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Financial Planning and Wealth Management
What I love about my major: finance: youtube.com/watch?v=pQuxapLvVQo
BUILD A CAREER IN AN IN-DEMAND INDUSTRY
As many employees are now tasked with managing their own money both before and after retirement, a growing number of families and retirees need financial planners to help them to make important financial decisions.
By using your financial planning and wealth management skills to provide this much-needed skill to both individuals and businesses, you’ll have access to a wide variety of career options ranked high in job satisfaction.
By choosing a career in financial planning and wealth management, you’ll become part of an industry that has been consistently ranked as one of the 10 best career choices, and employment opportunities are on track to expand rapidly.
AREAS OF STUDY
- Finance
- Marketing
- Business
- Accounting
- Investment
CAREER OPTIONS
- Financial planner
- Broker
- Budget analyst
- Credit counselor
- Mutual fund manager
- Loan officer
- Financial sales agent
What’s special about this program?
UD’s financial planning major emphasizes experiential learning. You’ll use current financial planning software, pursue internships and have opportunities to work with fellow students in the Financial Planning Center. Through the center, seniors help students develop loan repayment strategies and evaluate job offers, insurance and retirement options.
In a required capstone course, you’ll apply what you’ve learned by creating a comprehensive financial plan for an individual client. You’ll gain experience providing financial planning services from initial assessment through final recommendations.
The Certified Financial Planning (CFP) Board has accredited the Lerner College’s financial planning program. This means that our graduates have satisfied the CFP education requirements, making them strong candidates for careers in the industry.
Get Involved
Alpha Kappa Psi
Blue Hen Financial Planning Club
Blue Hen Investment Club
Delta Sigma Pi
Financial Management Association
Lerner College Trading Center
Lerner Student Advisory Board
Women in Business
Women in Finance
Sample curriculum
BUAD110
| Basics of Business |
| ECON101 | Microeconomics
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| ECON103 | Macroeconomics
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| ENGL110 | First-Year Writing
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MATH221
| Calculus I
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University Breadth Courses
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| ACCT207 | Accounting I
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| ACCT208 | Accounting II
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| BANA262 | Fundamentals of Business Analytics
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| COMM212/HOSP230 | Oral Communication in Business or
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| FINC311 | Principles of Finance
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| FINC312 | Intermediate Financial Management
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| MISY160 | Business Computing
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| MISY261 | Business Information Systems
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| STAT200 | Basic Statistical Practice
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University Breadth Course
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| ACCT352 | Law & Social Issues in Business
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| FINC314 | Investments
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| FINC320 | Principles of Financial Planning
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| FINC321 | Insurance Planning
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| MGMT309 | Organizational Behavior
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| MKTG301 | Introduction to Marketing
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| OPMT300 | Service & Operations Management
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University Breadth Course or Foreign Language
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Free Elective
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| ACCT413/ACCT313 | Income Tax Accounting or
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| ACCT418 | Estate Planning
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| FINC322 | Retirement Planning
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| FINC425 | Financial Plan Development
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Creative Arts & Humanities Breadth
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English Writing Requirement
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Free Electives
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University Breadth Course or Foreign Language
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English Writing Requirement
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Elective Courses
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