Student Objectives: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to: Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the content found within the Retirement Planning curriculum and effectively apply and integrate this information in the formulation of a research paper. Effectively communicate retirement planning issues and issues ancillary to retirement planning. Collect all necessary and relevant qualitative and quantitative information required to develop a research paper. Analyze situations affecting a retirement plan, evaluating risks and an appropriate strategy within the paper. Demonstrate logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of various approaches to a specific issue or concern. Evaluate the impact of external factors with regard to the topic. FIL 345 Retirement Planning will use the following rubric to assess student performance in creating, analyzing and developing a research paper