HSC 067 - Business Math IB

Credits: 5
LEC hours per week: 5
Financial Algebra helps students achieve success by incorporating Algebra I, Algebra II, and Geometry topics into practical business and personal finance contexts. Students see Algebra at work within the most critical areas of finance. Students learn about investments, credit, automobile expenses, insurance, income tax, household budgeting, and more while gaining confidence in working with common algebraic functions. This is the second in the two-part series.
Course Outcomes:

Evaluate financial responsibility of business ownership based on ratios and percents.
Interpret a stock bar chart.
Conclude trends based on scatter plots.
Compute interest using the appropriate formula.
Calculate the value of single and periodic investments.

Course Topics:

Employment basics.
Income taxes.
Independent living.
Planning for retirement.
Preparing a budget.