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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Financial Planning for Young Adults by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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About the Course

Financial Planning for Young Adults (FPYA), developed in partnership with the CFP Board, is designed to provide an introduction to basic financial planning concepts for young adults. The FPYA course is organized across eight separate modules within a 4-week window. Topics covered include financial goal setting, saving and investing, budgeting, financial risk, borrowing and credit. Because financial planning is such a personal topic, you will be encouraged to define your own financial goals and objectives while we discuss concepts and provide tools which can be applied in helping you reach those goals. Within each module, you will view a combination of traditional lecture style videos along with video vignettes that introduce financial topics for discussion among participants. The video vignettes provide a unique and exciting component to this course. Each vignette introduces a real-world scenario where financial decisions must be made and financial planning concepts can be applied. You will be challenged to think critically about each scenario and decide how you might come to a resolution if ever faced with a similar situation. Finally, the course also includes material throughout which is focused on career opportunities in financial planning, including video interviews with actual CFP® professionals and other professionals working in this exciting and growing career area. The final module in the class is devoted to the topic of financial planning as a career....

Top reviews

SB

May 10, 2021

this course is really beneficial, I highly recommend it to people of any age. I was in doubt about it because I read it is good for young people, but I learned a lot from this course. Thank you all.

DM

Jan 2, 2021

I learned a lot, things are very well explained and slow so that you don't miss anything and so that you understand everything perfectly. Its perfect for beginners and for young adults.

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By Devansh S

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May 15, 2021

The course was good

By Harshitha G

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Jun 8, 2020

It’s great to learn

By Alex D M

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Feb 16, 2019

Very easy, but fun.

By Karthik

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Oct 24, 2020

very useful course

By JOAQUIM A M A

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May 6, 2021

very nice course

By Nidhi P

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Jul 30, 2021

good Coursera

By Faiaz T C

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May 23, 2021

Nice course

By Jibin G

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Jun 11, 2021

Valuable

By Lisa M

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Sep 16, 2021

n/a

By Lewis S

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Jun 27, 2021

Great course. Covers a lot. No powerpoints to download and no notes either. Quizzes are way too difficult and require understanding beyond in lecture videos of key concepts, terms. This goes from budgeting to insurance, risk management, and financial planning as a career in four weeks.

By Cengiz C

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Dec 6, 2020

For me persoanlly it was to basic, but that does not mean, that the course was not good. I got confirmation for all my knowledge!

By Nicole

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Jul 28, 2022

I dont like how others have to review my work so I can continue but other than that, very infornmational

By Viviana S

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Apr 26, 2021

Supongo que es buen curso pero está en inglés y no encuentro la forma de leerlo en español.

By Sunidhi G

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Jul 3, 2022

Had a fun experience, worth time and money. Indeed packed with knowledge.

By desface c

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Jul 30, 2022

informative low budget crash course but annoying format

By Irwan S

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May 3, 2021

Its great to who wants to know basic financial planning

By RAGHAV S

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Sep 5, 2020

There is still a scope of Improvement !

By da b

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Jan 20, 2021

Need more content and examples.

By Olga O

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Aug 24, 2021

a good course to teach kids

By CHANDAN K

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Nov 22, 2019

make it more advance

By Yuri F

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Apr 13, 2021

Too basic

By Heather H

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May 1, 2021

I was really disappointed with this course. The content was of a very poor quality and the lecturers were, I would have to say not skilled enough to teach this course material. This was a course aimed at young people but did not deliver. If failed to mention all the investments options. It did not explain simple things like how to invest in a share, the dangers of speculative investments. It did not touch on thing’s like ‘AfterPay’ and the damage to credit if you constantly use them. It didn’t touch things like crypto, and futures which might appeal to the young and those in a rural community, there was no mention of Spacks or even Important things like making a will! There was too much time on the formula of a housing loan and the totally incorrect information on a bond and the bond market. It would be more useful if they spent more time on exactly how to budget and where to go for free or where to go if you need financial counselling.

I did this course as it was free and if it was any good I would recommend it to my children but it truly failed to deliver in the basics of financial planning.this course also lacked vibrancy with totally lacklustre presenters and guests, even the street interviews were shocking. Please take this course off your list. There is a real need for a basic financial course for students. I could never recommend this course or even this campus. I have done lots of Coursera courses and this was the first dud!

By Roy J M H

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May 16, 2021

While the concepts are good this course has a lot of unnecessary fluff content and has clearly not been thoughtfully reviewed. There are spelling/formatting errors, duplicative videos, and outdated examples.I would not recommend this course and would advise finding a different finance training/course.

By Shalini S

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May 18, 2021

The course modules seem to be old, most of the modules revolve around basic money habits and not specific to young adults.

By Praveen J

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May 3, 2021

I want to unenroll from this course, but the website won't let me!