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
- Recognize the importance of starting early to save for retirement.
- State financial goals in measurable and monetary terms.
- Analyze investment options as to safety of principal and potential return.
- Discuss why investment returns need to beat inflation.
- Calculate the future value of an investment.
- Discuss good and bad credit.
- Articulate positive money management skills.
- Articulate the need for and methods of controlling debt.
- Construct a personal spending plan.
- Analyze the money management systems used by individuals.
Course Objectives
- Recognize the importance of starting early to save for retirement.
- State financial goals in measurable and monetary terms.
- Analyze investment options as to safety of principal and potential return.
- Discuss why investment returns need to beat inflation.
- Calculate the future value of an investment.
- Discuss good and bad credit.
- Articulate positive money management skills.
- Articulate the need for and methods of controlling debt.
- Construct a personal spending plan.
- Analyze the money management systems used by individuals.