Women, money and power is an online course offered through the financial planning concentration in the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics (ACE) First offered to undergraduate students in the Financial Planning Program in 2022, the course is now open to the public as well.
This course is designed to empower women both financially and in the workforce. It covers various topics related to women and financial issues, such as money scripts and money stories, women and investing, women in the workplace, career development, negotiation strategies, entrepreneurship, and the significance of retirement planning. The course will present topics in an open and candid atmosphere, challenging historical perspectives and stereotypes about women and money. Participants learn from female financial planning professionals and entrepreneurs about their journeys. This course is open to participants of any gender and will provide powerful, honest perspectives of success, struggles and direct career advice.
The course is made possible through a generous donation from the Schwab Advisor Services, in partnership with the Charles Schwab Foundation. The grant provides funding to create and sustain the infrastructure needs of the course until 2025. The funds will contribute to enhancing the course, creating a public-facing lecture series, building course materials, and bringing in guest speakers.
Course Format
The Women, Money & Power course runs for 8 weeks in the spring and involves a live lecture on Wednesdays from 5-6:50 p.m. and 40 minutes of asynchronous content every week in the form of pre-recorded videos and podcasts.
*Lectures will not be archived in an effort to create an honest forum for conversations, and steer away from platitudes and feel-good panels.
Speakers
To see a list of speakers, visit our Spring 2024 speakers page. Interested in speaking to our students? Please fill out this form and an instructor will be in touch.
Registration
University of Illinois students can register for the course using CRN 73225. More information can be found on course explorer.
Questions? Contact Presley Fee at psfee2@illinois.edu.