Personal Finance
(Course canceled for summer 2010 due to low enrollment)

In this course, students are taught to manage their personal and business finances effectively. The enduring understandings for Financial Management include:

• Evaluating saving and investment options to meet short and long term goals
• Applying decision making models to maximize consumer satisfaction when buying goods and services
• Analyzing factors that affect the choice of credit and the cost of credit
• Understanding legal aspects of using credit

Units in this course include: Personal Decision Making, Earning a Living, Managing Finances and Budgeting, Saving and Investing, Buying Goods and Services, Banking, Using Credit, Economics, and Protecting Against Risk.

This course carries .5 credits and is offered in a three-week summer format with two required face-to-face lab sessions. This course is open to students who have completed the 9th grade. This courses includes a tuition fee of $310 per half credit course. Tuition assistance is available based upon financial need. Contact us for more information.

Registration opens January, 2011 for summer 2011.