Week 03, Class 12
The Outtlearn Capstone Challenge
Invest, compare and plan your financial future
The final class is a rehearsal for independence. Each student receives a hypothetical financial situation with income, expenses, goals and a decision to make, and builds a complete personal financial decision plan using every skill from the previous eleven classes.
Then comes the defense. Students present their plans and answer questions from the instructor and the cohort, revising where their reasoning is thin. Parents are invited to watch. The capstone is the evidence: not a certificate, a plan.
Topics covered
- Comparing alternatives
- Building a personal financial decision plan
- Defending reasoning out loud
- Revising decisions under questioning
- The capstone challenge
The practical activity
The capstone challenge: each student works through a hypothetical financial situation involving income, expenses, saving, borrowing and goals, then presents and defends the complete plan.
The learning outcome
Students leave with a personal financial decision plan they built and defended, and the demonstrated ability to compare alternatives and reason through them.