THE DISCIPLINE PERSONAL FINANCE OF THE UNDERGRADUATE COURSE IN ACCOUNTING SCIENCES AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE FINANCIAL HABITS OF STUDENTS OF THIS COURSE

Authors

  • Eliane Alves de Souza Universidad Columbia Del Paraguay
  • José Maurício Diascânio Universidad del Norte PY

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51891/rease.v10i1.13036

Keywords:

Curriculum. Financial Knowledge. Education. Financial Education.

Abstract

The theme addressed in this research is focused on Education and had as its main objective to analyze whether the Personal Finance discipline of the undergraduate course The Master of Science in Accounting at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) influences the financial habits of the students of this course, making them more aware consumers and with more optimized financial attitudes. To collect the quantitative data of this descriptive research, a questionnaire with twenty-one closed questions was developed and applied to UFRJ undergraduates. For the qualitative data collection, Three semi-structured interviews were conducted with undergraduate professors in Accounting at UFRJ. The results showed that the discipline Personal Finance influenced the financial habits of the students of this course in terms of financial organization, concern about future retirement, habit of saving money and researching prices. From the data collected, it was also concluded that students who did not study Personal Finance demonstrated low financial knowledge and that almost all students in other careers would like to study it at graduation.

Author Biographies

Eliane Alves de Souza, Universidad Columbia Del Paraguay

Mestre em Ciências da Educação pela Universidad Columbia Del Paraguay (Asunción - Py). Título reconhecido pela Universidade Católica de Petrópolis - Rio de Janeiro - Brasil, em 15 de maio de2023.

 

José Maurício Diascânio, Universidad del Norte PY

Doutorado em Educação - Universidad del Norte PY (2008 - Reconhecido pela Universidade Federal de Uberlândia - MG) e Pós-doutorado em Ciências da Educação pela Universidade Ibero Americana de Assunção. 

Published

2024-02-23

How to Cite

Souza, E. A. de, & Diascânio, J. M. (2024). THE DISCIPLINE PERSONAL FINANCE OF THE UNDERGRADUATE COURSE IN ACCOUNTING SCIENCES AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE FINANCIAL HABITS OF STUDENTS OF THIS COURSE. Revista Ibero-Americana De Humanidades, Ciências E Educação, 10(1), 1440–1452. https://doi.org/10.51891/rease.v10i1.13036