FIN 130 - Managing Your Money

Units: 1 ; Breadth Area: GE-E
An introduction to personal budgeting, banking, borrowing, and saving for the future.

Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground, or Entirely Online, or Hybrid.
Grading: A-F grading only
Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-E
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

develop a personal financial budget and plan;
research and describe the costs and benefits of different types of bank and payment accounts;
research and describe the costs and benefits of different types of borrowing; and
research and describe the costs and benefits of different types of savings and investment accounts.
G.E. Area Outcomes - Upon the completion of the Area E requirement, students will be able to:
develop intellectual, practical, and/or physical skills and abilities that will serve them throughout their lives;
apply their learning to other pursuits within and outside of the classroom; and
demonstrate the capacity to make informed and ethical decisions.