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Personal Finance Institute Online Course 2025-2026
Course Dates: January 19th-April 19th
All Day
Target Audiences:
Contact:
Nebraska Council on Economic Education , (402) 472-2333, jfwagner@unomaha.edu
Due to the success of previous in-person Personal Finance Institutes, we are offering an ONLINE 12-week Personal Finance Institute Course. Are you a new/newer teacher? Are you a seasoned teacher wanting to refresh and sharpen your skills? Do you teach Personal Finance? Are you ready to implement the Financial Literacy Act Nebraska Revised Statute 79-3001 to 79-3004? Are you interested in revising an existing Personal Finance course to add more rigor? If so, consider registering for Nebraska’s asynchronous ONLINE 12-week Personal Finance Institute Course from January 19th-April 19th. Optional grad credit is available through UNO. The ONLINE Personal Finance Institute is limited to the first 25 completed registrations. These fill every year so don’t wait to get registered! To register you must complete the online Personal Finance Institute registration.
Cost for the course: $200 (Nebraska teachers course fee waived thanks to Weitz Family Foundation funding)
Nebraska Teachers stipend: Once the course is complete, you will receive a $300 stipend (This is only for Nebraska k-12 teachers).
Non-Nebraska Teachers will receive an email from NCEE with options on payment for registration.
The Online Personal Finance Institute will be offered as an optional 3-hour graduate credit on-campus course from January 19th-April 19th .
Participants can sign up for optional graduate credit (3 credits—ECON 8050: Economic Education) through UNO.
To do so participants will need to create an account.
Create account: https://www.applyweb.com/unograd/index.ftl
Program selection: Graduate non-degree spring 2026 term
Applications are now open with a January 7th registration deadline for credit (enrolling earlier is better)
Application fee: $25 No prerequisites in economics required.
Participants are responsible for all tuition and fees.
Note: If you are using ECON 8050 to complete the Certificate in Economic Education please reach out to Dr. Jamie Wagner (jfwagner@unomaha.edu) prior to enrolling in the course for additional information.
For questions contact:
Jamie Wagner: jfwagner@unomaha.edu
Cost for the course: $200 (Nebraska teachers course fee waived thanks to Weitz Family Foundation funding)
Nebraska Teachers stipend: Once the course is complete, you will receive a $300 stipend (This is only for Nebraska k-12 teachers).
Non-Nebraska Teachers will receive an email from NCEE with options on payment for registration.
The Online Personal Finance Institute will be offered as an optional 3-hour graduate credit on-campus course from January 19th-April 19th .
Participants can sign up for optional graduate credit (3 credits—ECON 8050: Economic Education) through UNO.
To do so participants will need to create an account.
Create account: https://www.applyweb.com/unograd/index.ftl
Program selection: Graduate non-degree spring 2026 term
Applications are now open with a January 7th registration deadline for credit (enrolling earlier is better)
Application fee: $25 No prerequisites in economics required.
Participants are responsible for all tuition and fees.
Note: If you are using ECON 8050 to complete the Certificate in Economic Education please reach out to Dr. Jamie Wagner (jfwagner@unomaha.edu) prior to enrolling in the course for additional information.
For questions contact:
Jamie Wagner: jfwagner@unomaha.edu
