Graduate Certificate - Financial Counseling

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This course is about theory and research regarding the interactive process between clients and practitioner, including communication techniques, motivation and esteem building, the counseling environment, ethics, and methods of data intake, verification and analysis. Other topics of the course are legal issues, compensation, uses of technology to identify resources, information management, and current or emerging issues.

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Jim Deal
Office: 701-231-7568
Fax: 701-231-9645
jim.deal@ndsu.edu

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Financial Counseling
Pulviso
Edition: 3rd. 10
ISBN: 978-0615352091

Surviving Debt: Expert Advice for Getting Out of Financial Trouble
ISBN-13: 978-1602481763
Edition: 2020 50th NCLC Anniversary Edition
ISBN: 1602481768
Publisher: National Consumer Law Center

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Blackboard at NDSU

 

Approximately three weeks before the first day of class at North Dakota State University, campus coordinator Melissa Selders-Ortez will touch base with students via email.  She will encourage students to look for an email the week before classes start that will include instructions for accessing courses at NDSU.  

 

One week before NDSU classes begin, students will receive Melissa's email which includes their ID number, user ID name and instructions for setting up their Blackboard account at NDSU.  Students may then set their own password and security questions, choose to forward emails to a different account, and activate their NDSU Live account. 

 

Courses may not be visible to students until the first day of classes.

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This course does not require an exam proctor.

This course does not include synchronous components.

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Financial Counseling - This text is available through the NDSU Bookstore. This text is one of the required books for those interested in sitting for the Accredited Financial Counselor (AFC) Exam (explained in Unit 1 of this course) and it is an excellent resource on communication and counseling strategies in the financial area.

Surviving Debt: Expert Advice for Getting Out of Financial Trouble - The second text for the course is also required for the AFC exam. It is a good reference for individuals who have not had an undergraduate course in financial counseling and/or have not had experience working as financial counselors or with debt management. It is a useful text if you become involved in the practice of financial counseling and/or dealing with practical questions: from individuals struggling with their finances. nclc.org