UGMG 4301 Personal Finance Fundamentals: Learning How to Manage your Money
This comprehensive and practical class aims to equip you with essential financial knowledge and skills to make informed decisions about managing your personal finances. Over the length of this course, we will provide you with the necessary knowledge and tools to move into your professional career with confidence and knowledge about your personal finances.
Course overview
- Department
- Undergraduate Management
- School
- CSOM
- Credits
- 1
- Level
- Undergraduate
- Offered
- Every Spring
Catalog details
- Prerequisites
- Senior Carroll School Students, First-gen and high financial need students encouraged to apply. Approval is required, Email Drew Barksdale (barksdaa@bc.edu) with your desire for being enrolled in the class. Examples include: Why would you like to be... or Permission of Instructor
Course evaluations
- Course rating
- 4.76 / 5 · Excellent
- Instructor rating
- 4.83 / 5 · Excellent
- Terms evaluated
- 3
| Term | Instructor | Course overall | Instructor overall | Well organized | Clear learning objectives | Intellectually challenging | Helpful assignments | Applicable beyond course | Attendance necessary | Weekly effort | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2026 | Andrew Barksdale | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.7 | ≤ 1 hr/week | 19 of 24 |
| Spring 2025 | Andrew Barksdale | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | ≤ 1 hr/week | 15 of 22 |
| Spring 2024 | Andrew Barksdale | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 1–3 hrs/week | 21 of 24 |