Personal Finance
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This course will equip you to plan and manage your financial affairs. It will focus on developing practical methods of organizing your financial information, interpreting your personal financial position and cash flow, setting achievable and worthwhile goals, and implementing actionable plans and risk management techniques to meet those goals. Specific topics to be covered include money management, insurance, and investing.
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The course was perfectly fine, I felt decently educated and prepared for the tests.
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The course was perfectly fine, I felt decently educated and prepared for the tests.
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Very good basic financial information to help students learn to be educated consumers.
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Very good basic financial information to help students learn to be educated consumers.
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it was structured and clear
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Glad I will not have to take again.
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Glad I will not have to take again.
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it was structured and clear
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It was a very well put together course with easy maneuverability throughout the course area.
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Great course, good basic knowledge, good variety of formats to study from
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It was a review of personal financial needs for day to day living.
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Great overview of the financial industry and personal finance.
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Great course, easy to learn!
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This course provide with a detailed knowledge about managing the finance in day to day life and planning for the retirement.
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I liked going at my own pace
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I liked the ability to work on my own at my own pace.
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I liked going at my own pace
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I liked the review activities, because i would do the flash cards and then go into the reading. Afterwards, i went back to the review activities to see what i retained. Very helpful.
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I liked the review, as it helped me focus on specific aspects of the course for the exams.
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It covered multiple facets of personal finance.
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presentation methodology and exercises
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I liked the ability to work on my own at my own pace.
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The portion at the end of each chapter called "Getting Personal" was an excellent way to compare a real life scenario to the examples in the book.
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I liked the review activities, because i would do the flash cards and then go into the reading. Afterwards, i went back to the review activities to see what i retained. Very helpful.
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It covered multiple facets of personal finance.
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Course Objectives
After completing this online finance course, you will be able to:
- Identify socioeconomic influences that impact personal financial planning.
- Create a plan for making personal financial and career decisions.
- Calculate your taxable income and taxes owed to the IRS.
- Explain how to obtain disability insurance and describe how it can protect you from loss.
- Compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of three different types of payment methods and give examples.
- Assess the components of the risk factor one must consider before investing.
- Calculate the cost of securing a loan and describe how to go about applying for credit.
- Describe the characteristics of mutual funds investments and classify mutual funds by investment objective.
- Determine your planned retirement income and develop a balanced budget based on your retirement income.
- Analyze the personal and legal aspects of estate planning.
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1 | Planning to Succeed |
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2 | Money Management |
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3 | The Certainty of Taxes |
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4 | Save as Much as You Can |
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5 | Consumer Credit |
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6 | Buyer Beware! |
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7 | A Place to Call Home |
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8 | Protecting your Home and Auto Investment |
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9 | Insuring Your Health |
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10 | Life Insurance: You Bet Your Life! |
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11 | Investing Basics |
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12 | Stocks and Bonds |
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13 | Mutual Funds and Real Estate |
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14 | Retirement Planning |
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15 | Course Review |
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There are no prerequisites to take Personal Finance.
The required eTextbook for this course is included with your course purchase at no additional cost. More information on StraighterLine eTextbooks
Prefer the hard copy? Simply purchase from your favorite textbook retailer; you will still get the eTextbook for free.

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StraighterLine provides a percentage score and letter grade for each course. A passing percentage is 70% or higher.
If you have chosen a
to award credit for this course, your final grade will be based upon that college's grading scale. Only passing scores will be considered by Partner Colleges for an award of credit.There are a total of 1000 points in the course:
Topic | Assessment | Points Available |
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Topic 1 Quiz |
50 |
2 |
Topic 2 Quiz | 50 |
3 |
Topic 3 Quiz | 50 |
4 |
Topic 4 Quiz | 50 |
5 |
Topic 5 Quiz | 50 |
6 |
Topic 6 Quiz | 50 |
7 | Topic 7 Quiz | 50 |
7 | Graded Midterm Exam | 100 |
8 | Topic 8 Quiz | 50 |
9 | Topic 9 Quiz | 50 |
10 | Topic 10 Quiz | 50 |
11 | Topic 11 Quiz | 50 |
12 | Topic 12 Quiz | 50 |
13 | Topic 13 Quiz | 50 |
14 | Topic 14 Quiz | 50 |
15 | Graded Final Exam | 200 |
Total | 1000 |
Final Proctored Exam
The final exam is developed to assess the knowledge you learned taking this course. All students are required to take an online proctored final exam in order complete the course and be eligible for transfer credit.
This course will equip you to plan and manage your financial affairs. It will focus on developing practical methods of organizing your financial information, interpreting your personal financial position and cash flow, setting achievable and worthwhile goals, and implementing actionable plans and risk management techniques to meet those goals. Specific topics to be covered include money management, insurance, and investing.