Title: Personal Finance - Sample Missouri Syllabus - for Canvas Upload

Personal Finance - Sample Missouri Syllabus
  Syllabus Overview
  Instructor Introduction
Section 1.1: Unlimited Wants and Limited Resources
  1.1 Unlimited Wants and Limited Resources
  The Art of Decisionmaking
  Cards, Cars and Currency: Lesson 1
  Thinking Money: Scarcity
Section 1.2: Choice and Decision Making
  1.2 Choice and Decision Making
  Money and Missed Opportunities
  Economic Lowdown Audio Series: Episode 1—Opportunity Cost
  Opportunity Cost
  The Economics of Natural Disasters
Section 2.1: Career Choices and Consequences
  2.1 Career Choices and Consequences
  No-Frills Money Skills: Episode 8—Soft Skills
  Education, Income, and Wealth
  It's Your Paycheck Lesson 1
  Investing in Yourself: An Economic Approach to Education Decisions
  Soft Skills: Success May Depend on Them
  Education vs. Unemployment
  Economic Lowdown: Episode 6—Circular Flow
  Economic Lowdown Audio Series: Episode 3—The Role of Self-Interest and Competition in a Market Economy
  Get an Education, Even if It Means Borrowing
Section 2.2: Forms of Compensation
  2.2 Forms of Compensation
  Wealth Creation for All
Section 2.3: Taxes and Other Deductions
  2.3 Taxes and Other Deductions
  Your Social Security Number: The 9-Digit Evolution
  Cards, Cars and Currency: Lesson 5
  Filling Out the W-4
  It's Your Paycheck Lesson 2
  Individual Income Tax: The Basics and New Changes
  Building Bridges
Section 3.1: Creating a Budget
  3.1 Creating a Budget
  Budgeting 101
  Cards, Cars and Currency: Lesson 3
  It's Your Paycheck Lesson 4
Section 3.2: Purchasing Items of High Value
  3.2 Purchasing Items of High Value
  Cars and Cash: What To Know Before You Go
  Cards, Cars and Currency: Lesson 4
  Fees, Fees and More Fees: It All Adds Up
  Trick$ of the Trade: Episode 01—Introduction
  Advertising: Dollars and Decisions
  Smart Phones and Budget Changes
Section 3.3: Considering Alternative Goods and Services
  3.3 Considering Alternative Goods and Services
  On the Move: Renting Basics
Section 3.4: Selecting Financial Institutions
  3.4 Selecting Financial Institutions
  Banking Basics
  It's Your Paycheck Lesson 3
  Tax Refund Fees
Section 4.1: Reasons for Saving
  4.1 Reasons for Saving
  Soar to Savings
  Continuing Feducation—Saving for College
  No-Frills Money Skills: Episode 2—Ways to Save
  4.1: Time Preference—Why It Is Hard to Save (Lesson)
Section 4.2: Interest on Savings
  4.2 Interest on Savings
  No-Frills Money Skills: Episode 1—Growing Money
  It's Your Paycheck Lesson 5
  Predicting the Future
  Present Value
  4.2: Simple and Compound Interest—Why It Is Great to Save (Lesson)
Section 4.3: Saving Instruments
  4.3 Saving Instruments
Section 5.1: Facets of Credit
  5.1 Facets of Credit
  Banks and Alternatives
  Fast Cash and Payday Loans
  The Smart-Chip Credit Card: A Current Solution
  Credit Cred
  Financial Aid 101
  It's Your Paycheck Lesson 8
  It's Your Paycheck Lesson 9
  Continuing Feducation—The Amazing $2000 Pizza
Section: 5.3 Credit Worthiness
  5.3 Credit Worthiness
  Continuing Feducation—Understanding How a FICO Credit Score is Determined
  Credit Bureaus: The Record Keepers
  On the Move: Mortgage Basics
  Why Is It So Difficult To Buy a High-Quality Used Car?
  Cards, Cars and Currency: Lesson 2
  It's Your Paycheck Lesson 6
  It's Your Paycheck Lesson 7
  Bankruptcy: When All Else Fails
Section 6.1: Protecting Against Financial Risk by Insuring
  6.1 Protecting Against Financial Risk by Insuring
  Renters and Homeowners Insurance: When the Unexpected Happens
  No-Frills Money Skills: Episode 6—Insurance: Protecting Yourself from Damage
  Insurance: Managing Risk and Balancing Responsibility with Affordability
  Insurance, Segment 1: Coverage and Cost Basics
  Insurance, Segment 2: Types of Coverage, Optional Add-ons, and Possible Discounts
  No-Frills Money Skills: Episode 7, Segment 1—Understanding Car Insurance: Premiums and How Coverage Works
  No-Frills Money Skills: Episode 7, Segment 2—Understanding Car Insurance: Losses, Deductibles and Types of Coverage
  No-Frills Money Skills: Episode 7, Segment 3—Understanding Car Insurance: Applying for Coverage
Section 6.2: Protecting Personal Identity
  6.2 Protecting Personal Identity
  Continuing Feducation—Online Financial Security: Five Tips to Protect Your Online and Financial Security
  Con 'Em If You Can: Phantom Riches
  Con 'Em If You Can: Reciprocity
  Con 'Em If You Can: Social Consensus
Section 7.1: Investment Instruments
  7.1 Investment Instruments
  Con 'Em If You Can: Source Credibility
  Con 'Em If You Can: Scarcity
  Stock Market Strategies: Are You an Active or Passive Investor?
  Life Goals
  No-Frills Money Skills: Episode 3—Get into Stocks
  No-Frills Money Skills: Episode 4—Understanding Bonds
  No-Frills Money Skills: Episode 5—Mutual Benefit
Section 7.2: The Relationship between Risk and Reward
  7.2 The Relationship between Risk and Reward
  7.2: a. Meeting Financial Goals—Rate of Return (Lesson)
  7.2: b. Managing Risk—Time and Diversification (Lesson)
  7.2: c/d. Evaluating Investment Options (Lesson)