This performance-based course emphasizes the importance of establishing smart financial goals and will provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to responsibly manage their own money. Using curriculum materials developed by the National Endowment for Financial Education, students will create their own budget, develop a personal savings and investing plan, manage a checking and debit account and learn how to responsibly use credit. At the end of the semester, students will develop a personalized financial plan which will reflect their career and lifestyle choices