Rutgers Business School creates a new undergraduate course, Love and Money, in response to heavy market need

Designed by Dr. Susan Feinberg, associate professor of Management and Global Business at Rutgers Business School and a widely published economist, Love and Money has clearly struck a chord with students. The elective course quickly filled to capacity, with more than 227 students registered for the inaugural offering this spring semester.

Running January 23 through May 5 (Monday and Wednesday evenings) at the schools Newark campus and taught by leading-edge research faculty, the academically rigorous course is designed to teach students important personal finance and life management skills, through scholarly readings, in-class exercises, and presentations by a dozen distinguished guest speakers such as Eugene Raitt, Executive Vice President and Chief Direct Marketing Officer of AIG Companies Worldwide, and acclaimed

financial planner Alexandra Armstrong , CFP, Chairman of Armstrong, Fleming & Moore.

Said Dr. Michael R. Cooper, Dean of Rutgers Business School and a former CEO, Since I joined Rutgers Business School this summer, we have begun implementing a strategic plan to revitalize and reposition RBS as a premier business school. This elective is just one example of our effort to offer programs that are market-responsive, and that provide our students with practical, real-world skills and opportunities to learn directly from accomplished business professionals as well as our top-notch faculty. The strong demand for such programs is evidenced by the high enrollment in the Love and Money course.

He continued, We are listening to the expressed needs of our corporate employers and students, and in response are developing a number of other innovative new programs including a multidisciplinary Science BS / MBA dual-degree program that enables students to earn a science undergraduate degree plus an advanced business degree in five-and-a-half years, including an internship.

Valuable lessons for life

The first 18 sessions of Love and Money will focus on such topics as financial planning, investment strategies, budgeting, managing credit cards and debt, and making major purchases. The subsequent 10 sessions will examine they key ingredients for a fulfilling life such as choosing a rewarding career, personal finance, successful negotiation and communication, achieving work-life balance, setting life goals, cultivating healthy relationships, and preparing for and managing major life changes.

Dr. Feinberg, who designed and will teach the course, says, This course is unique in that we apply the same academic rigor as is typical of an undergraduate management or finance course, to a class that prepares students for success in all aspects of the real world after college.

She continued, Literally everyone I talk to who has heard about Love and Money tells me I wish Id taken a class like that in college! We feel that its important to not only educate students for their careers, but also to empower them to make strategic decisions that will help them manage their own personal career and financial goals and to provide them with tools to better navigate challenges that they will face in life.

Rutgers alumnus Martin Edelston, founder and chairman of Boardroom Inc., remarked, As a native of Newark, I know as much as anyone how valuable a course like this can be going into the real world from college. The goal of my companys newsletters, with over one million subscribers, is to help our readers make better sense of a complex world. It has always been my dream to bring the same kind of useful and practical advice to college students. This partnership with Rutgers Business School one of Americas premier business schools is making my dream possible.

Special guest speakers: Eugene Raitt and Alexandra Armstrong

Among the highlights of the course is a special guest lecture on Understanding Insurance by Eugene Raitt, Executive Vice President and Chief Direct Marketing Officer of AIG Companies Worldwide, the worlds leading international insurance and financial services organization, with operations in more than 130 countries and jurisdictions.

Alexandra Armstrong, CFP, Chairman of Armstrong, Fleming & Moore, a personal financial planning and asset management firm based in Washington DC, will give a presentation on Investment, Savings, and Retirement. A distinguished 40-year veteran in the investment field, Ms. Armstrong was the first person certified as a financial planner in Washington, DC.

For Additional Information

To request additional information about Love and Money, contact Dr. Susan Feinberg at feinberg@business.rutgers.edu.

For general information about Rutgers Business Schools undergraduate programs, visit rbs or contact the Newark undergraduate admissions office at 973-353-5205 or the New Brunswick undergraduate admissions office at 732-932-INFO.

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Rutgers Business School-Newark and New Brunswick is an integral part of one of the nations oldest, largest, and most distinguished institutions of higher learning: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. RBS has been accredited since 1941 by AACSB Internationalthe Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business the hallmark of excellence in management education. Today, Rutgers Business School is educating more than 4,000 undergraduate and graduate students at two main campuses in New Jersey as well as six satellite locations in New Jersey, China, and Singapore. Steeped in academic excellence, with a distinguished faculty and a corps of over 25,000 successful alumni, RBS is highly ranked by the Financial Times, U.S. News & World Report, Business Week, and The Wall Street Journal . Alumni of Rutgers Business School include CEOs and CFOs of leading corporations in the United States and abroad. The school is home to numerous outreach and academic research centers, including the Blanche and Irwin Lerner Center for Pharmaceutical Management Studies, the Prudential Business Ethics Center, and the Rutgers Center for Supply Chain Management, among others. For additional information, visit rbs.

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