Overview

Have your plans changed since your first year of college? It is time to reassess your goals, establish a new budget, think about your income, and plan for paying for school in the future.

    1. Introduction to Second Year of College

    1. How to Build a Budget

    2. Instructions: Build Your Own Budget

    3. Activity: Build Your Own Budget

    4. Tips for Building a Budget that Sticks

    5. Why You Need to Save Money

    6. How to Save Money

    7. Instructions: Planning for Upcoming Expenses

    8. Activity: Planning for Upcoming Expenses

    9. Don't Forget to Consider These Expenses

    10. Accounting for Additional Expenses

    11. How Are You Going to Afford It?

    12. Instructions: Work Income Calculator

    13. Activity: Work Income Calculator

    14. The Role of Credit Cards

    15. The Most Common Credit Card Excuses

    16. The Role of Credit Card Interest Rates

    17. How to Handle a Financial Emergency

    1. What Happens When Your Federal Funds Run Out?

    2. Instructions: Exactly When Will You Hit the Federal Funds Cap?

    3. Activity: Exactly When Will You Hit the Federal Funds Cap?

    4. The Role of Parents PLUS Loans in Your Funding Plan

    5. What's the Best Funding Plan for Everyone?

    6. Parent PLUS Loans - The Story of Two Students

    7. Don't Forget, Reapply for the FAFSA!

    8. What is the Cost of Switching Majors?

    9. Questions to Ask Yourself When Switching Majors

    1. Your Second-Year To-Do List

    1. How the MoneySmarts U Score Works

    2. MoneySmarts U Score Quiz for Second-Year Students

    3. What Your MoneySmarts U Score Means

    4. How to Make Better Financial Decisions

About this course

  • Free
  • 32 lessons
  • 0 hours of video content