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Essentials Of Personal Finance –
fp120
(3 credits)
This course provides an overview of the elements necessary for effective personal financial planning and the opportunity to apply the techniques and strategies essential to this understanding. Primary areas of study include creating and managing a personal budget, understanding and paying taxes, working with financial institutions, wise use of credit cards and consumer loans, financing automobiles and homes, and the use of insurance for protecting one’s family and property.
This undergraduate-level course is 5 weeks.
This course is available as part of a degree or certificate program.
To enroll, speak with an enrollment advisor.
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Avoiding and Managing Debt
List good practices for managing debt.
Recognize signs of credit trouble.
Identify parts of a credit report.
Recognize student loan options and implications for the future.
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Consumer Credit
List types of consumer credit.
Identify the five Cs of credit.
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Credit Protection and Repair
Recognize the advantages and disadvantages of credit cards.
Summarize how to protect and correct credit.
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Insurance
- Summarize the functions of insurance.
- List characteristics of auto, home, health, disability, and life insurance.
- Describe the importance of wills.
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Investment and Long-Term Planning
- Summarize the investment planning process.
- Explain retirement income needs.
- List sources of retirement income.
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Major Financial Assets
Explain interest rates.
Outline the decision process for buying a car or house.
Summarize the steps in buying a home.
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Money Management
Describe how to organize and prepare personal financial statements.
Identify cash management products and services.
Complete a personal cash flow statement.
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Personal Financial Planning
List the five steps in the personal financial planning process.
Summarize what influences personal financial planning.
Identify parts of a financial plan.
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Tax Management
Explain taxable income and taxes owed.
Summarize ways to save money on federal taxes.
List steps to file a federal tax return.
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- 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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