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BCIT Financial Planning Associate Certificate

The Associate Certificate in Financial Planning is a Financial Planning Standards Council (FPSC®) pre-approved Core Curriculum program and meets Certified Financial Planner® (CFP) program academic requirements. For further information about earning the CFP designation, please visit https://www.fpsc.ca/earn-certification.

Students writing the CFP exam are now subject to the new CFP program changes.

These changes require completion of FMGT 4911 - Capstone Course for CFP Certification, in addition to the previous ACFP program. For further CFP information: https://www.fpsc.ca/earn-certification
BCIT FINANCIAL PLANNING ASSOCIATE CERTIFICATE
BCIT Credential: BCIT Associate Certificate
Program Length: Course by course, Part-time
Program Start: September, January, May
Location: Burnaby Campus, Downtown Vancouver
Number of Courses: 8 courses, 26 credits
Total Tuition/Cost: Pay Course-by-Course
Professional Designation: Certified Financial Planner CFP

Program Entry

Program declaration

To determine if the courses you intend to take will be applied towards a credential you must declare your program. This ensures that BCIT is aware of your intent to complete the program as it is currently outlined.

Program declaration enables you to declare a program of study and outline the courses you plan to complete to meet the program requirements. Program declaration also provides the opportunity to apply for transfer credit. Upon approval, a confirmation letter will be mailed to you outlining your program of study.

To declare your program, please submit the Part-time Program Declaration form [PDF]. This form is also available at Student Information and Enrolment Services. Please allow approximately six to eight weeks for processing.

Scheduled intakes

January, April and September

Application processing

Ongoing throughout the year.

Costs & Supplies

Tuition fees

Please see the Part-time Studies Fees page for information on tuition fees and refunds.

Courses

Program matrix

Required Courses: Credits
  BLAW 3100 Business Law 4.0
  ECON 1150 Economic Issues 3.0
  FMGT 1152 Accounting for the Manager 3.0
  FMGT 1810 Personal Financial Planning 1 3.0
  FMGT 2820 Investment and Risk Management 3.0
  FMGT 3430 Taxation and Financial Planning 4.0
  FMGT 4810 Personal Financial Planning 2 3.0
  FMGT 4911 Capstone Course for CFP Certification 3.0
 
Total Credits: 26.0

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Transfer credit

Do you have credits from another BC/Yukon post-secondary school? Do you want to know if they transfer to courses here at BCIT? Check out BCIT's Transfer Equivalency Database to find out.

Program Details

Program location

Burnaby Campus
3700 Willingdon Avenue
Burnaby, BC

Downtown Campus
555 Seymour Street
Vancouver, BC

Graduating & Jobs

See what BCIT grad and Certified Financial Planner Alim Dhanji has to say about the program and profession.

Graduate employment outcomes

The following link takes you to graduate outcome survey results containing mostly labour market results from the 2010-2012 BCIT Outcomes Surveys of 2009-2011 Graduates.
Note: The survey results will be displayed in a separate browser window. To view these results, you need to have the Adobe Acrobat Reader installed in your Web browser.

Apply for graduation

Upon successful completion of all program requirements, complete an Application for BCIT Credential [PDF] and submit to Student Information and Enrolment Services.

Allow approximately six to eight weeks for processing.

All financial obligations to the Institute must be met prior to issuance of any credential.

Professional associations

The majority of Financial Management courses, and several courses offered by the Business Management, Operations Management and Computer Systems technologies, are transferable to the Chartered Accountants', the Certified General Accountants', and the Certified Management Accountants' educational programs. Financial Management courses are also recognized by the following additional professional organizations:

  • Canadian Association of Financial Planners
  • Canadian Institute of Bookkeeping
  • Credit Institute of Canada
  • Credit Union Institute of Canada
  • Financial Planners Standards Council of Canada

You should contact their professional association for specific course credit confirmation.

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