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.
MS in Real Estate Program Learning Goals
| Quantitative Literacy | Students will identify appropriate trade-offs involved in a given problem and use suitable quantitative methods and tools to analyze the situation and recommend appropriate solutions. |
| Teamwork and Leadership | Students will function effectively in teams and experience opportunities to understand and develop leadership competencies. |
| Ethical Awareness | Students will be able to identify ethical issues arising in a variety of functional areas of real estate decision making. |
MS in Real Estate Curriculum
| Preliminary Courses (6 credits) | ||
| Students with appropriate academic preparation will be able to reduce the number of credits in preliminary requirements. | ||
| Managerial Statistics | 3 credits | |
| Courses in Specialization (31.5 credits) | ||
Required Courses (19.5 credits) | ||
| Business Communication I | 1.5 credits | |
| Real Estate Finance
| 3 credits | |
| Law of Real Estate Transactions and Land Use Regulations (cross-listed with LAW 9790) | 3 credits | |
| Real Estate Capital Markets | 3 credits | |
| Real Estate Development | 3 credits | |
| Advanced Real Estate Investment Analysis | 3 credits | |
| Analytical Skills for Real Estate Decision Making | 3 credits |
| Elective Courses (12 credits) | ||
Choose four courses from: | ||
| Real Estate Valuation and Market Analysis | 3 credits | |
| Special Topics in Real Estate | 3 credits |
| Project Management and Construction | 3 credits | |
| Real Estate Taxation (cross-listed with TAX 9930) | 3 credits | |
| International Real Estate | 3 credits | |
| Real Estate and Urban Economics** | 3 credits | |
| Real Estate Entrepreneurship (cross-listed with MGT 9875)
| 3 credits | |
| Corporate Finance | 3 credits | |
| Economics of Urban Areas** | 3 credits | |
**Either RES 9960 or ECO 9774 may be used to fulfill the specialization requirement, not both.