Coursera
Free Online Course (Audit)
English
Paid Certificate Available
9 weeks long, 15 hours worth of material
selfpaced
Overview
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Personal and Family Financial Planning will address many critical personal financial management topics in order to help you learn prudent habits both while in school and throughout your lifetime.
Syllabus
- Understanding Personal Finance
- Path to financial security and time value of money.
- Financial Statements, Tools, and Budgets
- Managing your flows and reviewing your statements.
- Managing Income Taxes
- Income tax basics.
- Building and Maintaining Good Credit
- Credit basics.
- Managing Risk
- Risk management basics and insurance overview.
- Investment Fundamentals
- Rules of investing; Debt and equity.
- Investing Through Mutual Funds
- Mutual funds and managed portfolios; create a personal investment plan.
- Personal Plan of Action
- Putting your personal plan together.
- Bonus Module
Taught by
Michael Gutter
