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COURSE MASTER SYLLABUS
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COURSE TITLE: Personal Finance
CREDIT HOURS: 3; Lecture Hours: 3: Lab Hours: 0
METHOD OF PRESENTATION: Three-hour lecture/discussion each week.
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
BUSG 1304 PERSONAL FINANCE (3-3-0).
A study of the financial problems encountered in managing family financial
affairs. Topics include financial security for the family, budgeting, use of
credit, home ownership, financial tangles, and savings and investment planning.
Skills: R Course Type: W
REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS/
MATERIALS:
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ISBN |
Title |
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Publisher |
Author |
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0073530697 |
Personal
Finance (10th edition) |
TX |
McGraw
Hill/Irwin |
Kapoor, Dlabay, Hughes |
SCANS (SECRETARY’S COMMISSION ON ACHIEVING NECESSARY SKILLS):
Course SCANS Competencies for Personal
Finance, BUSG
1304
Please go to http://www.austincc.edu/mkt/scans.htm#whatis
for a complete definition and explanation of SCANS. This list summarizes the SCANS competencies
addressed in this particular course.
INSTRUCTIONAL METHODOLOGY:
See specific instructor’s syllabus
COURSE RATIONALE:
The purpose of this course is to provide students with informed choices related to spending, saving, borrowing, and investing. Students will learn the foundation of long-term financial security. Personal Finance is not just about textbook learning; it challenges students to use their critical/creative skills in all aspects of Business and Personal Finance, not just those covered in this course.
COMMON COURSE LEARNING
OBJECTIVES/OUTCOMES
- Learn to plan
your personal finances
- Learn to
manage your personal finances
- Study
consumer purchasing strategies and legal protection
- Learn how to
insure your resources
- Review
investing fundamentals
- Learn to
Control your financial future
- Identify the concepts associated with the time
value of money, and with personal budgeting, and will recognize the
differences among various savings and investment programs and classes of
securities
- Identify the options for personal
insurance, describe retirement and estate planning techniques, explain the
benefits of owning versus renting real property
- Discuss consumer protection legislation
- Chapter objectives that appear in the
textbook
GRADING SYSTEM:
Your instructor will provide
specific information about how you will be graded in this course.
COURSE POLICIES:
Departmental
policies for Incompletes, Attendance, and Withdrawal are as follows:
Incomplete Policy: An incomplete
(I) will be granted to a student in rare circumstances. Generally, to receive a
grade of I, a student must have completed all examinations and assignments to
date, be passing, and have personal circumstances that prevent course
completion that occur after the deadline to withdraw with a grade of W.
Attendance Policy: All students
are expected to attend classes.
Non-attendance will have an impact on the student’s grade.
Withdrawal Policy: It is the
student’s responsibility to withdraw from a course. Instructors are allowed to withdraw students
but students must not rely on their instructor to withdraw them if they wish to
withdraw.
Academic Freedom Statement: Each student is strongly
encouraged to participate in class. In any classroom situation that includes
discussion and critical thinking, there are bound to be many differing
viewpoints. These differences enhance the learning experience and create an
atmosphere where students and instructors alike will be encouraged to think and
learn. On sensitive and volatile topics, students may sometimes disagree not
only with each other but also with the instructor. It is expected that faculty
and students will respect the views of others when expressed in classroom
discussions.
Scholastic Dishonesty Statement: Acts prohibited by the College for which discipline may be administered
include scholastic dishonesty, including but not limited to cheating on an exam
or quiz, plagiarizing, and unauthorized collaboration with another in preparing
outside work. Academic work submitted by students shall be the result of their
thought, research or self-expression. Academic work is defined as, but not
limited to tests, quizzes, whether taken electronically or on paper; projects,
either individual or group; classroom presentations, and homework” (see Student Handbook). Penalties for
scholastic dishonesty will depend upon the nature of the violation and may
range from lowering a grade on one assignment to an F in the course and/or
expulsion from this institution.
Student
Discipline Statement: Classroom behavior should support and enhance
learning. Behavior that disrupts the learning process will be dealt with
appropriately, which may include having the student leave class for the rest of
that day. In serious cases,
disruptive behavior may lead to a student being withdrawn from the class.
ACC's policy on student discipline can be found in the Student Handbook.
Students with Disabilities Statement: Each ACC campus offers support services for students with documented physical or psychological disabilities. Students with disabilities must request reasonable accommodations through the Office for Students with Disabilities on the campus where they expect to take the majority of their classes. Students are encouraged to do this three weeks before the start of the semester” (see Student Handbook).
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