Session 8 - Financial Literacy for College Success (Lecture)
This module gives you the money basics that directly affect college outcomes. You will learn how to budget, understand aid and debt decisions, and plan financially for academic continuity.
- Budgeting foundations for college life
- Financial aid basics and renewal requirements
- Student loans: terms, risks, and decision points
- Cost planning and financial stress prevention
- Build a realistic monthly student budget
- Analyze a sample aid package and identify tradeoffs
- Create a personal financial action checklist for next term
- Federal Student Aid guidance
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau student tools
- Course budgeting templates and self-check quiz