PdF:UPVK_0033 Financial literacy - Course Information

UPVK_0033 Financial literacy

Extent and Intensity

0/0/.8. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Ing. Peter Marinič, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. RNDr. Petr Sládek, CSc.
Department of Physics, Chemistry and Vocational Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Jachymiáková
Supplier department: Department of Physics, Chemistry and Vocational Education – Faculty of Education

Prerequisites (in Czech)

SOUHLAS

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

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Course objectives

The course is focused on the orientation of students in areas related to economic and financial processes ongoing in the economic environment around them. The aim of the course is to deepen knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values of students that are necessary for the student to understand the need to financially secure yourself and family in present society and to actively perform at the market of financial products and services. The course deepens orientation in matters of money and prices, the ability to responsibly manage personal and family budget, including the management of financial assets and financial liabilities regarding changing life situations.

Learning outcomes

The student will be able to define personal and family finances at the end of the course, focus on basic concepts of investing, risk management, credit, savings. He will know the tax aspects of personal and family finances, including financial planning and its stage. Students will be able to compare different types of housing and clarify the issue of decision making.

Syllabus

• 1) Economic and financial processes in the economic environment.
• 2) Review of financial literacy.
• 3) Financial literacy, price literacy.
• 4) Budget literacy and asset management.
• 5) Numerical literacy and its application on examples.
• 6) Legal and information literacy.
• 7) The current state of financial literacy in the Czech Republic.
• 8) Solving life situations.
• 9) Financial literacy and education.
• 10) Personal experience in financial literacy.

Literature

• CALLAGHAN, G.; FRIBBANCE, I.; HIGGINSON, M. Personal Finance. John Wiley & Sons, 2006. 472 s. ISBN-13: 978-0-470-02855-1.
• SYROVÝ, Petr. Financování vlastního bydlení. 5. zcela přeprac. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2009, 143 s. ISBN 9788024723884. URL info
• KOHOUT, Pavel. Investiční strategie pro třetí tisíciletí. 5. přeprac. a rozš. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2008, 287 s. ISBN 9788024725598. info
• FILIP, Miloš. Osobní a rodinné bohatství : jak chytře investovat. Vyd. 1. Praha: C.H. Beck, 2006, xiii, 381. ISBN 8071795232. info
• FILIP, Miloš. Osobní a rodinné bohatství : jak se dobře zajistit. Vyd. 1. V Praze: C.H. Beck, 2006, xi, 273. ISBN 807179466X. info
• FILIP, Miloš. Osobní a rodinné bohatství : kam s penězi. 1. vyd. Praha: C.H.Beck, 2006, xv, 474. ISBN 8071794163. info
• SYROVÝ, Petr and Martin NOVOTNÝ. Osobní a rodinné finance. 2. aktualiz. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2005, 176 s. ISBN 8024710986. info
• ŠULC, Jaroslav. Penzijní připojištění. 2., aktualiz. a rozš. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2004, 196 s. ISBN 8024707721. info

Teaching methods

lecture theoretical preparation project

Assessment methods

The course ends by oral exam on the chosen topic with emphasis on the student's ability to understand a given topic and argue in context.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 10 hodin.

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