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The Master of Science in Real Estate delivers core real estate business knowledge and management skills including knowledge and technical training specific to the real estate industry.  Students who earn the MS degree in real estate complete a 31.5-credit curriculum consisting of 19.5 credits of required study and 12 credits of elective study. Students may take courses on either a part-time or full-time schedule each semester. Graduates are typically positioned for many varied and promising positions with real estate investment and development firms in the country and abroad, as well as appraisal and market and financial analysis consulting firms, property accounting firms, insurance companies, pension funds, banks and financial institutions, investment banks, real estate investment trusts, mortgage security underwriters, commingled real estate funds, regulatory agencies, and firms with large real estate holdings.

 

Preliminary Courses    (6 credits)
Students with appropriate academic preparation will be able to reduce the number of credits in preliminary requirements.

STA 9708

Applied Statistical Analysis for Business Decisions3 credits
Courses in Specialization    (31.5 credits)

Required Courses (19.5 credits)

BUS 9551*

Business Communication I1.5 credits

RES 9776

Real Estate Finance  

 

 

3 credits

RES 9790

Law of Real Estate Transactions and Land Use Regulations

(

LAW 9790

)

3 credits

RES 9850

Real Estate Capital Markets3 credits

RES 9860

Real Estate Development3 credits

RES 9900

Advanced Real Estate Investment Analysis3 credits

  

Analytical Skills for Real Estate Decision Making3 credits
   
Elective Courses (12 credits)

Choose four courses from:

RES 9800

Real Estate Valuation and Market Analysis3 credits

  

Special Topics in Real Estate3 credits

RES 9920

Project Management and Construction3 credits

RES 9930

Real Estate Taxation  

(

TAX 9930

)

3 credits

RES 9950

International Real Estate3 credits

RES 9960

Real Estate and Urban Economics**3 credits

RES 9980

Real Estate Entrepreneurship  

(

MGT 9875

)

3 credits

FIN 9770

Financial Decision Making3 credits

ECO 9774

Economics of Urban Areas**3 credits

*Effective spring 2016.

**Either RES 9960 or ECO 9774 may be used to fulfill the specialization requirement, not both.