I’m Shaun Wilson, founder of Let’s Make Wealth Fair and instructor for Personal Financial Literacy through Portland Community College Community Education.
My course helps you connect everyday financial decisions to the life you want to build. Together, we explore practical ways to manage money, prepare for unexpected expenses, understand investing, and spend with intention.
Personal Financial Literacy: Fall 2026
Personal Financial Literacy Syllabus
Dates: Mondays, September 28–October 26, 2026
Time: 6:00–8:20 p.m. Pacific Time
Length: Five live sessions
Course ID: 9MNY-617K-45734
For class location or online access information, please check your PCC registration details and course communications.
What You’ll Learn
We’ll work through a flexible process you can return to as your goals and circumstances change:
- Clarify your goals: Identify what matters to you, assess your current situation, and calculate your net worth.
- Manage your money: Understand cash flow and create a realistic plan for income and expenses.
- Build a financial cushion: Set an emergency-fund goal and compare approaches to reducing debt.
- Understand investing: Learn about compound growth, diversification, common investments, and retirement accounts.
- Create savings habits: Explore automation and considerations for larger goals, including buying a home.
- Spend with intention: Direct money toward the things that bring you joy and regularly review your plan.
What to Expect
Each session combines instruction, discussion, reflection, and hands-on exercises. You’ll use the Let’s Make Wealth Fair workbook, worksheets, and online resources to put the concepts into practice.
Bring your questions and a calculator or notebook. A device that can work with spreadsheets is helpful but optional. Between sessions, suggested readings and action steps will help you build on what you’ve learned. The focus is personal progress rather than formal grading.
Financial experiences differ, and questions are welcome. You can use approximate or hypothetical numbers for every activity. Please keep personal financial information private.
Information for Enrolled Students
Access instructions for the workbook, online course, worksheets, and supplemental resources will be shared through course communications, along with the preferred way to contact me.
If you miss a session, use the weekly syllabus outline and provided materials to catch up. If you need an accommodation or learning support, contact the appropriate PCC student-support office and let me know what would help you participate.
This course provides general financial education. It does not provide individualized financial, investment, tax, legal, insurance, or accounting advice.