Semester-Long Elective

Whether you fancy yourself as the next legend of Wall Street or you simply want to learn how to more responsibly manage your finances, this course will teach you essential real-world skills that will help you minimize the risk of the big financial decisions you are on the verge of having to make. You will begin by learning some effective budgeting techniques to get your personal finances in order before advancing to using hands-on simulations of real-world situations to experience the various aspects of investment, loans, and insurance markets. By placing yourself in the roles of various financial market participants, from an undergraduate taking on student loans to a portfolio manager investing millions in our stock market game, you will experience how these interconnected markets work and how you can use them to your advantage. It’s a (financial) jungle out there, but this course will help you navigate it like a professional and leave you fully equipped to make the financial markets work for you.