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HCPS Academic & Career Planning Guide

Economics and Personal Finance

Economics and Personal Finance Grades 10-12

  • Course #6120
  • 1 Credit/Required
  • 36 Weeks - also available online

Description

  • Learn how to navigate financial decisions and to make informed decisions relating to career exploration, budgeting, banking, credit, insurance, spending, financing postsecondary education, taxes, saving and investing, buying/leasing a vehicle, and living independently
  • Learn the importance of investing in “self” to gain knowledge and skills valued in the marketplace
  • Learn how economies and markets operate and how the United States economy is interconnected with the global economy

Students will take the W!se Financial Literacy Assessment  for potential Industry Credentialing