Course title

Math Year 3 or 4 / FiCycle Financial Math

Pre-requisite

Algebra 1 and 2

Course description

The goal of this course is to provide students with an understanding of how money is a tool and its use must be planned carefully in order to achieve life goals. Generally; students will explore the various ways in which money is made; spent and invested. Specifically; students will create financial goals; construct a budget; and actively research and experience the workings of a variety of financial tools and products: budgets; checking accounts; savings accounts; taxes; insurance; credit cards; loans; interest payments; investing; IRA's; stocks and bonds; and the power of compound interest. Students will complete a unit on the importance of probability and statistics in decision making in real life situations. Students will engage with the material by: participating in classroom discussions; reading the textbook; and researching financial products outside of class. Instruction will be supplemented with lectures and presentations from various financial professionals. (Prerequisites: Algebra 1; 2)

School country

United States

School state

Arizona

School city

Sedona

High school

Sedona Red Rock High School

School / district Address

995 Upper Red Rock Loop Road

School zip code

86336

Requested competency code

Math

Date submitted

Denied

Yes

Denied date

Denied reason

Financial Math/Personal finance/Consumer finance/Accounting courses are generally not approved toward ABOR math requirements. Please include information about the curriculums relation to algebra, geometry, trigonometry, calculus, etc.

Expected grade level

12th

Online / Virtual

No