Consumer Economics
Class
M B
About
Students learn practical skills of daily economic life, value awareness, economic decision making, and includes a brief introduction to capitalism and consumer rights.
Full course description
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.
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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)