The scope of the content is broad. Along with the traditional areas of consumer content, such as acquisition of goods, services, and durables, consumer rights and responsibilities, and consumer recourse, issues that will carry us as consumers into the 21st century such as the effects of changing lifestyles, technology, environmental concerns, fraud, and ethical issues are included in the text and in the course assignments. The lessons in this Correspondence Study Course do not always follow the sequence of chapters in the textbook. The four basic consumer rights-the right to choose, the right to information, the right to be heard, and the right to safety are an organizing framework for this course as is the Conceptual Framework for Consumer Education. The Conceptual Framework with the Concept Numbering System is a comprehensive list of concepts that comprise this area.
More emphasis is placed of some areas of content than others.
Financial management concepts are included in several lessons for the benefit of those students who have not taken a personal finance course. For those who have, this is an opportunity to reinforce this information in your personal financial management. Supplemental information such as content outlines included with some lessons are taken from the instructors lecture notes and either expand on content in the text or are additional information for your study. A correspondence course restricts person to person interactions. This can make understanding what is expected of you more difficult.