Honors Program Theses
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Open Access Honors Program Thesis
First Advisor
David Sparks
Keywords
Financial literacy; Finance, Personal--Study and teaching;
Abstract
This research is about looking at what affects the personal financial knowledge and behaviors of college students. Primarily this research is focused on the effects of taking a personal financial course by answering the following questions.
- Does taking a personal finance course increase personal financial knowledge?
- Does taking a personal finance course improve financial behaviors?
- Does an increase in personal financial knowledge improve financial behaviors?
The answers to these questions will help to determine how important personal finance courses and personal financial knowledge are. This research will also look at other areas which may affect personal financial knowledge or behaviors as well as interest levels in taking a personal finance course.
Year of Submission
2009
Department
Department of Finance
University Honors Designation
A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the designation University Honors
Date Original
5-2009
Object Description
1 PDF file (33 pages)
Copyright
©2009 Adam Moehn
Recommended Citation
Moehn, Adam, "Personal Financial Knowledge of College Students" (2009). Honors Program Theses. 763.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/hpt/763
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