| | Honors Personal Finance is a year-long course designed
to empower students with the sophisticated financial
knowledge and tools needed to lead the most financially
successful life possible. Through real-world scenarios,
current media, hands-on projects, and meaningful
activities, students develop the foundational
understanding to make sound money decisions now and
throughout their adult lives. Students explore investing in
depth, examining stocks, bonds, real estate, and
entrepreneurship with a level of rigor comparable to
entry-level professionals in those fields before moving
into essential personal finance topics including
budgeting, taxes, insurance, retirement accounts, and
credit. Every unit goes beyond surface-level exposure,
building finance, math, reading, and critical thinking skills
through assessments that reflect real financial decisions.
Topics covered include: Behavioral Economics, Banking,
Investing, Types of Credit, Managing Credit, Buying a
Car, Buying a House, Paying for College and Career
Planning, Alternatives to 4-Year Colleges,
Entrepreneurship, Insurance, Taxes, Budgeting, and
Consumer Skills. |