This course focuses on personal finance. Students develop a personal financial plan, create and manage a personal budget, and set goals for that budget. They compare purchase costs, assess purchase risks, and calculate loan repayments. They also evaluate savings and investment options based on risk, return, liquidity, and cost. This course is the second half of a two-part Business Math and Personal Finance series and has replaced Business and Consumer Math, Part 2.
This course uses our Knowledge, Skills, and Attributes (KSA) model to give students the opportunity to develop both real-world 21st Century Skills and Social and Emotional Learning Soft Skills to develop college and career readiness.
- Knowledge: Personal Finance
- Skill: Critical Thinking—Interpretation and Analysis
- Attribute: Resilience
What You’ll Learn
- Personal Financial Planning & Budgeting: Build and manage a comprehensive personal budget, set financial goals, and adjust strategies over time.
- Understanding Credit & Debt: Compare costs of purchases, calculate loan repayments, and make informed borrowing decisions.
- Saving, Investing & Real Estate: Evaluate options based on risk, return, liquidity, and cost; explore real estate purchase and ownership implications.
- Credit Hours: 0.5
Notes
This course may be counted for credit in either business or math, but not both.
Prerequisites
Business and Consumer Math, Part 1 (BMATH 041) or equivalent and Pre-Algebra, Part 2 (ALG 043) or equivalent
Course Features
- Lecture 0
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- Duration Lifetime access
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 0
- Assessments Yes
Curriculum
- 15 Sections
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- Module 1: Introduction to Personal Finance0 Items
- Module 2: Understanding Personal Finance0 Items
- Module 3: Income0 Items
- Module 4: Taxation and Tax Documents0 Items
- Module 5: Human Capital0 Items
- Module 6: Financial Plan0 Items
- Module 7: Budgeting0 Items
- Module 8: Budgeting for Retirement0 Items
- Module 9: Credit0 Items
- Module 10: Financial Services0 Items
- Module 11: Consumer Markets0 Items
- Module 12: Buying Real Estate0 Items
- Module 13: Cost of Owning Real Estate0 Items
- Module 14: Investing0 Items
- Module 15: Savings0 Items
