Consumer Economics
Time limit: 182 days
1 credit
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About This Course
Course Overview
Students learn practical skills of daily economic life, awareness of
their own values, and economic decision making. Covers how to use a
checking account, figure credit cost, rent an apartment, buy food and
clothes wisely, buy a car, buy different kinds of insurance, and pay
taxes. Includes a brief introduction to capitalism and consumer rights.
This course fulfills the Indiana state standards for the financial
literacy requirement.
This course is designed for seniors.
View a demo version here: https://iu.instructure.com/courses/1591163
Prerequisite
None.
Required Materials
The following text is required for this course:
Roger LeRoy Miller and Alan D. Stafford. Economic Education for Consumers. 4th Edition. South-Western Educational Pub, 2009. ISBN (978-0538448888)
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