Spring 2027

Financial Coaching

Explores financial coaching using positive psychology and behavioral economics to build financial capability, preparing students for financial, social work, and asset building services.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Amanda Kozlowski4.0/5

Summary

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Past student reviews · Amanda Kozlowski

Classes consisted mainly of taking notes and practicing coaching skills.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Differentiate between financial coaching and other financial approaches, including counseling, planning, and financial education.

  • Explain financial capability and financial competencies as components of financial well-being, and how to address these components through financial coaching.

  • Identify values and biases affecting financial decision-making for themselves and a diverse range of audiences.

  • Recognize theories of behavior change and how these theories apply to financial coaching.

  • Understand and demonstrate the financial coaching framework and coaching skills, including effective communication techniques and theories of change.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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CNSRSCI 355

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Professors

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Raw average: 5.00/5 from 6 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

For this course: 5.0/5 raw quality · 1.8/5 difficulty · 5 reviews

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Past student reviews · Amanda Kozlowski

Amanda Kozlowski taught classes focused on notes and practicing coaching skills, connecting lectures to personal life to make lessons meaningful. Students found the work helpful and the instructor willing to support those struggling with classwork.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.74 GPA, 88.9% A/AB (n=90 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.86 GPA, 93.4% A/AB (n=152 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.73 GPA, 86.8% A/AB (n=114 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Past student reviews · Margaret Peggy Olive

In the past, Margaret Olive taught this course, and a student described her as sweet and knowledgeable about effective coaching, noting that taking her class was a great experience.

AMANDA KOZLOWSKI is recorded teaching in Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

MARGARET OLIVE is recorded teaching in Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Fall 2020. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 500
LEC 002Classroom Instruction0 / 470

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Amanda Kozlowski

Amanda Kozlowski connected lectures to personal lives, making the material meaningful and enjoyable for students.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.74 GPA, 88.9% A/AB (n=90 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.86 GPA, 93.4% A/AB (n=152 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.73 GPA, 86.8% A/AB (n=114 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Amanda Kozlowski

Classes consisted mainly of taking notes and practicing coaching skills.

Past student reviews · Amanda Kozlowski

Students found Kozlowski personable and helpful, noting her willingness to support those struggling with classwork.

Topics

  • Positive psychology and behavioral economics in finance
  • Financial capability and financial well-being
  • Distinctions between financial coaching, counseling, planning, and education
  • Values and biases in financial decision-making
  • Theories of behavior change applied to financial coaching
  • Preparation for financial, social work, and asset building services

Skills

  • Building financial capability using principles from positive psychology and behavioral economics
  • Differentiating financial coaching from counseling, planning, and financial education
  • Identifying values and biases that affect financial decision-making
  • Applying theories of behavior change to financial coaching contexts
  • Demonstrating the financial coaching framework, coaching skills, and effective communication techniques

Grades

Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Spring 2027.

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Where this course fits relative to

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About this comparison

1280 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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Selected offering source records
CNSRSCI 355 · Spring 2027

Financial Coaching

Recorded 2026-10-29
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-29

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Model outputs & technical records
Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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