BS in Commerce: Real Estate Major

Real Estate Major Requirements

The undergraduate degree in real estate, is a broad interdisciplinary degree program with courses offered in Economics, Finance, Geography, History of Art and Architecture, History, Public Policy, Political Science and Sociology as well in the College of Commerce.

The B.S. with a Real Estate major culminates in eight courses (30 quarter hours).  Five required courses and three elective courses.  Real Estate majors will also have three major electives and four open electives, but we are making recommendations on how to fill them. The list of the Required & Elective courses can be found below.  Note: real estate majors must take FIN 310 and FIN 320.

Required Courses

• BLW 300 Real Estate Law

• FIN 202 Quantitative Reasoning

• RE 350* Real Estate Analysis

• RE 352* Real Estate Finance

• RE 353* Real Estate Investment

Elective Courses

• ECO 310 Urban Economics

• FIN 330 Investments: Securities and Markets

• GEO 241 Geodemographic Information Systems I

• GEO 242 Geodemographic Information Systems II

• GEO 243 Remote Sensing

• GEO 244 Geodemographic Information Systems III

• GEO 321 Chicago: Spatial Anatomy of a Metropolis

• GEO 333 City Problems and Planning

• HAA 280 History of Premodern Architecture

• HAA 281 History of Modern Architecture

• HAA 370 Contemporary Architectural Theory and Practice

• HAA 380 Chicago Architecture and Urbanism

• HSP 398 Special Topics in Hospitality (Hospitality Real Estate)

• HST 240 History of Chicago

• HST 254 American Urban History

• PPS 301 Public Policy and the Political Process

• PPS 302 Implementation of Environmental and Urban Policy

• PPS 330 Sustainable Development

• PPS 350 Critical Issues in Urban Development

• PPS 351 The Policy and Politics of Urban Housing

• PPS 359 Topics in Urban Studies

• PSC 322 Urban Policymaking

• RE 354* Real Estate Market Analysis and Valuation

• RE 398* Special Topics in Real Estate

• SOC 245 Urban Sociology

• SOC 347 Class, Power and Decision Making in the City

• SOC 348 The City in the Future

Please see your advisor for major approval

To declare a major in Real Estate, a student must meet the following requirements:

• Completion of 28 hours at DePaul University.
• Completion of the Introductory Commerce courses with:
  • a minimum grade of C- in each course.
  • a minimum grade point average of 2.0 for the combined courses.
• A minimum cumulative DePaul grade point average of 2.7.
• A minimum Real Estate grade point average of 2.7.
• No grade of IN, R, M or lower than C- in any Real Estate course or course used toward the Real Estate major.
• Completion of FIN 310 or RE 350 with a minimum grade of B-.
  
  

Additional Resource for Real Estate Majors

Through the office of The Real Estate Center (14 E. Jackson, Suite 900) there are opportunities for scholarships, internships, and placement referral.

In addition students are welcome to participate in REO, the Real Estate Organization. For further information, contact The Real Estate Center at 312-362-5906.

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*Course designation has changed from FIN to RE. Effective fall quarter 2009.