MSRE Required Courses(Overview)

BLW 798 Special Topics (Legal Issues in Real Estate) - back to overview
This course provides an overview of legal issues including: ownership structures, transactions and title issues, land use regulation, environmental constraints, and income tax and property tax.

GSB 420 Quantitative Methods - back to overview
This course provides a comprehensive review of some basic mathematical and statistical methods and stresses their practical applications in business and economics. This course will stress learning through applications/problem-solving using Excel and/or Minitab software for data analyses. Topics include use of relevant functions and solving equations in unknowns, elementary calculus and graphing functions, probability theory, hypothesis testing, regression analysis and forecasting.

FIN 555 Financial Management - back to overview
A study of the major decision areas faced by corporate financial management and their relationship to the goals of the firms’ owners. Specific topics include capital budgeting, capital structure and cost of capital, dividend policy and current asset management. PREREQUISITE: ACC 500, ECO 555 and GSB 420.

RE 530* Real Estate Investment and Finance - back to overview
Analysis of real estate investment opportunities and the characteristics that distinguish them from other assets. Emphasis is upon forecasting cash flows and estimating risk from the perspective of both equity investor and lender. Case analysis is an integral part of the course. PREREQUISITE: FIN 555.

RE 531* Real Estate Finance - back to overview
Analysis of private and public institutions involved in real estate finance. A critical study of institutional arrangements facilitating real estate investment and development, analysis of yields and risk in mortgages and mortgage backed securities. PREREQUISITE: FIN 555 and RE 530*.

RE 533* Real Estate Market Analysis and Valuation - back to overview
Critical analysis of the appraisal process and its theoretical foundation. Market analysis techniques and valuation of income producing properties. Exploration of both basic and innovative approaches to value employing computer databases and information technology. PREREQUISITE: FIN 555 and RE 530*.

RE 535* Real Estate Investment - back to overview
Analysis of complex ownership structures and the changing world of real estate capital markets. Case course with a focus on institutional investment portfolios including private equity, pension fund and REIT acquisition & disposition decisions. PREREQUISITE: FIN 555 and RE 530*.

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