This course will introduce a wide range of personal finance topics you will encounter and need to successfully navigate as you grow financially independent. Topics will be covered at introductory levels, to expose you to the range of money-related topics you will likely need to master in the years ahead. The course will be organized by posing “big” questions you will probably want to know how to address. Those interested in developing side hustles or very small business will benefit from the course by understanding how to first get your own personal financial matters under control, then thinking about how to expand those skills and understanding into business ventures. The course is likely to serve as a starting point for further exploration of specific topics and/or as motivation to take a subsequent, more detailed, personal finance course.
Online Self-paced8-10 Hours plus independent study time Over a 12 Week Period
Course Facilitators:Roger Martin
Professor Roger Martin has been at the University of Virginia since most of his students have been born - 2003. He was born and raised in Kansas, and got his undergraduate degree from the University of Kansas. He is easily distractable by any reference to the Jayhawks - past or present.
Professor Martin has taught financial, managerial, auditing and ethics courses at McIntire and has been awarded the University of Virginia All-University Teaching Award for his teaching excellence. His research focuses on the impact of auditing, assurance services, and other corporate governance mechanisms on the quality of information provided to external users of financial statements.
Outside of his work, Professor Martin and his wife have raised their two sons here in Charlottesville, and those young men are now out in the world making their marks. Professor Martin enjoys running, rowing, golf and woodworking, but can be described as a ""dabbler"" at best in any of these hobbies.
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