This course requires 2 options.
13 Financial Life Skills (13FLS)
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Nadene Brouwer, Nerida Britten.
13 Financial Life Skills
Financial life skills explores the themes of managing money and income, setting financial goals, and managing financial risk.
Course Components
- Strategies to manage personal finances
- Credit and debt
- Achieving long-term personal financial goals
- Impacts of external factors on personal finances
- Buying your first home
Course Overview
Term 1
U.S. 28098 v4 Evaluate options to increase personal income, 3 credits due 5 April
In Term 1, students will be learning about different ways they can increase their personal income.
Term 2
U.S. 28099 v3 Evaluate credit options and select debt management strategies to manage personal finances, 3 credits due 31 May
In Term 2, students will be learning about credit options and how they can use debt management strategies to manage their personal finances.
Term 3
U.S. 28100 v4 Develop a plan to show how a budget contributes to achieving a long-term personal financial goal, 4 credits, 2 August
U.S. 28103 v3 Analyse and select personal financing options for purchasing a property, 4 credits, 27 September
In Term 3, students will learn how to create a budget, and the process for buying their first house.
Recommended Prior Learning
Open Entry
Assessment Information
Possible CreditsExternal - 0 credits
Internal - 17 credits
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
Total Credits Available: 14 credits.
Internally Assessed Credits: 14 credits.
External
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