Foundational course 01
Financial Intelligence
How Money Really Works
Financial literacy is useful. Financial intelligence asks a further question: how does the system actually work? Learn to make sense of money, institutions, markets, incentives and risk, and to think more independently about financial choices.
January–March 2027 · 9 teaching weeks · Online blended learning · Enrolment details to follow
Finance shapes nearly every life, yet many people learn its terminology without its underlying logic. This course opens the mechanics of the financial world: how money moves, how institutions and markets work, what incentives shape advice and products, and how risk, ownership, debt and liquidity change a decision. It strengthens your ability to understand, question and judge what is put before you, with no professional training required.
What we will work with
- Money, banking, credit, markets and the roles of financial institutions.
- Ownership, debt, liquidity, risk and the incentives behind financial proposals.
- Financial stories, comparisons and questions that reveal what a proposition really means.
- Practical exercises in assessing a financial claim while keeping the judgment your own.
What you can take away
A reusable set of questions for making sense of financial propositions, and the interests, assumptions and trade-offs beneath them.
Who it is for
People who want a stronger understanding of finance without becoming financial specialists: entrepreneurs, family members, and anyone making consequential financial choices.
Age
18+.
Boundary
Education in financial systems and reasoning; not individual investment, legal or tax advice.
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