Online courses
Personal & Family Financial Planning (Coursera)
Offered by the University of Florida and Coursera, this 15-hour course teaches principles that will help students make financially sound decisions well into retirement. It starts off with the basics of personal finance before tackling topics such as budgeting, managing income taxes, building and maintaining good credit, managing risk, and investment fundamentals. You can enroll in the course for free, or pay $49 to earn a shareable certificate.
Managing Personal Cash and Credit (edX)
From Indiana University comes this four-week edX course on cash management and exercising financial prudence in credit use. Each week focuses on a broad category of financial management — managing liquid assets, open consumer credit, obtaining and managing credit, and consumer loans. Through a series of videos and self-paced activities, students take a deeper dive into multiple subtopics including understanding creditworthiness; establishing credit; options available for online banking, checking, and savings accounts; evaluating a credit card statement; improving credit scores. The course is part of a professional personal finance program offered by the university.