Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Managing My Money for Young Adults
This online course explored the financial issues that young adults are confronted with from their teenage years until their mid-20s. The course followed the time line for developing financial awareness starting with banking and savings products before covering student finance, how to borrow sensibly and how to get onto the property ladder. The course enabled learners to develop their financial management skills, including budgeting and how to choose between different financial products.
8 weeks, 3 hours per week
Dave Hall
University Secretary
The Open University
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Demonstrate how to budget effectively, taking into account changes such as getting older and leaving the family home
- Explore and understand how to choose and manage bank and savings accounts
- Assess and understand how to finance further and higher education studies
- Evaluate lending and how to borrow sensibly and manage debts effectively
- Calculate and plan ahead to make life's goals financially achievable
Syllabus
This course will not run again on FutureLearn; however, a version of the course is available on OpenLearn.
- Week 1 - Savings accounts, bank accounts, and credit cards.
- Week 2 - The world of work, pay and taxation.
- Week 3 - How young adults spend their money, possible risks of shopping online, and simple budgeting for young adults living in the family home.
- Week 4 - Options after secondary education, financial consequences of higher education, and budgeting and financial management when living away from home.
- Week 5 - Living in a shared rental with other young adults.
- Week 6 - Effective management of personal debt.
- Week 7 - Credit ratings: how to attain and maintain an excellent credit score.
- Week 8 - Property and pensions.
Issued on 7th December 2018
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