<p>was wondering if anyone knew of classes that would be really useful for every day life...like a personal finance class. or business etiquette...that sort of stuff.</p>
<p>Yeh, no. Not at Duke. Most full classes at Duke are a bit more... academic in nature than that. (maybe like a house course or something? I know that there is a wine tasting class that is offered to seniors every once in a while but again it isn't a course but simply something people sign up to do)</p>
<p>Econ 182 - Financial Accounting</p>
<p>Econ 193 - Managerial Finance</p>
<p>MMS185 - Managerial Finance</p>
<p>Econ 181 - Corporate Finance</p>
<p>Econ 166 - Global Capital Markets</p>
<p>Econ 168 - Asset Pricing & Risk Management</p>
<p>From that list, Econ 182 and MMS 185 are probably the more basic classes -- and definitely worth taking even if you're not an econ major/MMS person. I feel like the others need pre-reqs. Look around at special topics courses for MMS dept (either coded as MMS, sometimes as Soc) because those are really relevant and practical.</p>
<p>are they rigorous? i've never taken an econ class in my life, but i also just want some basic life skills for managing money.</p>
<p>Econ 182 - Financial Accounting requires that you do the practice problems and tests. If you do, you will be fine.</p>
<p>Econ 183 - Managerial Accounting is the next level, and the same strategy applies.</p>
<p>MMS185 - Managerial Finance; From what I hear it is not incredibly difficult</p>
<p>Econ166 is being offered for the 1st time or at least for the 1st time in a while, so I cannot really comment on it.</p>
<p>The rest require a great deal of pre-reqs</p>