I am offering a Personal Finance course (3 credits) during
the 3 week intersession (winter session) which starts January 3, 2014. The course number is FIN320. There are actually two sections of this
course one has already reach its maximum enrollment and the others section still
has seats available. The course is 100% online via myCourses and is based
mostly on the content of a very useful and well written personal finance
textbook. I also use content from my own
experiences as a financial planner/CPA with over 30 years of experience in this
field. THERE ARE NO PREREQUISITES for
this course. You do need to be comfortable
with technology as the course requires that your work be done within two
portals: myCourses which is the UMD learning system (Blackboard) and Connect (the
homework system of McGraw-Hill). You
will also need a basic familiarity with MS Excel as some problem solving should
be done within that software. This
course is a good way to pick up three credits in three weeks and for CCB
majors, this qualifies as a business elective. It is also open to nonbusiness majors. For more information on how to register or if
you want to review the syllabus, go to the University of Massachusetts
Dartmouth University Extension site at: http://www.umassd.edu/extension/
Professor Michael Griffin, CPA, ChFC, CMA
