Program Overview

Fintech (B.S.) Program

The Fintech program at the University of Delaware's Alfred Lerner College of Business & Economics combines traditional finance education with advanced training in programming, machine learning, data science, and analytics. This innovative program prepares students for careers in the dynamic fintech industry, where finance and technology intersect.

Program Highlights

• The Lerner B.S. in Fintech is one of the first undergraduate fintech programs in the nation offered by AACSB-accredited business schools.
• Students learn to assess the ethical, legal, and regulatory frameworks governing fintech.
• The Fintech Innovation Hub showcases the University of Delaware's commitment to fostering the growth and development of the fintech industry.

Program Requirements

The program is structured over four years, with a suggested course sequence as follows:

Freshman Year

• First semester:
  • ECON 101 – Microeconomics
  • MATH 221 – Calculus I
  • BUAD 110 – Basics of Business
  • Social & behavioral sciences breadth course
  • Natural sciences & technology breadth course
• Second semester:
  • ECON 103 – Macroeconomics
  • ENGL 110 – First-Year Writing
  • Creative arts & humanities breadth course
  • Natural sciences & technology breadth course with lab
  • Social & behavioral sciences breadth course

Sophomore Year

• First semester:
  • ACCT 207 – Accounting I (Financial)
  • ECON 308 – Banking & Monetary Policy
  • MISY 160 – Business Computing Fundamentals
  • STAT 200 – Basic Statistical Practice
  • Creative arts & humanities, history & cultural change or foreign language course
• Second semester:
  • ACCT 315 – Intermediate Accounting I
  • MISY 262 – Fundamentals of Business Analytics
  • MISY 261 – Introduction to Management Information Systems
  • FINC 311 – Principles of Finance
  • COMM 212 – Public Speaking & Professional Presentation or HOSP 230 – Executive Presentations & Problem Solving

Junior Year

• First semester:
  • BUAD 301 – Introduction to Marketing
  • BUAD 306 – Introduction to Operations Management
  • FINC 314 – Investments
  • FINC 330 – Fundamentals of Fintech
  • MISY 225 – Introduction to Programming
• Second semester:
  • ACCT 352 – Law & Social Issues in Business
  • BUAD 309 – Organizational Behavior
  • FINC 430 – Fintech & Data Science for Finance or FINC 431 – Financial Data Analytics
  • MISY 331 – Machine Learning for Business
  • MISY 455 – Ethics in Technology Management
  • Creative arts & humanities, history & cultural change or foreign language course

Senior Year

• First semester:
  • FINC 430 – Fintech & Data Science for Finance or FINC 431 – Financial Data Analytics
  • ENGL 301, 312 or 410
  • History & cultural change breadth course
  • Free elective
• Second semester:
  • BUAD 441 – Strategic Management
  • MISY 436 – Unstructured Data Analysis
  • FINC 439 – Current Topics in Fintech
  • MISY 445 – Business Analytics Capstone
  • Free elective

Careers

Fintech graduates will be equipped for jobs in:

• Commercial or investment banks
• Brokerage firms
• Insurance companies
• Payment-processing firms
• Credit card companies
• Fintech start-ups

Available Majors

Other available majors include:

• Accounting (B.S.)
• Business Analytics (B.S.)
• Business Undeclared Major
• Computer Science and Business (B.S.) (Honors)
• Economics Education (B.A.)
• Economics (B.A./B.S.)
• Entrepreneurship (B.S.)
• Finance (B.S.)
• Financial Planning and Wealth Management (B.S.)
• Fintech (B.S.)
• Global Business (B.S.)
• Hospitality and Event Experience Management (B.S.)
• Hospitality Industry Management (B.S.)
• Management (B.S.)
• Management Information Systems (B.S.)
• Marketing (B.S.)
• Operations Management (B.S.)
• Sport Management (B.S.)