Take your NGPF ASU certificate coursework to the next level
You’ve already started. Because you’ve earned nine graduate credits from the Next Gen Personal Finance program, you’re one-third of the way toward earning a graduate degree. You can apply the credits you’ve already earned toward the Master of Arts in Education program at Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College.
Taking online courses, students in the Education MA program receive foundational training in research and evaluation in education. This program is designed for the exploration of multiple education disciplines and students customize their core curriculum by choosing two focal areas related to their professional interests.
Graduate students who have completed the coursework from the Next Gen Personal Finance program enter the Education MA program having already completed the coursework for their first focal area, financial education. They then select a second focal area of interest from the available options to partner with their completed curriculum on financial education.
Then, the program culminates with an applied project designed to address one or more real-world challenges related to the student’s areas of interest.
FIN 594: Investment Management for Educators
FIN 594: Risk Management for Educators
FIN 594: Psychology and Technology in Personal Finance for Educators
(9 credits)
Already completed!
(9 or more credits)
(0-6 credits)
The next step to participate in this opportunity is to complete the graduate admission application to ASU. You’ll need official transcripts, a personal statement, three professional references and a resume to complete the admissions application for the Education MA program. Admission to the MA in Education program is offered for the fall, spring and summer semesters. Completed admission files are reviewed, and admission decisions are made on a rolling basis.
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As a degree-seeking ASU student, you will pay tuition (the cost of taking your classes) and fees (a charge for the use of university services such as technology). Your tuition and fees will differ from other students based on a variety of factors such as how many credits you enroll in each semester and personal expenses.
Online tuition and fees are closely aligned with campus tuition and fees, and ASU doesn’t have out-of-state tuition for online students. Exact tuition costs will depend on your program, transfer credits and course load.
While tuition and fee estimates can look overwhelming, your net online tuition price better estimates how much money you’ll spend on your college degree. Your net price is the cost of tuition and fees subtracted by any college financial aid such as grants, scholarships, tuition waivers and other types of federal aid.
Most ASU students receive some type of financial aid such as scholarships, grants or loans to help cover their college costs. No matter how you pay, your education is an investment that will benefit you for the rest of your life.
The ASU Core Graduate Certificate is awarded to students who complete two core courses: ASU Investment and Management for Educators, as well as ASU Risk Management for Educators. The Specialization Graduate Certificate for Personal Finance Educators includes the two aforementioned courses plus a third course titled ASU Psychology and Technology in Personal Finance for Educators. To satisfy the requirements of the financial education focus area, you will need to have completed all three courses, and therefore have the Specialization Graduate Certificate for Personal Finance Educators.
The focal area for financial education is only available for candidates who have completed the Specialization Graduate Certificate for Personal Finance Educators coursework provided by W. P. Carey School of Business and Next Gen Personal Finance. Due to this, this focal area is not listed in the Education MA program handbook as it is available only to this select group of candidates.
Students can transfer a maximum of 12 graduate-level credit hours with grades of B or better that were not used toward a previous degree. (This has to be approved by both MLFTC and the ASU Graduate College.) Because transcripts are required as part of the admission process to the graduate degree, these credits will automatically be added to the student’s record about a month after they enroll in courses. If students do not see their credits reflected on their records, they can work with their graduate advisor at MLFTC to fix this.
Completed application files are reviewed, and admission decisions are made on a rolling basis. The graduate application deadlines for the MA in Education program are available here.
You can apply for admission while currently enrolled in your NGPF ASU coursework, but you must complete your NGPF ASU coursework before your enrollment term start date. You cannot take NGPF ASU courses and Education MA courses simultaneously.
ASU maintains minimum standards for consideration for admission to graduate programs. The program may establish requirements in excess of those established by the university.
Applicants must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 (scale is 4.00 = “A”) in the last 60 hours of their first bachelor’s degree program, or a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 (scale is 4.00 = “A”) in an applicable master’s degree program.
The most substantial difference between nondegree and degree-seeking status is that nondegree students are not eligible for financial aid at ASU. As an Education MA student, you will be eligible for financial aid.
The courses you took as a nondegree student in the NGPF program will still be listed on your official ASU transcripts along with the grades earned.
