Subject Listing:
FSP201 -
Canadian Investment Funds
This course introduces the student to the requirements for licensing a candidate for their Mutual Funds License.
This course deals primarily with information and exercises that are relevant to your work as a mutual fund salesperson.
Each unit introduces activities and processes that you will need, but also to give you the opportunity to analyze situations and put your knowledge into practice.
Students will be introduced to exercises and case studies that will challenge you to provide the next step in a mutual fund solution for your clients.
Students will write their mutual fund license examination on completion of the course.
FSP202 -
Interpersonal Communication Skills for Financial Planners
This course introduces the complex and essential skill of communicating with others.
Although writing will be done, especially as it relates to virtual communications, the course will concentrate on verbal and non-verbal communications and listening skills, class participation in the forms of various kinds of interactive work, illustrative case projects, and exercises in interpersonal communications in the business/sales environment.
The course will focus on theory and practice with regard to knowing oneself, understanding others and effectively communicating with people.
FSP203 -
Foundations in Investment and Retirement Products
This course introduces the student to the fundamentals of investment and retirement products.
The student will be introduced the types of mutual funds, various management styles, segregated funds, registered products and annuities.
The student will gain knowledge of the current product line of a number of our sponsor partner company's products.
The student will learn where mutual funds, segregated funds and annuities fit into a client's portfolio, and how RRIFs and annuities can be used to generate retirement income.
The course also provides an in depth review of industry documentation and forms to be used when opening new accounts and transferring existing client accounts.
The student will also assess client needs through the use of the Seneca College Financial Services Practitioner Software Platform.
This will be achieved through the use of case studies and practical use of the technology and reports generated from it.
FSP204 -
Ethics, Compliance and Professional Development
This course introduces the student to the ethical standards, compliance requirements and professional standards for conduct in the financial services industry in Canada.
Students will examine the regulatory environment, requirements to be a financial services advisor, client rights, privacy, anti-money laundering requirements and terrorist financing requirements.
The course will also engage the students in an understanding of how to operate a financial services business, in light of these requirements, from a practical business conduct perspective.
FSP205 -
Contemporary Practices in Financial Planning
This course is designed to prepare the student to write their 2nd Certified Financial Planner examination.
This course introduces students to basic income tax laws and moves into a more advanced understanding, as it relates to areas of financial planning.
A review of the professional and ethical responsibilities associated with the role of a financial planner and an understanding of the structures and services within the financial industry are covered in the course.
Different forms of business structures are explored in-depth, along with an understanding of trusts.
FSP206 -
Comprehensive Practices in Risk and Retirement Planning
This course is designed to prepare the student to write their 3rd Certified Financial Planner examination.
It is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the principles and applications related to the concepts of managing risk and retirement planning, this course covers products, issues, and practices in the area of insurance and retirement.
Included is an understanding of the risk management process along with the retirement planning process moving through the wealth accumulation phase into retirement.
CWT210 -
Co-op Work Term II
Students in the Financial Service Practitioner Program are required to complete a co-op work placement in the industry to apply the theory and skills gained in semester two.