Course Description
This course covers the fundamentals of personal finance including financial planning, money management, income and asset protection, and investments. The course includes calculations and problem-solving related to budgeting, managing income taxes, building and maintaining good credit, large personal assets purchases, managing property and liability risk, investment fundamentals, and retirement and estate planning. Students have the opportunity to prepare their own personal budgets and statements of net worth. The time value of money and its importance in the financial planning process is stressed.
Units: 3
Credit - Degree Applicable Transferable to CSU only
Course Details
- Grade Options: Pass/No Pass, Letter Grade
- In-Class Lecture Hours: 48 – 54
- In-Class Lab Hours: 0
Requisites and Advisories
- Prerequisites: Placement as determined by the college’s multiple measures assessment processor completion of a course taught at or above the level of intermediate algebra .
- Co-Requisites: None
- Advisory: None
Transfer Details
- CSU/UC:
Transferable to CSU only - WVC GE: Area A-2: Mathematical Concepts & Quantitative Reasoning