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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

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: CONS-3504, CONS-4314, CONS-4414, CONS-4404, CONS-3404, CONS-4324, CONS-4304

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 37

Average GPA: 3.32 (A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 34.92%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.49%

Guopeng Cheng202453.7%31.6%12.0%1.9%0.5%0.3%3.3429
Oscar J Solis201949.3%34.2%9.2%4.3%1.7%1.4%3.246
Elizabeth B Goldsmith201951.1%40.2%6.5%1.8%0.3%0.2%3.382

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