horribly taught and coordinated. alex was almost impossible to understand, lectures consisted of him rambling on and on, and me having to rewind the last 20 minutes because i hadn't heard him say a single thing worthy of taking notes on. extremely disappointing to be made to use a lockdown browser for the exam for no reason, and even worse for the outsourcing of teaching material to AI. mandatory use of AI for the major assignement was also very sad to see, but not surprised given how often alex would talk about crypto and brick x (which im almost certain is a scam or front of some sort)

Perfect elective, 20% of marks come from weekly quizes and journals which are marked on completion, there is also a group assignment which is quite easy and marked well too . The mid semester exam is all multi choice and quite easy. The exam is short answer and multi choice but it is also quite good. Very achievable HD regardless of financial background.

Lecture information was pretty helpful and straightforward as well as applicable to every day life. 20% of the mark comes from getting above 50% on the online quizzes and completing a reflective journal (pretty much basic participation!), 15% midsem, 20% assignment (which you can complete individually or by yourself) and 45% final exam. Both exams had a mix of multi choice (which were very easy) and short answer questions (which were a bit tougher) however overall were fair but was definitely a time crunch to get completed. I found the 20% assignment was marked very harshly and inconsistently after comparing with a friend (we would write the exact same thing and one of us would get 1 out of 5 and the other 4 out of 5). So overall some very wacky marking but still a good unit to do.

This is a must-take unit for life finances! After taking this class, I practically now teach my coworkers to be more clever in their finances, so I highly recommend it!

Really great unit, possibly the best unit I've done so far. It is basically a finance unit for people who don't know much about finance. You learn the basics of finance and look specifically at situations where the average person needs to use fundamental financial concepts in their life- like super, home loans, having kids, etc. The lectures were long but interesting. The tutorials were pretty good too. Very achievable to get an HD in this unit if you listen to the lectures and go to tutes.

It's a fairly easy HD, I managed to get a final score of 90 despite not doing half of the lecture quizzes and having not watched 6 of the 2-hour lectures up until 3 days before the final exam. The textbook is not needed, don't worry about reading it :)

Not an easy HD but useful information to learn for the future. The assignment requires good group members or the assignment is near impossible. It is also helpful to know financial information beforehand as it is really helps like knowing stocks, bonds, IPI, inflation calculations etc. The tutors are okay but it depends on the tutor you have. Ask questions if you need to. Honestly it is useful but boring. An achievable D (not HD).

Not an easy HD as the major assignment is marked harshly with a heavy weighting. The tutor is very supportive and the content is covered well in classes too. With effort and a good group partner, an HD is achievable.

Amazing unit with lots of practical content. Also an easy HD

Great unit if you're interested in your personal finances for the future. Teaches the basics about stocks, bonds, interest and debt. The lecturer is very good and explains things so that everyone can understand without moving too fast. Overall a very good unit if you're interested in finance with the exam and group assignment being heavily related to everything covered in the lectures.