Financial Planning for Young Adults (FPYA), developed in partnership with the CFP Board, is designed to provide an introduction to basic financial planning concepts for young adults. The FPYA course is organized across eight separate modules within a 4-week window. Topics covered include financial goal setting, saving and investing, budgeting, financial risk, borrowing and credit. Because financial planning is such a personal topic, you will be encouraged to define your own financial goals and objectives while we discuss concepts and provide tools which can be applied in helping you reach those goals.
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Financial Planning for Young Adults
University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignAbout this Course
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Orientation
Module 1: Setting Financial Goals and Assessing Your Situation
Module 2: Budgeting and Cash Flow Management
Module 3: Saving Strategies
Module 4: The Time Value of Money
Module 5: Borrowing and Credit
Module 6: Investing
Module 7: Risk Management
Module 8: Financial Planning as a Career
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TOP REVIEWS FROM FINANCIAL PLANNING FOR YOUNG ADULTS
Financial planning as a career seems too forceful at the end of the course.
Other then that, it is a very good course with good contents and interesting videos for easy understanding.
Thank you for helping me learn more about personal finance as a young adult. The information I gained from this course is invaluable and I plan to share it with all of my friends.
Amazing! This course makes me understanding the financial planning stuff more than what my 2nd year of accounting major did. Thanks, coursera and CITL of University of Illinois.
Really had a good time learning about Financial Planning for Young Adults. Hope this will help in many circumstances throughout Life!!
Thank You!! Waiting for upcoming Courses!!
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