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All courses include:
eTextbooks
2 to 3-day turnaround for grading
Multiple chances to improve your grade
On-demand tutoring & writing center
Student support 7 days a week
$79
Plus membership
3 Credits
All courses include:
eTextbooks
2 to 3-day turnaround for grading
Multiple chances to improve your grade
On-demand tutoring & writing center
Student support 7 days a week
$79
Plus membership
3 Credits
About This Course
ACE Approved 2023
The Personal Finance online course equips you to understand, plan, and manage your financial affairs. This course focuses on the development of practical methods of organizing financial information, how to interpret personal financial position and cash flow, develop achievable and worthwhile goals, and implement actionable plans and risk management techniques to meet those goals. Additional topics covered during Personal Finance includes money management, insurance, and investing.
Course Outcomes
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.
Course Text
Prefer the hard copy? Simply purchase from your favorite textbook reseller; you will still get the eTextbook for free. The required eTextbook for this course is included with your course purchase at no additional cost.
Personal Finance
Kapoor, Jack, Les Dlabay, Robert J. Hughes, and Melissa Hart. Focus on Personal Finance, 6th Edition. McGraw-Hill, 2019. ISBN: 9781259919657
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