ACCT 120 - INTRODUCTION TO FINANCIAL PLANNING

    Recent Professors
    S. Whitson, B. Widdison
    Recent Semesters
    Spring 2027, Fall 2026, Summer 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025
    Class Size
    45 students
    Credits
    3
    Spring 2027 Sections
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    Transfers To
    CSU
    Description
    Major topics include money and credit management, comprehensive insurance coverage, and analyzing and developing management tools and strategies for personal investing. Covers investing in common and preferred stock, government and corporate bonds, mutual funds, real estate, and other financial securities. Lifelong financial planning, pension, retirement, and estate planning issues are addressed. Covers the structure and operation of financial markets as well as financial and investment information gathering. The effects of achieving/not achieving financial security on psychological and physiological health are examined.