BUS 815 - Personal Finance

    Recent Professors
    Mike K. Fischer
    Recent Semesters
    Spring 2027, Fall 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Spring 2025
    Class Size
    Not published
    Difficulty
    6.0Demandingout of 10
    Credits
    0
    Spring 2027 Sections
    View Spring 2027 sections of BUS 815
    Transfers To
    Not transferable
    Description
    Practical approach to personal finance principles. Offers a basic understanding of spending, saving, budgeting, borrowing, lending and investing money; credit and debit cards, credit reports/scores, identity theft, insurance, compound interest, retirement, estate planning, and investments. The social, psychological, and economic issues related to financial planning will be explored in addition to the calculation and analysis of the financial impacts of their decisions. This course will emphasize the principles to develop economic decision-making skills. Students will create a personal financial plan, including goals, budgets and a savings plan. (pass/no pass grading) (noncredit)