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2024 Summer Course Info
Financial Theory & Research IInsurance Planning for FamiliesMilitary Personal Finance
2024 Fall Course Info
Housing/Real EstateFundamentals for Family Financial PlanningRetirement Planning, Employee Benefits, and the FamilyPersonal Income TaxationInsurance Planning for FamiliesEstate Planning for FamiliesInvesting for the Family's Future
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Course Information
Financial Theory & Research I
Course Description
This course introduces students to the social science of family relationships as they relate to the processes of family finance and financial planning. The course covers theories of family functioning, microeconomic theory related to family resource allocation decisions, the family as an economic unit, and the influence of the economy on families.
Contacts
Instructor

M.J. Kabaci
Office: 678-654-8546
mary.kabaci@montana.edu

Campus Coordinator

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Disability Support Services

To request accommodations for this course, contact the disability support office at your home university. You must register each semester and for each course. Read more about the Great Plains IDEA process for requesting accommodations.

Textbooks

Families & Change: Coping with Stressful Events and Transitions
Christine A. Price, Kevin R. Bush, & Sharon J. Price
Edition: 5th Edition
ISBN: 978-1-4833-6675-3
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc.

The Economics of Women, Men, and Work
Francine D. Blau & Anne E. Winkler
Edition: 8th Edition
ISBN: 978-0-19-062085-1
Publisher: Oxford University Press

Course Access
 
Approximately three weeks before the first day of class, Montana State University emails course confirmation letters containing course start and end dates, required textbooks/materials, library access and other important information.
 
Approximately 7-10 days before the course start date, students receive a letter via regular mail containing their username and password to access Desire2Learn at MSU. 
  • Students are encouraged to contact M.J. Kabaci if they have changed their mailing address.
  • MSU-Bozeman students will not receive a letter containing their username and password. They will receive separate instructions on how to obtain their usernames and passwords.
Courses may not be available to students until the first day of class.
 
Exam Proctor

This course does not require an exam proctor.

Synchronous Components

This course does not include synchronous components.

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