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Foundations Of Personal Finance In Education –
edd538
(3 credits)
This course provides participants with the necessary content for teaching personal financial education. Course content is aligned to state and national content standards for financial literacy. Participants learn critical decision making for financial planning, savings, investing, managing debt, career planning, retirement, and insurance as they calculate and prepare financial documents.
Note. Methods for teaching financial education are covered in EDD/537.
This graduate-level course is 6
weeks.
To enroll, speak with an Enrollment Advisor.
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Review
- All objectives apply.
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Insurance, Taxes, and Personal Bankruptcy
- Identify the ramifications of bankruptcy.
- Identify ways to decrease tax liability.
- Explain how to choose health insurance.
- Explain how to choose renters’ insurance.
- Explain how to choose automobile coverage.
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Managing Credit and Debt
- Calculate the cost of credit.
- Explain the advantages and disadvantages of credit.
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Savings and Investing
- Balance a portfolio based on personal needs.
- Use quantitative analytical tools to research a stock.
- Explain the risks of investing.
- Calculate compound interest.
- Calculate rates of return.
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Financial Planning, Budgeting, and Purchasing Decisions
- Explain how to select and rent an apartment.
- Explain how to buy a car.
- Prepare a weekly, monthly, and annual budget.
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Broad Economic and Financial Concepts and Behavioral Economics
- Prepare a financial statement.
- Create a financial plan.
- Calculate a future value and present value.
- Differentiate between neo classical and behavioral economics.
- Identify economic and financial concepts and economic theories.
- The University of Phoenix reserves the right to modify courses.
- While widely available, not all programs are available in all locations or in both online and on-campus formats. Please check with a University Enrollment Advisor.
- Transferability of credit is at the discretion of the receiving institution. It is the student’s responsibility to confirm whether or not credits earned at University of Phoenix will be accepted by another institution of the student’s choice.
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