Family Economics and Consumer Education
Course code
MLT6101.LT
old course code
MLT6101
Course title in Estonian
Pereökonoomika alused ja tarbijakasvatus
Course title in English
Family Economics and Consumer Education
ECTS credits
3.0
Assessment form
graded assessment
lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
To form skills in family management, the components of family budgeting and compiling a family budget. The competence to act as a rational consumer, acquiring knowledge about consumer rights and obligations.
Brief description of the course
Family structure in Estonia. Household incomes and expenses. Statistical
Everyday expenses of families: electricity, water, telephone, etc. Balancing incomes and expenses. Bank loans, leasing, instalment finance and credit cards. Rational consumption, consumer rights and obligations in Estonia. Commercial and its influence. Waste management at home. Methodical solutions for teaching family budgeting and the balancing of incomes and expenses.
Everyday expenses of families: electricity, water, telephone, etc. Balancing incomes and expenses. Bank loans, leasing, instalment finance and credit cards. Rational consumption, consumer rights and obligations in Estonia. Commercial and its influence. Waste management at home. Methodical solutions for teaching family budgeting and the balancing of incomes and expenses.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
knows basics of contemporary household; can analyze family incomes and expenses; can specify different aspects of consuming; can evaluate the influence of consuming to environment
knows basics of contemporary household; can analyze family incomes and expenses; can specify different aspects of consuming; can evaluate the influence of consuming to environment
Teacher
assistent MA, Kristi Paas
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