PrF:MVV370K Personal Finance - Course Information
MVV370K Personal Finance for Non-economists
Faculty of LawAutumn 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- Ing. Barbora Buchtová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. Ing. Martin Svoboda, Ph.D. (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- doc. Ing. Martin Svoboda, Ph.D.
Department of Financial Law and Economics – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Zuzana Suchá
Supplier department: Department of Financial Law and Economics – Faculty of Law - Timetable of Seminar Groups
- MVV370K/01: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. Tue 14:00–15:40 025, M. Svoboda
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 41/25, only registered: 110/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 99/25 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Course objectives
- The course builds upon the traditional financial knowledge cultivated at the Faculty of Law of Masaryk University during the interwar period, in the form of financial propaedeutics, especially for students enrolled in programs accredited by the current Faculty of Law. The course is based on the concept of personal finance and introduces students to the genesis of this financial field, its causes of emergence, and focuses on investment decision-making strategies with practical applications. The subsequent modules of the course focus on income and expenses, saving and investing, selected securities, risks, and the classification of various asset classes within the framework of individual financial advisory. The course concludes by addressing current issues pertaining to personal finance in unpredictable situations arising from global and domestic political and economic crises.
- Learning outcomes
- At the end of this course, the student will be able to navigate the field of personal finance and gain a basic understanding of its financial and legal aspects. They will be able to describe the characteristics of savings and investments, selected securities, and the risks associated with them. Additionally, they will be able to define and differentiate between various asset classes.
- Syllabus
- Financial environment, income and expenses, principles of investing, investment strategies, asset classes, investment products, financial planning, current and future trends.
- Literature
- recommended literature
- Osobní finance 4. aktualizované vydání - řízení financí pro každého. Edited by Petr Syrový - Tomáš Tyl. 1. elektronické vydání. Grada, 2021, 1 online. ISBN 9788027131235. URL info
- DALIO, Ray. Principles. First Simon &Schuster hardco. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2017, xviii, 567. ISBN 9781501124020. info
- SMRČKA, Luboš. Rodinný rozpočet a společnost spotřeby : (staronový pohled na osobní finance a bohatství). 1. vyd. Praha: Professional Publishing, 2008, 313 s. ISBN 9788086946788. info
- Personal finance. Edited by George S. Callaghan - Ian Fribbance - Martin Higginson. 1st ed. Chichester: Wiley, 2007, x, 461. ISBN 9780470028551. info
- Teaching methods
- Combination of lectures, exercises (addressing specific tasks), guided discussion
- Assessment methods
- Completion of a course: colloquium For the successful completion of the course by the colloquium the following conditions are given: 1. Participation in teaching module (no less than 10 modules). 2. Student activity in addressing the challenges of teaching modules. 3. Working out and presentation of the result of seminar paper.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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