FINANCIAL LITERACY (BUSG 1304)

Term: 2022-2023 Summer

Faculty

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Richard W. Walker

Certified to teach Financial and Managerial Accounting and Micro- and Macroeconomics.

Education:

Defense Language Institute-Certificate of Fluency in Russian

B.S., Journalism-University of Maryland

M.A., Financial Economics, University of Texas at Arlington

Post-graduate study in Accounting, University of Texas at Dallas

 

Description

A study of the financial principles when managing financialaffairs. Includes topics such as budgeting, retirement, property ownership, savings, and investment planning.

48 lecture hours.

At the conclusion of the course a student will be able to: Identify the concepts associated with the time value of money; identify the differences among various savings and investment programs and classes of securities; identify the options for insurance; describe retirement and estate planning techniques; explain owning versus renting real property; and describe consumer protection legislation.