FNPL 105 Financial Planning for Young Adults
This course is designed, in general, for those less than 30 years of age who are interested in learning how to plan for a financially secure future by practical applications in the following areas: money management, spending and savings plans, credit/debt management, and investing for the future.
Hours Weekly
3 hours weekly
Course Objectives
- 1. Recognize the importance of starting early to save for retirement.
- 2. State financial goals in measurable and monetary terms.
- 3. Analyze investment options as to safety of principal and potential return.
- 4. Discuss why investment returns need to beat inflation.
- 5. Calculate the future value of an investment.
- 7. Discuss good and bad credit.
- 8. Articulate positive money management skills.
- 9. Articulate the need for and methods of controlling debt.
- 10. Construct a personal spending plan.
- 11. Analyze the money management systems used by individuals.
Course Objectives
- 1. Recognize the importance of starting early to save for retirement.
- 2. State financial goals in measurable and monetary terms.
- 3. Analyze investment options as to safety of principal and potential return.
- 4. Discuss why investment returns need to beat inflation.
- 5. Calculate the future value of an investment.
- 7. Discuss good and bad credit.
- 8. Articulate positive money management skills.
- 9. Articulate the need for and methods of controlling debt.
- 10. Construct a personal spending plan.
- 11. Analyze the money management systems used by individuals.