This course is intended as an overview of the financial terms and topics you can expect to encounter as you begin your life as a Real Adult™. We'll go over topics like how to approach debt, investing, taxes, and insurance, plus a few forays into some good clean fun like quantitative easing and when you might encounter a 400% interest rate.
There will be a weekly reading and short writing assignment, as well as a slightly longer "project" which will also be a writing assignment. There will be no tests. Attendance will not be kept but I will be very sad if few people show up live.

Syllabus Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wFg296_hB2ELq8RFCqer8FcbEAJvczU1gxiubxCaoig
(Access is restricted to @berkeley.edu accounts)

Topic List:
Basic Economic Concepts/Welcome
Spending and Budgeting
Debt
Investing
Taxes
Real Estate
Insurance
Career Planning
The Federal Reserve
Financial Traps
Fun Historical Stories

Please fill out the short Google Form application. I will attempt to select for people who will pay attention, show up, and actually do the homework, but in the likely event that there are more potential engaged students than there are slots, I will default to first-come, first-served. Everyone who submits an application but does not get into the course will still be able to follow along with lecture recordings if they'd like. EDIT: We are now full and if you are not already on the waitlist you are unlikely to get off. I encourage you to still fill out the form, though, to observe the class live or via recording without being officially enrolled.