Welcome to FIN 269

Welcome to FIN 269 - Personal Finance

Dr. Reynolds Griffith

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Instructor:   Professor Reynolds Griffith (home page).

Course Goal: Personal Finance helps prepare you for making good financial decisions in many of the areas of finance which you will have to deal with.

Course description: Introduction to personal financial planning. Managing your money, including making decisions about goals, personal budgeting, spending, taxes, home buying,  managing risk and insurance, investing, and retirement and estate planning.   See outline for more detail of the content.  See WebCT instructions and  User Guide for information on taking web courses and the WebCT course system.

Prerequisites: There are no course prerequisites for Fin 269.  It is open to any major. See the checklist for Distance Education students.  In addition, you need:

  • convenient and reliable internet access
  • a personal email account, with the habit of checking email every day. 
  • adequate computer technology skills for using email and the world wide web
  • ability and desire to work in an independent learning format

(see also OIT computer system requirements page - web development skills are not necessary for this course.)

Course format and assessment: See the FAQ and grading pages.

To register: go through the normal registration process and choose "FIN 269 500". 
See the Online Course checklist page and the Distance Education Student Support and Student Support links  pages for additional information on taking online courses.  See WebCT instructions and  It All Starts Here for information on taking web courses through the WebCT course system.  If you have questions about online courses after reading this material contact the Distance Education Support Specialist.  The Library also has a support page for distance education students.

Not an SFA student? See the FAQ answer for how to take the course anyway.

After you register complete the Before Class Starts Checklist if you haven't already done so.  Please also fill out the course information form and send it to me.  

SFA has a mandatory email policy:  Enable your SFA email account if you have not already done so.

The online section of FIN 269 may be marked closed. However, there are a few places available for true distance education students. Contact our department chair Dr. Jones <ctjones@sfasu.edu>