Course Description
Champion’s Why is FINANCIAL LITERACY Important? course has been created to help you see how managing your finances affects your life. Realistic examples are given to support understanding.
- When you manage your money well, you have less stress, better relationships, savings for emergencies and your future, and life costs less.
- When you don’t manage money well, life is expensive, stressful, and it takes its toll on relationships. In fact, poorly management money is in the top 3-5 reasons for divorce.
Have you ever been told that you should save money, pay cash for your purchases, stay out of debt, and manage your money? Do you know where or how to start? Do you understand the major considerations? What are the traps? What if your family was not so good at saving? What if your credit is bad or non-existent? What if you are already swimming in student loans or other debt and have given up trying?
No matter where you are with your finances, this course will give you pertinent information! We won’t be able to provide you with specific financial advice, but we will give you a great introduction to the basic elements of Financial Literacy Basics, and you utilize this knowledge to improve your future financial success rate.
This course will provide you with knowledge to:
- Make a realistic budget
- Prioritize expenses and spending
- Understand why a flexible budget supports successful budgeting
- Make good decisions about using credit
- Understand the differences between good and bad credit options
- Understand the differences in banking options
- Understand how your credit score affects your expenses and budget