This course will show you that economics, finance, and money can actually be fascinating and fun to learn about.
Here, you’ll gain the basic skills to navigate economics and innovative finance, and understand how the financial decisions you make today can greatly influence your future.
What’s the smartest thing to do with your money?
What’s more profitable: working as a freelancer or having a full-time registered job?
Why do things seem to become more and more expensive -- and never cheaper?
Finance is not a niche topic reserved for the very rich. Everyone needs to learn how to manage money, especially those who don’t have much of it.
This course will help you answer these and many other questions. Most importantly, it will show you how to build a financially stable future and give yourself more freedom to live your life the way you want.
Learning objectives
- At the end of this course, you will have learned about:
- Basic Financial Literacy
- Financial Safety
- Personal Finances Management
- Basics of economics
- Blockchain concepts and its applications
Audience
Adolescents and Young Adults
Length
It should take you about 4 hours to complete this self-paced course.
Methodology
All the modules are self-paced, with a combination of video explaining concepts and video tutorials about financial literacy.
Structure
This course is composed of 3 modules:
- Financial Literacy
- Financial Safety
- Blockchain and the New Financial System
Contact details
Content issues and questions: Gustavo Pugliese – guolivera@unicef.org | Game Changers Coalition Curriculum Especialist, UNICEF Office of Innovation.