BUS 105 - Life Finance

Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring 2011

Prerequisite: Junior or senior Standing. Not open to majors in accounting and business administration, business administration, economics, or public accounting.This course applies finance theory to topics in personal finance. Readings focus on personal-finance topics, financial-data sources, and other items in the financial press. Students begin the class focusing on their life’s goals: family, career, service to others, lifestyle. After considering personal goals, we explore the tools needed to achieve those goals. A computer lab component enables students to build spreadsheet models useful in making decisions in areas such as financial mathematics, household financial planning, financial markets, investments, and retirement planning. The class is intended for students with an interest in money matters but without a background in finance or economics.Schwartz