Real Estate Concentration

Current undergraduate business school students pursuing the concentration in Real Estate will take 4 courses (12 credits). Students in this program will be taught by top-notch real estate experts and be exposed to relevant coursework and industry-leading guest speakers. But more importantly, by enrolling in either of these programs, you will have unparalleled access to the more than 70 industry leaders who advise the Rutgers Center for Real Estate. Further, the Center will provide scholarships, mentoring, internships and career opportunities for students enrolled in the program.

Concentration requirements

The concentration consists of 4 courses (12 credits) in addition to satisfaction of the core undergraduate business requirements. There are two paths to completion of the concentration – one path for finance majors, another for students in RBS majors in areas other than finance:

Non-Finance majors Finance majors
Real Estate Law (33:851:350) Real Estate Law (33:851:350)
Essentials of Real Estate Finance (33:851:380) Real Estate Finance and Mortgage-Backed Securities (33:390:435)
Commercial Debt Markets (33:851:470) Commercial Debt Markets (33:851:470)
Development (33:851:432) Development (33:851:432)

 

Non-Finance majors

Satisfactory completion of Financial Management for non-Finance Majors (33:390:300) is a prerequisite Essentials of Real Estate Finance (33:851:380).

Required courses (12 credits):

Course number Title Credits
33:851:350 Real Estate Law 3
33:851:380 Essentials of Real Estate Finance 3
33:851:470 Commercial Debt Markets 3
33:851:432 Development 3

**Please note that you cannot double count or overlap ANY courses between RBS majors and RBS certificates. All certificate courses must be on top of any courses required for a given RBS major. DEGREE NAVIGATOR WILL NOT REMOVE THE "DOUBLE-COUNTING" COURSES, SO STUDENTS WILL NEED TO MONITOR THIS ON THEIR OWN.***

Suggested course sequence

Year Semester Couse number Title
Junior Fall semester 33:851:380

33:851:350
Essentials of Real Estate Finance

Real Estate Law
  Spring semester    
Senior Fall semester 33:851:470 Commercial Debt Markets
  Spring semester 33:851:432 Development

Finance majors

Real Estate Finance & Mortgage-Backed Securities (33:390:435) satisfies the concentration’s real estate finance requirement. Students taking 33:390:435 are waived from the requirement to take Essentials of Real Estate Finance (33:851:380).

Satisfactory completion of Financial Management for Finance Majors (33:390:310) is a prerequisite for Real Estate Finance & Mortgage-Backed Securities (33:390:435).

Required courses (12 credits):

Course number Title Credits
33:851:350 Real Estate Law 3
33:390:435 Real Estate Finance and Mortgage-Backed Securities* 3
33:851:470 Commercial Debt Markets 3
33:851:432 Development 3

*Course credit counts simultaneously as both a requirement for the concentration and as an elective for Finance majors.