COURSE OPTIONS
Includes Curriculum Frameworks
Possible course options to satisfy the Economics and Personal Finance graduation requirement include the following:
- Economics and Personal Finance (BUS6120), 36 weeks (formerly named Finance) – competencies and framework are currently available; an Economics and Personal Finance framework has also been developed by History and Social Science for 6120
- Semester options:
- Finance 6121, 18 weeks – currently available – AND
- Economics, 18 weeks – History and Social Science 2801 with expanded endorsements
- Other courses that are aligned with the Economics and Personal Finance Standards of Learning
Other Course Options
Online Course
To meet the graduation requirement to complete an economics and personal finance course, an online course option is available to all Virginia public schools through VDOE’s Virtual Virginia program. The course, aligned to the Economics and Personal Finance SOL and developed with the support of the Virginia Bankers Association Education Foundation and the Virginia 529 College Savings Plan, includes cartoons, interactive graphics, simulations using characters in economic situations and assessments.
The course is available at no cost to all Virginia public schools to facilitate as either an online or blended course with a locally-assigned teacher using the Virtual Virginia learning management system. Virtual Virginia will provide learning management system training and support for division teachers using the course option. However, participating teachers should have experience teaching in an online or blended learning environment. Instructions for accessing the course using the Virtual Virginia learning management system are available on the Virtual Virginia web site.
School divisions may also enroll students in the course, with instruction provided by a Virtual Virginia instructor, through their local school guidance counselor. For more information about enrolling, visit Virtual Virginia.
For additional information about Virtual Virginia course and program offerings please contact Virtual Virginia at (866) 650-0025.
- Economics and Personal Finance Online Course Overview and Specifications (PPT)
- Economics and Personal Finance Online Course Hosting – Superintendent's Memo #136-12
If you have questions, please contact Cynthia Evans at 804-225-2047 or Cynthia.Evans@doe.virginia.gov.
Course for Students of the Standard Diploma via Credit Accommodations or the Modified Standard Diploma
For eligible students seeking the Standard Diploma via credit accommodations, the personal living and finance course, augmented to include the 21 Work Readiness Skills for the Commonwealth, satisfies the requirement for the Economics and Personal Finance course if the student has earned at least 3 standard credits in history and social science.
- Objectives for Personal Living and Finance (PDF) – approved in 1999 and revised in 2002, 2006 and 2015
For students seeking the Modified Standard Diploma, the Board of Education has approved a personal living and finance course to meet a mathematics requirement. For the purpose of satisfying the requirement, a locally developed personal living and finance course may be based on either:
- Objectives for Personal Living and Finance (PDF) – approved in 1999 and revised in 2002, 2006 and 2015
- Economics Education and Financial Literacy: Objectives and Correlations to:
- Mathematics (SOL)
- History and Social Science (SOL)
- Career and Technical Education (Competencies)