Agnes Scott College - Money Smart Financial Literacy Program (Fr. & So.)

Description

(This registration is for first year Freshman & Sophomores only)

Why Choose Our Money Smart Program?

Our program provides students a golden opportunity to identify personal goals related to their finances. With our financial literacy course we establish a strong foundation of financial literacy for students that will support them in achieving various life goals like savings for education, retirement, using debt responsibly, and running a business. To get the desired outcomes, we follow the best education standard, which includes Standards in Mathematics and English Language Arts. We always ensure that our program meets every student’s needs.

This is your one-stop shop to enhance your financial knowledge and take online and in-person financial literacy classes. Money Smart is a diverse program curated to enrich students’ financial literacy learning experience in an entertaining and engaging way. With the Money Smart program we aim to boost your knowledge about money management and financial planning that can help you budget, spend, invest, and save money responsibly. The financial skills gained in this course will arm students with the confidence needed to succeed in life, regardless of their plans after graduation. Modules are designed to address goal setting, financial statements, careers, saving and investing, credit and loans, insurance and retirement planning.

Lessons include:

• Income and Expenses: How to track income and expenses
• Savings: Saving money for expenses, goals, and emergencies
• Credit Reports and Scores: Building productive credit histories and repairing and improving credit
• Using Credit Cards: How credit cards work and how to manage them
• Managing Debt: Different kinds of debt and ways to manage it
• Financing College and Introduction to NILs

Course Synopsis

Each lesson promotes real-world connections through student-centered learning experiences and aligns to the Common Core State Standards in Mathematics and English Language Arts.

Participant Guides come with handouts, worksheets, and resources that allow students to explore the topics covered in each lesson and immediately apply their new knowledge in day-to-day financial decision making.

Each course comes with presentation sides, challenge exercises, and reflective prompts to support the activity in each lesson, as well as fill-in charts to support the activities in each lesson.

Each participant will receive a Parent/Caregiver Guide complete with information about topics being covered in class, conversation starters, online accessible and literary sources, and family activities to try together.

The program includes the “Money Smart Portfolio”, a semester-long project that collects completed student handouts and activities from each lesson to be presented as a final portfolio.

In-Person Instruction

Cost - Free