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PERSONAL AND FAMILY FINANCE
BUSI 1307 INTERNET COURSE

Instructor: Mike Peek

                      Contacts:

                    Office 903-675-6252

                      Home 903-675-8226

Fax: 903-675-6395

E-mail : mpeek@tvcc.edu

Mail: 100 Cardinal Drive

Athens, Texas 75751

Textbook and required materials

Textbook: Personal Finance by Jeff Madura, 2004

Second edition ISBN 0-321-16591-8

Course description:

This course will include a study of the various aspects of personal money management. It will include invaluable information for an individual to maximize their income and investment potential. Topics include: setting financial goals, consumer credit, tax planning, insurance, investing in stocks, bonds, and mutual funds, and retirement planning.

 

Instructional methods:

This course is offered as an integrated program of study utilizing a textbook, and online resources.  Each chapter in the textbook contains learning objectives, summary sections, financial planning problems, and online activities. As an independent course, the student will be required to read the textbook to ensure a complete understanding of the material presented. Assignments will be made for each chapter (attached). These will include problems at the conclusion of each chapter. The assignments will be due on the date of the corresponding outside of class assignment (test). The textbook provides countless web sites to enhance the learning experience.

The instructor will be available to discuss problem areas via the internet.  

 

Method of evaluation:

There will be five outside of class assignments (tests) covering only the material assigned. Each assignment will have the same value. They will be based on the material covered in the textbook. The assignment  will consist of true and false questions, multiple choice questions, and short discussion questions. Examinations will cover the following material:

Exam # 1- Chapters 1- 4

Needs to be completed by June 9.

Exam# # #

2

- Chapters 5 -7 7778

Needs to be completed by June  23.

 

 

 

 

Exam# #

3

- Chapters 8 -12

Needs to be completed by July 7. 

 

Exam# #

4

-         Chapters 13 -16 Needs to be completed by July 21.

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Exam# 

5

- Chapters 17 -20 Needs to be completed by August 4.

IF YOU NAVE A PROBLEM WITH THESE DATES, PLEASE CONTACT THE INSTRUCTOR AS SOON AS POSSIBLE !!!!!

 

Your grade will be determined by the following:

1. Listing your outside of class assignments (tests) grades. (5 grades)

2. Obtaining an average of your homework assignment grades. (1 grade)

3. Averaging these 6 grades to determine your course grade.

Assignments:

Students will be required to turn in the answers to the assigned question from each chapter at the time of the corresponding examination. (Questions from chapters 1-4 will be due when Exam # 1 is taken, etc.., etc..)

 

Grades:

The course grade will be determined by using the following criteria;

A=90-100 B=80-89 C=70-79 D=60-69

F = less than 60

 

PERSONAL & FAMILY FINANCE
BUSINESS 1307

INTERNET

                    To: Business 1307 - Personal & Family Finance Students

From: Mike Peek, Instructor

 

RE: Summer, 2008

 

Date: March, 2008

 

 

"Double your money in five years." "Eliminate your credit card payments." "Obtain your dream job."

"Travel to a different country every year."

" Cut your auto insurance rates by one-third."

 

This course cannot promise any of these. However, it can promise you the opportunity, along with your efforts, to achieve these and many other personal financial goals.

 

Topics covered in the class include: a) Setting financial goals b) Personal financial statements c) Consumer credit d) Tax planning) Risk management and insurance f) Fundamentals of investing g) Investing in stocks and bonds h) Investing in mutual funds i) Retirement planning j) Estate planning

 

The textbook can be purchased the various locations of the TVCC Bookstores. A CD and workbook is available. Those will not be used in the class. It will be your responsibility to read the material, answer the assigned questions, and prepare for the examinations. Assignments will be made for each chapter (attached). These assignments will be due when the corresponding outside of class assignment is submitted. These assignments will be handled in person or  via the internet.

 

I have attached the course syllabus for your information. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at 903-675-6252 (voice mail is available 24 hours a day), or e-mail me at mpeek@tvcc.edu  My fax number is 903-675-6395. The mailing address is:

Mike Peek

TVCC

100 Cardinal Drive

Athens, Texas 75751

 

Good luck and please contact me if you have any. problems.

 

This summer I have planned a vacation out of the country. I will be gone from mid-July until late July.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PERSONAL & FAMILY FINANCE

BUSI 1307

CHAPTER ASSIGNMENTS

Each chapter includes online exercises. These would be beneficial to you. Also utilize the In-Text Study Guides.

 

CHAPTER 1, - page 20

Financial Planning Problems 1-5

 

CHAPTER 2, - pages 52

Financial Planning Problems 1,3,5,7,and 9

 

CHAPTER 3 - pages 80-81

Financial Planning Problems odd numbers

 

CHAPTER 4 - pages 117

Financial Planning Problems - odd numbers

 

CHAPTER 5 - pages 152-153

Financial Planning Problems - Questions 1-5

 

CHAPTER 6 - pages 179-180

Financial Planning Problems -odd numbers

 

CHAPTER 7 - pages 210-211

Financial Planning Problems - Questions 1-5

 

CHAPTER 8 - pages 242-243

Financial Planning Problems odd numbers

 

CHAPTER 9 - pages 281

Review Questions - even numbers

 

CHAPTER 10 - pages 316-317

Financial Planning Problems - even numbers

CHAPTER 11, - pages 338-339

Financial Planning Problems Questions 1-3

 

CHAPTER 12 page 359

Financial Planning Problems Questions 1-6

 

CHAPTER 13 pages 386-387

Financial Planning Problems - even numbers

 

CHAPTER 14 - pages 416-417

Financial Planning Problems - Questions 1-6

 

CHAPTER 15 page 436

Financial Planning Problems Questions 1-5

 

CHAPTER 16 - page 461

Financial Planning Problems - even numbers

 

CHAPTER 17 - pages 498

Financial Planning Problems - Questions 1-5

 

CHAPTER 18 - pages 528

Financial Planning Problems – Questions 1-5

 

CHAPTER 19 page 562

Review Questions - even numbers

 

 
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