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BS Financial Planning and Wealth Management at University of Delaware

University of Delaware, United States

Programme overview

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.

Faculty: Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Newark, DE, United States

What you will study

Areas of study: Finance, Marketing, Business, Accounting, Investment. Sample required courses: BUAD110 Basics of Business; ECON101 Microeconomics; ECON103 Macroeconomics; ENGL110 First-Year Writing; MATH221 Calculus I; ACCT207 Accounting I.

Career pathways

Career options: Financial planner, Broker, Budget analyst, Credit counselor, Mutual fund manager, Loan officer, Financial sales agent.

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Entry requirements

Admission is to the University of Delaware (and the major's college), not to the major itself. Applicants complete a high school diploma or equivalent; recommended preparation is 16 academic units: English 4, mathematics 3 (Algebra 1 or higher), science 3 (including 2 labs), history/social sciences 3, plus 3 academic electives. Standardized test scores are optional. Application uses the Common or Coalition application with an essay; up to two letters of recommendation are optional. Honors College applicants apply by the Nov. 1 early action deadline. Applies to the University; no separate programme-specific requirement is published on the major page.

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