School of Financial Planning
Personal Finance Program
The classes listed below are available to ALL Texas Tech students.
Undergraduate Minor
Studies in Personal Finance Minor
Declare a Studies in Personal Finance Minor
Course | Pre-requisites |
PFI 1305 | None |
PFI 2301 | None |
PFI 3321 | Co-requisite: PFI 2301 OR PFI 3301 |
PFI 3341 | PFI 2301 OR PFI 3301 |
PFI 3361 | PFI 2301 OR PFI 3301 |
PFI 3381 | PFI 2301 OR PFI 3301 |
Contact the Personal Finance Program:
Email: hs.personalfinance@ttu.edu
Undergraduate Courses for All Texas Tech Students
PFI 1305. Life, Love, and Money (3).
Examines interconnected behaviors among various human relationships & money to provide
life skills designed to improve decision-making abilities in the areas of money, relationships,
time, & values. A broad array of behavioral research is introduced from economic,
psychological, neurological, & socio-cultural perspectives. Fulfills core Social and
Behavioral Sciences requirement. Distance, virtual, and on-campus. F, S, SS.
PFI 2301. Personal Financial Literacy (3).
Focuses on developing a financially literate citizen who is capable of making sound
financial decisions based on financial and life goals. Excel will replace the use
of a financial calculator. Distance and on-campus. F, S, SS.S.
PFI 3321. Financial Counseling and Consumer Credit
Introduces students to the financial counseling process and provides a detailed examination
of various types of consumer credit and strategies to manage debt. Fulfills service-learning
requirement. Writing Intensive. Distance and on-campus. F, S, SS.
Pre-requisite/Co-requisite: PFI 2301 or PFI 3301
PFI 3341. Personal Finance: Financial Goal Strategies (3).
Provides a detailed examination of the process related to planning, managing, and
achieving major financial goals such as emergency fund planning, purchasing/leasing
automobiles, buying/renting housing, and funding education and retirement. Distance.
F, S, SS.
Pre-requisite: PFI 2301 or PFI 3301
PFI 3361. Personal Finance: Managing Risks (3).
Focuses on the concepts of risk management and how to plan for managing risk, including
building cash reserves, investing in human capital, and purchasing insurance. Also
covers employee benefits, government entitlements, and estate planning. Distance.
F, S, SS.
Pre-requisite: PFI 2301 or PFI 3301
PFI 3381. Personal Finance: Investing (3).
Focuses on the fundamentals of personal investing to meet financial goals, including
cash management, investing terminology, risk and return, tax implications of investments,
stocks and bonds, mutual funds and exchange-traded funds, portfolio management, and
retirement income management. Distance. F, S, SS.
Pre-requisite: PFI 2301 or PFI 3301
PFI 4101. Getting Your First Job (1).
Introduces practical financial choices regarding employee benefits when starting a
career, including a basic understanding of job searching, tax planning, investment
options, and risk management. Not for credit towards the PFP major, PFP minor, or
PFI minor. Distance. F, S, SS.
School of Financial Planning
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Email
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