The program, which lasts 21 months, is offered through the Daniel Management Center at the Moore School.

Students who enroll in the program will take seven financial planning courses and graduate in May 2005.

Classes are held from 6–9:15 p.m. Thursdays. The first course will begin Sept. 4. Tuition is $3,995. To receive an application and for more information, call 800-393-2362 or 803-777-2231. Information also is available on the Daniel Management Center Web site at www.uscdmc.sc.edu/cfp.asp.

CFP© certification is a recognized standard among financial planning professionals. A listing of the top 100 financial planners published in Mutual Funds magazine in 2001 reported that 91 percent of the planners listed had earned CFP© certification. The program attracts professionals from the accounting, banking, estate planning, financial planning, insurance, legal, and securities professions.

The CFP© certification program features courses on the fundamentals of financial planning, as well as insurance, employee benefit, investment, retirement, income tax, and estate planning. Each course lasts 10 to 12 weeks.

Gerry Ward is director of the Moore School program.

Faculty members for the fall 2003 program are Stephen D. Kirkland, CPA, of Moore, Kirkland & Beauston, CPA; William H. McAfee, Jr., CFP©, managing director, Kent Evan Group, Inc.and chief investment officer, Kent Evan Investment Advisors, LLC.; R.. Kent Porth, J.D., LLM, CPA of Nexsen Pruet Jacobs & Pollard, LLP; Mike Switzer, CPM, AAMS, CRPC, retired Wachovia Securities; David N. Poole, CLTC, CFP© of Ward Financial Advisors, Ltd.; Albert C. Todd, III, JD, LL.M., of Todd & Johnson, LLP; and Gerry Ward, CFP© of Ward Financial Advisors, Ltd.

The Daniel Management Center at the Moore School of Business has offered a range of services and programs on management and leadership for business professionals for more than 30 years.

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