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COURSE NUMBER: SFS 103
TITLE: Life Strategies
SEM CR HRS: 3
LT HRS: 3 LAB HRS: ____ SOE HRS: ____ ECH: _3___
COURSE PCS #
(assigned by administration)
Prerequisite: None
Catalog Description (40 word limit): Designed to assist students in improving critical thinking
skills, designing effective goals and creating a successful life and financial management plan.
Emphasis will be placed on career and transfer advancement as well as financial planning.
LAB FEE:
LT
HRS
10
15
11
9
List the Major Course Segments (units)
Transition to Higher Education and Beyond
Financial Aid and Money Management
Career Advancement Planning
Life Management
EVALUATION:
Quizzes X
Lab Work __
Exams X
Projects X
Oral Pres. X
Comp Final X
Textbooks
Title:
Author:
Publisher:
Volume/Edition:
Copyright Date:
Becoming a Master Student – Concise
Dave Ellis
Houghton Mifflin
11th Edition
2006
Title:
Author:
Publisher:
Volume/Edition:
Copyright Date:
Personal Finance
Jeff Madura
Pearson, Addison Wesley
3rd Edition
2007
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LAB
HRS
Papers X
Other __
Major Course Segment
I. Transition to Higher Education and
Beyond
A. The value of education
B. Higher education resources
C. Motivation, decision-making,
and goal-setting
Hours Learning Outcomes
10
The student will be able to:
1. use resources to think critically about
higher education and career goals
2. evaluate current positive and negative
behaviors for self awareness
3. utilize results of evaluation to enhance
and develop life goals
II. Financial Aid and Money
Management
A. Budget and bank account
basics
B. Identity theft and fraud
C. Debt reduction and loan
repayment
D. Short-term and long-term
savings and investing
15
The student will be able to:
1. identify and prioritize income and
expenditures, including zero-based
budgeting (paper, computer-based, and
online), and distinguish good and bad
debt
2. record and balance checks and debit
cards and interpret bank statements
3. understand basic principles of credit,
annual percentage rates, fees, and
penalties
4. apply strategies to detect, prevent and
recover from identity theft and fraud
5. construct strategies to eliminate debt
6. evaluate loan types and guidelines
(auto, home, college, high-interest, and
scam)
7. identify types of financial assistance
available for college and manage
tuition payments
8. construct, track and adjust growth in
savings plans, investment opportunities,
retirement accounts, and tax sheltered
accounts appropriate for different life
stages
III. Career Advancement Planning
A. Self-assessment (abilities,
aptitudes, interests) goalsetting
B. Career, academic, and life
planning
11
The student will be able to:
1. identify and evaluate abilities,
aptitudes, and interests and relate these
to specific majors and careers
2. identify and use career resources
3. develop personal career goals
IV. Life Management
A. Time management
B. Stress management for a
healthy lifestyle
C. Establishing rewarding
relationships
D. Putting it all together
9
The student will be able to:
1. use time management to take theories
into practice in meeting life objectives
2. develop a plan to integrate habits for
improved emotional and physical
health
3. develop interpersonal communication
skills
4. use ethical reasoning to examine their
impact on local and global communities
5. produce a final Life Portfolio, where
the student will describe one long-term
life goal, one long-term career, and a
financial plan.
Course Outcomes: At the successful completion of this course, students will be able
to:

Students will be able to identify the elements of a personal financial plan.

Students will be able to identify short-term, mid-term and long-term goals.

Students will be able to complete a personal life and financial plan including
strategies for working toward those goals