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Virginia Tech

CONS-2304: Consumer and Family Finances

Description: Overview of consumer and family finances, including budgeting, goal setting, cash management, credit, insurance, taxes, housing, investment alternatives, and retirement plans. Fundamental tools for financial decision making through the coverage of time value of money, calculations for consumer loans, and tools for financial decisions across the lifecycle. Explore ethical issues surrounding financial decisions.

Pathways: 5F Quant & Comp Thnk Found., 10 Ethical Reasoning

Course Hours: 3 credits

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 35

Average GPA: 3.36 (rounds to B+)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 37.47%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.36%

Guopeng Cheng202455.2%30.8%11.2%1.7%0.6%0.4%3.3633
Oscar J Solis201948.5%33.3%6.1%12.2%0.0%0.0%3.181
Elizabeth B Goldsmith201954.6%36.3%6.5%2.3%0.5%0.0%3.381

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Spring 2019Fall 2019Spring 2020Fall 2020Spring 2021Fall 2021Spring 2022Fall 2022Spring 2023Fall 2023Spring 2024Fall 2024Term050% W