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If you’re curious about how personal beliefs, values and lifestyle work in tandem to influence how people save, budget and invest — and what your role can be in helping them prepare for the future — consider partnering your major with a minor in Personal & Family Financial Planning.
Why minor in Sustainable Consumption?
The Sustainable Business and Consumption minor empowers you to lead businesses toward more sustainable and responsible practices. You’ll learn how to apply environmentally conscious strategies across industries, from product design and sourcing to operations. Courses cover topics like product development, responsible sourcing, entrepreneurship, retailing and market strategy, giving you the tools to evaluate how consumer behavior, production and business decisions impact the environment and society.
Through hands-on projects and experiential learning, you’ll explore how consumers make decisions, how products and supply chains can be designed for sustainability, and how businesses balance profitability with social and environmental goals. You’ll leave with the skills to identify opportunities for sustainable innovation across industries.
Whether your goal is to develop sustainable retail strategies for global brands, launch your own eco-conscious startup, or manage responsible sourcing and supply chains in the food or fashion industries, this minor provides the foundation to lead change in a variety of industries.
Degree Requirements & Courses
A 2.0 GPA is required to declare the PFFP minor, and you may not use minor courses toward other major or minor programs.
The minor requires seven courses. The first six courses must be completed before PFFP 498 (Capstone). There are no prerequisites for the first six classes. However, if a student has not taken an accounting class or does not have experience working in a financial field, it is highly recommended that they take HECL/PFFP 302 prior to taking the PFFP minor classes:
- PFFP 310: Fundamentals of PFFP
- PFFP 311: Applied Family Investment Planning & Savings Strategies
- PFFP 314: Personal & Family Risk Management
- PFFP 315: Applied Personal & Family Income Tax Planning
- PFFP 402: Personal & Family Estate Planning
- PFFP 403: Retirement Savings & Family Income Strategies
- PFFP 498: Capstone