100 points total.
Learning Outcome
For this assignment you will write a full 4 page report that demonstrates your critical thinking skills including your ability to research, evaluate, and create a personal budget or solve a personal financial problem.
Review all the Instructions
Choose one of the topics from the list below.
Click on the topic link for specific details of what must be included in your report.
Then review the Report Requirements button below
Topics
Using the Financial Planning Process.pdfDownload Using the Financial Planning Process.pdf
“Remember the secret to financial success? Spend less than you make!”
or
Personal Financial Challenge.pdf Download Personal Financial Challenge.pdf (Select one topic from the list included within this link.)
“Having a strategy to solve financial challenges is important going forward.”
Learn to research and evaluate financial literacy articles & websites using SIFT. Visit the link here Financial Literacy SIFT.pdfDownload Financial Literacy SIFT.pdf
Review the rubric here Assignment 2 Rubric.pdfDownload Assignment 2 Rubric.pdf
MLA Style 8th Edition (MLA help video below).
1000 words minimum (approximately 4 written report pages, not including the required graphic).
Write in the first person (I, me, my) e.g. My plan is to… or I will…
Include 3 new relevant, accurate, and reliable research sources.
Use MicroSoft Word.
Font choices: Times New Roman, Arial, or Calibri.
Double spaced.
Include page numbers.
Properly cite your sources and include a Works Cited page, using
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Additional Information
Did you know you have free access to Microsoft Office software (including MS Word and Excel) free of charge as an OU Student?
Download from this link to install OUIT.
Academic Integrity & plagiarism (taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as your own) is taken seriously and will not be tolerated.
OU subscribes to Turnitin.com to check your work for originality. Do your own work!
Mechanics – You will be graded on grammar, spelling, punctuation, citations, and word count!
Be sure to review your report and run spell & grammar check before submission!
If you worked in Mac Pages, convert your document to Word or .pdf before submitting to this assignment or you will get a Zero (0) grade.
Exporting file from Pages to PDF.pdfDownload Exporting file from Pages to PDF.pdf
Need More Help?
Check out the 9 Things OU Library Guide to help with your research.
Visit the OU Writing Center.
Review the video below for MLA help.