Personal Finance 101: Everything You Need to Know
Everything you need to know about personal finance in the U.S, presented through concise, engaging, animated videos.
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What you will learn
At the end of this course, students will be able to...
Build excellent credit
Manage debt, including student loans
Invest wisely and effortlessly
File a tax return
Get a great bank account
Understand credit cards
Understand and get six types of insurance
Make a spending plan
Buy a car
Find a great apartment
Buy a house
Get a jump start on retirement
Save for college
Get out of credit card debt
Avoid identity theft and fraud
Understand an estate plan
Navigate dating and finances
Navigate marriage and finances
Navigate children and finances
Navigate divorce and finances
Why take this course?
This course is designed for anyone looking to gain an excellent, practical knowledge of personal finance, covering everything from to taxes to credit cards. Sound intimidating? Don't worry! This course is designed with complete beginners in mind. No previous personal finance knowledge (or math!) is required, and you will never need outside software or materials.
As for how this course is structured, we designed it to maximize your enjoyment and engagement. That’s why we teach you an entire personal finance curriculum through a series of short (<5 min), engaging, animated videos. Each video teaches you everything you need to know (practically-speaking) about a specific topic, like investing, in a way that even a total beginner can understand. And with over 52 videos in total, more than 3 hours of content, you’ll learn everything you need to know about personal finance, from how to pay your taxes to how to buy a car to how to pay off your student loans!
Finally, as for our background, we're MoneyCoach, a financial education startup that has spent the past year developing this curriculum (with the help of a financial advisor) to fill the void in financial education and to teach people personal finance in the most effective way possible. So what are you waiting for? Get started today!
Content
Introduction
Introduction
Building Your Financial Foundation
Spending Plans 101
Quiz
Funding Your Future
Quiz
Bank Account Basics
Checking & Savings 101
Quiz
How to Get a Bank Account
Quiz
Credit Card Basics
Credit Cards 101
Quiz
Credit Scores & Reports 101
Quiz
Credit Cards: Mistakes and Best Practices
Quiz
Tax Basics
Taxes 101
Quiz
Do I Need to Pay Federal Taxes?
Quiz
How to Do Your Taxes
Quiz
Loan Basics
Loans 101
Quiz
Loans: Mistakes and Best Practices
Quiz
Debt Management
How to Rebuild Your Credit
Quiz
How to Get Out of Credit Card Debt: The Basics
Quiz
How to Get Out of Credit Card Debt: Other Options
Quiz
Personal Loans 101
Quiz
Financing Your Education
How to Apply for Financial Aid
Quiz
Student Loans 101
Quiz
How to Repay Your Student Loans
Quiz
Student Loan Refinancing 101
Quiz
Investing Basics
Why Invest?
Quiz
How to Invest
Quiz
401(k) and IRA 101
Quiz
Car Shopping Basics
Buy or Lease a Car?
Quiz
How to Finance a Car
Quiz
Car Insurance 101
Quiz
How to Get Car Insurance
Quiz
How to Buy a Car
Quiz
Health Insurance Basics
Health Insurance 101: The Basics
Quiz
Health Insurance 101: Types of Plans
Quiz
How to Get Health Insurance
Quiz
Apartment Renting Basics
How to Get an Apartment
Quiz
Renters Insurance 101
Quiz
How to Get Renters Insurance
Quiz
Identity Theft and Fraud
How to Prevent Identity Theft
Quiz
Long Term Disability Insurance
Long Term Disability Insurance 101
Quiz
How to Get Long-Term Disability Insurance
Quiz
Home Buying Basics
Buy or Rent a House?
Quiz
Mortgages 101
Quiz
How to Find a House and Mortgage
Quiz
Homeowners Insurance 101
Quiz
How to Get Homeowners Insurance
Quiz
How to Close on a House
Quiz
Retirement Basics
Retirement 101
Quiz
Relationships and Finances
Dating and Finances
Quiz
Marriage and Finances
Quiz
Estate Planning 101
Quiz
Children and Finances
Quiz
Life Insurance 101
Quiz
How to Get Life Insurance
Quiz
How to Save for College
Quiz
Divorce and Finances
Quiz
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Reviews
Diego
September 13, 2023
It is a pretty good course! The teacher explains well the topics, and give good and real life examples about our finances.
CarolAnne
July 3, 2023
Usually I wait until the end of a course to rate, but I do not want to forget some point I want to make. Some of the information is outdated. You are able to make automated payments from savings accounts, for one. I will update if things change.
David
July 2, 2023
It is a good match for me as I am very interested in personal finance. The videos are concise and informative. It's also obvious that the instructor put a lot of effort into this course as it seems to cover every area of personal finance for free. I am truly grateful. Thank you.
Guervio
June 30, 2023
Great Beginner Course, but this shows how scary it is growing up and how much money you'll be spending, nothing about how to really capitalized on that money besides investing and 401ks. This should be called the Life expense heads-up course
Pamela
June 17, 2023
This course should be MANDATORY education in ALL SCHOOLS...elementary and high school. This is FAR more important than the stupidity that is being pushed on children in schools today.
Raquel
May 28, 2023
I really learned a lot in this course. It covers all the important topic in a very easy way. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
Chp2160gmail.com
May 21, 2023
Great information!! I love the drawings and the print outs to go along with it!!!
I wish I had this information when I was a young adult just starting out! I think it should be required in the schools. Thank you so much!!!
Jenna'v
May 9, 2023
Very basic but very detailed and informative! definitely helps you get the foundation and fundamentals of personal finance.
John
February 23, 2023
Because these lessons so far have been so inspired I already made a money plan.? I hope a lot of people watch these lessons so they will start being smart when it comes to money.?
Kwach
February 19, 2023
Very good match, though am in a different country, the principles are similar, I will just apply them in a 'localized' fashion; for instance we use mobile money more - its the first 'bank account' someone has, with a savings feature, money transfers, bill payments, and even 'locked' (fixed) savings feature. Comes with an app
Karim
February 17, 2023
I have learned something new that I didn't know or ever heard before, and I like the way it was explained
Ricardo
December 29, 2022
I haven't been in college in more than 20 years but this course is a good refresher. I can see this being right on target for someone just starting out. It would also be good to have a revamp since this one is back from 2016.
Melody
December 20, 2022
I knew some of this but I love having more detailed yet easy to understand information! Its fun to learn and I feel more confident about financial decisions!
Maria
November 28, 2022
It is good basic material that I know mostly but there are good tips I didn't know like not using an overdraft account. Also to use Venmo but I don't really know what that is yet. I like the quizzes because I learn a lot from them and they help me remember the material.
Leah
November 17, 2022
The personal finance 101 course is teaching me to structure my finances in all different spending categories
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