructions for accessing UNL classes. Students will claim their UNL account by setting a password and security questions. Once students claim their ID, they will be able to access their courses at https://canvas.unl.edu/. Courses may not be visible to students until the first day of class.

Please contact the UNL campus coordinator listed below with any questions.

Mel Sedlacek for Early Care & Education, Early Childhood & Family Policy, Family & Community Services, Family & Consumer Sciences Education, Family Financial Planning, Youth Development, and Community Development
Kelly Durkin for Dietetics
Melisia Bieber for Merchandising
Melissa Sailors for Ag Systems Management & Technology, Animal Science, Food Safety & Defense, Grassland Management, Horticulture, and Quantitative Genetics & Genomics

 

Exam Proctor

This course does not require an exam proctor.

Synchronous Components

This course does not include synchronous components.

Meet Our Faculty

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University Contact

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