CFT Introduction to Financial Services Certificate

Upon successful completion of the following CFT courses (or a course equivalent), students will gain an introductory knowledge of the financial services industry.

Required Courses

• Principles of Banking OR Banking Fundamentals Suite OR Banking Fundamentals, Evolution and Compliance
• Economics
• Law & Banking: Applications OR Law & Banking: Principles
• Marketing for Financial Services
• Financial Accounting
• Financial Accounting Lab
• Analyzing Financial Statements (Pre-Req. ACG2021 and ACG2021L)

Diploma Requirements and Eligibility:

• All required and elective courses must be completed with a passing grade (D or better) and the student’s overall grade point average (GPA) must be 2.00 or higher.
• All courses must carry a minimum of 2.00 credits unless otherwise noted in the specific diploma and certificate requirements.
• You can transfer up to half of the course credits needed for each diploma or certificate from a college, university, or other educational organization. CFT will also consider awarding credit for other training programs (including internal training) on a case-by-case basis.
• You can complete the requirements of your diploma and certificate at a pace that suits your schedule and the courses can be completed in any order you choose.
• In order to keep pace with the ever-changing financial services landscape, it is necessary for CFT to revise the course requirements of certain diplomas and certificates from time to time. However, once you have begun the process of completing the requirements for a specific CFT diploma or certificate, you can continue to do so right through to completion, under the requirement guidelines you started with.