ECON 5 - PERSONAL FINANCIAL PLANNING

    Recent Professors
    J. Greenberg, D. Scott
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024
    Class Size
    45 students
    Credits
    3
    Fall 2026 Sections
    View Fall 2026 sections of ECON 5
    Transfers To
    CSUCSU GE Area B4
    Description
    This course covers the proper management of personal incomes and expenditures using criteria, methodology and resources for effective financial planning. Topics include the study of inflation and business cycles; career planning; money/credit management; insurance analysis; investment and retirement planning; and tax strategies. The course uses an integrative approach that focuses on practical financial decision making as well as the social, psychological and physiological contexts in which those decisions are made. Students will examine their relationship with money, set personal goals and develop a plan to meet those goals. ECON 5 is also listed as MGT 5; credit will be given in either area, not both. ECON 5 was formerly offered as ECON 105.
    Usually Held
    Mon Tue 8:30am–9:55am, Tue Thu 8:30am–9:55am