Financial Planning focuses on the personal side of finance as opposed to the corporate side. The course will walk through the Certified Financial Planner Board's approach to working with clients, from gathering data to analyzing and monitoring a client's personal financial situation. The analysis involves finding an individual or family's value (i.e., net worth) and then finding ways to grow and protect that value.  Topics include net worth analysis, cash flow and budgeting, debt management, asset allocation, savings plans, income tax planning, retirement and education planning, protection planning, and estate planning.