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PROGRAM IN REAL ESTATE 

The Program in Real Estate at SDSU is designed for students who are principally interested in careers in the real estate industry. It provides the student with both general and specialized real estate knowledge that is applicable to professional areas such as real estate finance and investment, brokerage, market analysis, and appraisal as well as being pertinent to the acquisition, development, management, and disposition of real property.

The program provides the analytical, communication and interpersonal skills to make decisions about real estate assets under conditions of risk and uncertainty. The student will be able to apply the acquired knowledge to specific real estate issues in a wide variety of corporate, entrepreneurial, and personal situations.

  Real Estate Major Upper Division Requirements for 2006/7 Catalog Year
UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM - Course Requirements 

The Program in Real Estate is offered under the sponsorship of the Department of Finance. All students in the Department must complete the following Core Requirement courses:

	BA 300:Ethical Decision Making in Business (1)
	FIN 323: Fund. Of Finance (3)
	IDS 302: Intro to Prod & Ops. Mgt.
	MGT 350: Mgt. and Org Behavior
	MKT 370: Marketing
	Mgt 405: Strategy or BA 404: Small Business Mgt.
	FIN 331: Real Estate Essentials
	FIN 335: Land Markets
	FIN 431: Real Estate Finance or FIN 433: Theory of Real Property Value
	FIN 435: Real Estate Investment Analysis
	PA 320: Intro to Urban Planning

In addition to the Real Estate Core Requirement, students in the Program in Real Estate must complete, and at least 9 additional units from the following Real Estate Advisory Track: 

	Finance 352 Real Estate Finance (3)
	Finance 353 Real Estate Valuation (3)
	Finance 355 Real Estate Investment Analysis (3)
	Finance 454 Real Estate Market Analysis (3)
	Finance 456 Property Development and Management (3)

Note: To be eligible to sit for the California Real Estate Broker License Examination, students must have completed eight college-level courses in addition to the meeting the experience/educational requirements. Five of the courses are required, including: Real Estate Practice (FIN 331); Legal Aspects of Real Estate (FIN 333); Real Estate Finance (FIN 431); Real Estate Appraisal (FIN 433); and Real Estate Economics (FIN 335).  In lieu of Real Estate Economics, the student may complete Economics 201, 202 or 361 or Accounting 201, 201 or 212. In addition to the five required courses, the student is required to complete three courses from a long list of electives including the following courses offered at SDSU: Advanced Real Estate Finance (FIN 435); and Business Law (FIN 140).  For detailed information, please visit the California Department of Real Estate website.

GRADUATE PROGRAM - Course Offered
Department of Finance offers real estate classes at the graduate level as part of the integrated MBA program.

FIN 780: Seminar in Land Markets and Urban Development
FIN 783: Seminar in Real Estate Investment & Development
FIN 784: Seminar in Real Estate Finance & Valuation
CP 635:  Seminar in Housing & Housing Policy

See Master of Business Administration web site for details.