University of South Africa Short Course in Basic Financial Life Skills
Short Course in Basic Financial Life Skills (7182X)Purpose
To educate students, individuals, parents, teachers, skills/HR trainers, brokers to be, employees, entrepreneurs and school leavers in basic personal financial life skills. This knowledge is a prerequisite for life, a career and entrepreneurship.
Target group
Adults interest in learning about basic financial life skills
Admission requirements
No admission requirements. Anybody can register
Duration
6 months
Language medium
English
Registration periodsTuition method
Distance education by means of a study guide, tutorial letters and a prescribed book.
Kind of assessment
Note:
Formative assessment and examination admission will comply with UNISA’s formative assessment rules and policies
Formative assessment:
Assignments
Summative assessment:
Examination
Basic Financial Skills (SBFS016)Syllabus/Content Topics
The module shows you how to:
●do your own personal financial planning
●draw up your own budget
●identify debt problems and plan your debt situation
●choose the best micro-loan from the best micro-lender
●budget to purchase a car
●evaluate and plan the purchase of a residence
●avoid investment pitfalls and how to choose the right investments
●protect your income and assets
●do timeous retirement planning in order to retire financially independent
●protect your job and how to start or buy a business
●make use of a bank, banking products and services
Course leader
Mr N J Swart
Discipline expertise: Personal Financial Management and Real Estate (the only Personal Financial Management lecturer in South Africa for the last 20 years); author of more than 50 books on Personal Financial Planning; the Academic Father of Financial Skills and Literacy Education and Training In South Africa and the World; South Africa’s Mr Personal Financial Management
Centre for Business Management
Office 3-113, A J H van der Walt Building, UNISA
Tel: 012 429 4651
Cell: 082 822 4419
Fax: 086 641 5404
E-mail: swartnj@unisa.ac.za
Programme administrator(s)
Tel: (012) 352 4288 / 4170 / 4317 / 4383
Fax: 012 429 4150
E-mail: cbm@unisa.ac.za
www.unisa.ac.za/cbm
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