Course: Financial Literacy: Money Matters

Lead Instructors: Bill Pappas, Hon. James Peter Trakas

Access: Public
Status: Active

This Course provides you with proven financial approaches that will help you, regardless of your situation, learn more about finances and overcome financial difficulties. With this Course you will achieve financial literacy and be able to put your fiscal house in order.

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Course Lessons(11)

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Module 1: The Psychological Aspect of Financial Literacy

Learn about the psychological aspects of financial literacy. Discover what "Financial Literacy" means and the benefits of being financially literate.

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Module 2: Cash Management

Learn to spend less than you make! Discover the benefits of good cash management and how it can help you become financially literate.

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Module 3: Bank Accounts, Checking and Savings

It is important for everyone to maintain a bank account! Discover how to properly manage a bank account. In addition learn useful information about both checking and savings.

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Module 4: Credit & Credit Cards

Learn about the dangers and benefits of credit cards. Discover how to properly use credit cards to help improve your financial life.

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Module 5: Taxes and You

Learn about taxes and how they work. Discover important tax related terms in order better understand taxation and how it applies to you.

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Module 6: Loans, Mortgages and Rental Agreements

Learn about loans, mortgages, and rental agreements. Learn the basic principles of loans including when to take them. See practical examples of how loans and mortgages work. Also discover helpful tips about rental agreements.

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Module 7: Payday Loans and Rapid Loans

Learn about the extreme danger of payday loans. Discover how they work and why you should try to avoid them. Also learn about rapid loans.

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Module 8: Insurance

Learn about the inner workings of insurance. Find out how to maximize the benefits of your insurance. Also discover useful tips and information about insurance.

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Module 9: Job and Career Economics

Learn about job and career economics. Learn about employment and how it relates to your financial stability. Discover what a career is vs. a regular job. Also learn helpful tips regarding job applications and job interviews.

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Module 10: Identity Protection

Everyone should want to protect their identity. Learn what needs to be protected and how to protect it.

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Module 11: Investment & Retirement Planning

Learn to plan for your retirement and how to invest. Discover the best ways to invest your money so that your retirement can be everything you hoped it would be.

Course Specs

• Path: Subject: Adult Self Improvement
• Date Launched: 12/31/2016
• Length: 4 hr, 25 min, 45 sec
• Cost: $49.95
• Status: Active
• Code: CS-00000140
• Prerequisite: None

Course Instructions

1. Purchase your assigned Course or redeem an Access Code
2. View the Lesson Videos from beginning to end
3. Take the required Test
4. View your Results and print your Certificate

Testing & Certification

Related Tests:

• Financial Literacy Module 1 Test
• Financial Literacy Module 2 Test
• Financial Literacy Module 3 Test
• Financial Literacy Module 4 Test
• Financial Literacy Module 5 Test
• Financial Literacy Module 6 Test
• Financial Literacy Module 7 Test
• Financial Literacy Module 8 Test
• Financial Literacy Module 9 Test
• Financial Literacy Module 10 Test
• Financial Literacy Module 11 Test

Lead Instructors

Bill Pappas
Certified public accountant, small business owner, and investor.
William E. Pappas is a Certified Public Accountant and Partner in American Online Learning Center. Licensed as a CPA since 1983, Bill has lived in Northeast Ohio his whole life, and has spent a career providing valuable financial advice to clients based on practical experience he has spent building businesses.
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Hon. James Peter Trakas
Hon. James Peter Trakas is the legislative father of Ohio’s Third Frontier high technology jobs initiative, as well as the author of 14 bills and dozens of amendments to become law in Ohio, including eliminating Ohio’s electric chair.
In his post-legislative career, Trakas ran two consulting companies and was sub-Cabinet official as Executive Director of The Ohio State Board of Cosmetology.
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