FINANCIAL LITERACY

Grade(s): 10,11,12 Prerequisite: None Semester Course
Credit: 0.5 Financial Literacy OR Career & Tech Ed (students choose one)

Students in Personal Finance will develop an understanding of financial skills and strategies. Students will increase their knowledge in the areas of economic influences, personal decisions, banking, financial services, saving, investing strategies, taxes, credit, budgeting, housing options, car purchases, loan choices, and economic influences. Throughout the course students will be presented with problem solving situations and project-based learning activities.

Grade(s): 10,11,12 Prerequisite: None Semester Course
Credit: 0.5 Financial Literacy OR Career & Tech Ed (students choose one)

Students in Personal Finance (CAPP) will develop an understanding of financial skills and strategies. Students will increase their knowledge in the areas of economic influences, personal decisions, banking, financial services, saving, investing strategies, taxes, credit, budgeting, housing options, car purchases, loan choices, and economic influences. Throughout the course students will be presented with problem solving situations and project-based learning activities. While covering the same content as Personal Finance, the Personal Finance for CAPP course will be taught at the college level by a CAPP approved instructor.

Note: Qualified students may receive college credit for UW Oshkosh Business 231: Personal Finance. All dual credit options are dependent upon teacher certification. 

Grade(s): 10,11,12 Prerequisite: None Semester Course

Credit: 0.5 Financial Literacy or Career & Tech Ed (students choose one)

Students in Consumer Financial Literacy will develop personal financial skills and understand their consumer rights and responsibilities through discussion and real world applications. Students learn important financial skills such as money management, decision making, budgeting, career exploration, buying a car, renting an apartment, insurance, taxes, credit, and the role of the consumer in society.

Grade(s): 10,11,12 Prerequisite: Land, People, and Power Semester Course

Credit: Financial Literacy OR Social Studies (students choose one)

Students in CAPP Economics will investigate how scarcity impacts decision-making in a world of limited resources and unlimited wants. This course introduces students to fundamental concepts of both micro and macroeconomics. Students will discuss how the choices made by individuals and governments have local, national, and global economic effects. Students will leave this course with the tools to think like an economist and apply their knowledge to current economic situations. Note: Qualified students may receive college credit for UW Oshkosh Economics 101: General Economics. All dual credit options are dependent upon teacher certification.