Course Overview
Budgeting is a key skill, especially for scientists and engineers. Money management skills are crucial for reaching your personal and professional goals. How can you learn to generate a comprehensive budget and leverage it to help you make important financial decisions?
In this course, you will investigate the many elements that comprise an accurate, inclusive budget. You will explore how a budget can help guide your financial choices and map out options to respond to change. You will use a spreadsheet to create your own personal budget and, through quantitative examples, you will understand the important budgetary implications of elements such as taxes, debt, and longer-term savings. By the end of the course, you will have these critical skills to manage your personal and professional money with ease.
Key Course Takeaways
- Create your own personal budget
- Examine budgetary elements for building financial security
- Utilize budgeting tools to inform financial decisions
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Who Should Enroll
- Undergraduate and graduate engineers
- Professional engineers
- Engineers moving into a finance career
- Career starters in financial analysis and consulting
- Computer scientists looking to specialize
- Research scientists
- Personal investors
- Business professionals in STEM teams
- Engineers interested in entrepreneurship
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