I received this course as a high school graduation gift from my neighbor. My major going into college was I only had minimal knowledge of the subject, thus my neighbor bought me this course to help. After watching the lectures, and reading the book, over the summer, I developed sound fundamentals about investing and finance. I took micro and macro economics my freshman the knowledge from those two classes syndicated with the knowledge from "Understanding Investments." I am on a well informed path toward my future career in finance, and in the finance major. (Amazon customer)