Budgeting and Saving: Confronting Debt

Summary:

This course provides a guide to assessing personal debt, formulating a budget, and maintaining a good credit rating.

Objectives:

After completing this course, students will be able to:

Assess his/her financial situation by listing debts and liabilities
Create a budget
Explain how credit bureaus establish credit ratings
Maintain a good credit rating

Outline:

Assessing Your Debt
Creating a Budget
Understanding Your Credit Rating
Maintaining Good Credit

Features:

Exercises that allow users to practice the application
A file containing the text of the exercises
Activities that allow users to apply course concepts in an interactive questioning environment
A glossary
A Skill Assessment

Applicability:

This course is for anyone who wants to better manage his or her personal finances.

Prerequisites:

Technical Requirements:

200MHz Pentium with 32MB Ram. 640 x 480 256-color video (800 x 600 is recommended). Windows 98 or higher. Minimum Connection Speed: 28.8k. Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher (5.5 or higher for MindLeaders Central) required. Macromedia Flash player 6.0 is recommended for full functionality, but not required to play the courses. Sound card, with speakers or headphones is recommended, but not required to play the courses. JavaScript must be enabled. Netscape and AOL browsers not supported.

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Terms of Use:

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