Personal Finance

Course Information
-  Number of Semester:  1 semester
-  Course Credit:  1 credit
-  Open to Grades:  Juniors and Seniors
-  Prerequisites:  None
-  Instructor:  Mr. Bynum

Course Description
Personal Finance helps the student learn how to deal with professional marketers and how to make more satisfying decisions regarding the many problems they will face as a consumer.  The student learns about these many consumer problems through lectures in class, reading interviews with businessmen, education simulations and role-playing.  Major units include budgeting, use of credit, investments and insurance.  Several simulations included in the course will involve the use of the internet and software that the student could adapt to his own personal needs now or at some time in the future.