This course incorporates knowledge on how to build an investment portfolio by investing in stocks, bonds, and mutual funds. Students will also become familiar with different types of retirement accounts and learn how to manage future investments. One of the highlights of this course is that students play a stock market game simulation.  Click here to view the syllabus.

This course will explore how to create a formal financial plan and develop the necessary strategies to update and implement this plan. Many topics will be included as part of the financial planning process such as types of investments, real estate, mortgages, life insurance, retirement and estate planning, and stock trading strategies; major economic indicators will also be studied. Click here to view the syllabus.

This course is also a completion course for the Gwynedd-Mercy University Dual-Enrollment Program. The 11th or 12th grade student may enroll in Wealth Management and Financial Literacy and, for a tuition fee of $400, will earn 3 Undergraduate Credits from Gwynedd-Mercy University that may be transferable to most post-secondary institutions. The grade that the student earns in Wealth Management and Financial Literacy will be the grade on the student's University transcript from Gwynedd-Mercy University and will also be the grade on the student's Pennsbury High School transcript. 

Advanced Placement Macroeconomics is an elective course that will provide an opportunity for 10th , 11th and 12th grade students to obtain a thorough understanding of the principles of economics that apply to an economic system as a whole. The course will provide a learning experience equivalent to that in a typical University introductory economics course. The course places particular emphasis on the study of national income and price-level determination and also develops students' familiarity with economic indicators, inflation and unemployment, money and banking, stabilization policies, economic growth, and U.S. and world trade. This is a highly analytical course that focuses on problem-solving, graphing, mathematical formulas, and the language of business. This course will prepare the students to take the advanced placement examination that will allow them to earn three University credits. Click here to view the syllabus.

This course is also a completion course for the Gwynedd-Mercy University Dual-Enrollment Program. The 11th or 12th grade student may enroll in AP Macroeconomics and, for a tuition fee of $400, will earn 3 Undergraduate Credits from Gwynedd Mercy University that may be transferable to most post-Secondary Institutions. The grade that the student earns in AP Macroeconomics will be the grade on the student's University transcript from Gwynedd-Mercy University and will also be the grade on the student's Pennsbury High School transcript.