Finance 1: Money Markets, and Mindsets

Gain the practical knowledge and tools to make informed financial decisions throughout your life. Beginning with financial goal-setting, you will explore how personal values, consumer behavior, economic conditions, and risk influence financial choices. Through discussions, real-world examples, and practical exercises, you will understand credit, interest rates, inflation, the value of money, investing, stock trading, bonds, and major financial decisions such as purchasing a home or automobile. The course emphasizes both short-term financial decision-making and long-term financial security and includes a class trip to Boston.