BSc in Finance

BECOME AN EXPERT OF FINANCIAL RISK AND REWARD

With a career in finance, you’ll help make the best decisions about raising and using resources under risk. In this role you will influence almost every facet of your organization, whether you work for a bank or other financial intermediary, a consulting firm, a public or private corporation, a governmental organization or a not-for-profit.

The required courses in our finance curriculum provide a strong foundation that will prepare you for all categories of finance careers including investment management, corporate finance and financial services.

Perhaps this combination of being both highly challenging and very rewarding is why finance is one of the most popular undergraduate majors at UD.

AREAS OF STUDY

• Finance
• Math
• Business
• Economics

CAREER OPTIONS

• Financial analyst
• Portfolio manager
• Audit associate
• Financial advisor
• Trader
• Investment associate
• Business risk consultant
• Technical analyst

What’s special about this program?

The Lerner College sponsors a number of student organizations and honor societies that provide career development opportunities to you as a finance student. As a member of Blue Hen Investment Club, for example, you can work to manage a UD investment fund of $1.8 million in assets.

Lerner College faculty members are committed to providing you with the curriculum, internships and extracurricular opportunities that will enable you to excel in any path you chose for your career and/or postgraduate study.

The Lerner College finance curriculum is designed to enhance your preparation to sit for the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®) exam upon graduation. Our finance program is recognized by the CFA Institute for incorporating a significant percentage of the CFA Program common body of knowledge into our curriculum.

Get involved

Blue Hen Investment Club Lerner College Trading Center Association for Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting Financial Management Association Women in Business Minority Business Student Association Alpha Kappa Psi Business Fraternity Lerner Student Advisory Board Delta Sigma Pi Business Fraternity

SAMPLE CURRICULUM

Freshman

ECON101

Microeconomics ECON103 Macroeconomics

BUAD110
Basics of Business

ENGL110
Critical Reading and Writing

MATH221

Calculus I

Social & Behavioral Sciences Breadths

Creat. Arts & Hum. Breadth

Natural Sci/Tech. Breadths w/Lab

Sophomore

ACCT207
Accounting I

ACCT208
Accounting II

COMM212
Oral Comm. In Business

FINC311
Principles of Finance

MATH201
Statistics I

MATH202
Statistics II

MISY160
Business Computing

MISY261
Bus Info Sys

Creative Arts & Humanities Breadth

Hist. & Cult. Change Breadth

Foreign Language

Economics Elective

Junior

ACCT352
Bus Law & Soc Issues

BUAD301
Intro to Marketing

BUAD306
Service & Ops. Mgt.

BUAD309
Org. Behavior

ECON308
Banking & Mon. Policy

FINC312
Intermediate Fin. Mgmt

FINC314
Investments

MATH230
Finite Math w/Applications

Creative Arts & Humanities Breadth

Hist. & Cult. Change Breadth

Foreign Language

Senior

BUAD441
Strategic Management

Second English Writing Requirement

Finance Electives

Professional Elective

Elective Courses