Distance Learning Course Description
COURSE NAME:
Personal Finance
SCHOOL DISTRICT: Indian Lake
INSTRUCTOR: TBD
Half Year
COURSE PREREQUISITES:
BRIEF COURSE DESCRIPTION
/ OUTLINE: This course is designed to cover the basic financial
tools a student needs to know before entering adult life.
The course will include, but is not limited to:
Personal financial planning, the fundamentals of investing,
investing in stocks, investing in mutual funds, Real Estate and
other investments, retirement planning,
creating a budget and charts in excel, creating amortization tables
and understanding loans, income taxes,
managing a checkbook, using credit wisely, insurance, and career
exploration.
This course is great for all high school students.
The topics covered are topics that are better to understand
early on in life. This is one of the most beneficial, life skills
courses offered. The world is a challenging place
and getting more and more challenging all the time, so why not
learn all you can about these topics.
OTHER NOTES / MISCELLANEOUS:
12/11/12
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