Real Estate Track

Curriculum

The concentration track consists of 7 courses (21 credits) in addition to satisfaction of the core undergraduate business requirements.

Starting Fall 2024, students majoring in Finance (or wishing to declare a Finance major), must earn a B or better in Finance 29:390:329 in order to stay in the Finance major.  Students earning less than a B in Finance can 1) retake the course to earn a B or better to satisfy the requirement or 2) switch into another major. This policy does not apply to Finance Majors who completed 29:390:329 prior to Fall 2024.

Preliminary RBS core requirement:

Course number Title Credits
29:390:329 Finance 3

Real Estate track prerequisites (12 credits):

Course number Title Credits
29:390:315 Investments 3
29:851:350 Real Estate Law 3
29:390:480 Real Estate Finance 3
29:851:432 Real Estate Development 3

Real Estate track electives (9 credits):

Course number Title Credits
29:390:476 Real Estate Capital Markets 3
29:851:460 Property Management and Real Estate Investment Management 3
29:851:430 Market Analysis, Feasibility and Valuation 3
29:390:468 Analysis of Fixed Income Securities 3

Suggested course sequence

Year Semester Course number Title
Sophomore Spring semester

29:390:315

29:851:350

Investments

Real Estate Law

Junior Fall semester 29:390:480 Real Estate Finance
  Spring semester 29:851:460 Property Management and Real Estate Investment Management
Senior Fall semester

29:851:432 or 29:390:468

29:851:430

Real Estate Development or Analysis of Fixed Income Securities

Market Analysis, Feasibility and Valuation

  Spring semester 29:390:476 Real Estate Capital Markets

The Rutgers Center for Real Estate

Students enrolled in the Real Estate track will have unparalleled access to industry leaders through the newly created Center for Real Estate Studies. The Center is supported by a 90+ member advisory board consisting of the most influential and innovative real estate firms in the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area. Board members will serve as guest speakers, mentor students and hire Rutgers graduates. Members of the Advisory Board include CEOs and senior executives at Prudential Real Estate Investors, Canoe Brook Management, Hampshire Real Estate, Jacobs Development, Paul V. Profeta and Associates, AvalonBay Communities, CBRE, Cushman & Wakefield, Prologis and many other top-tier firms. The Center will also provide mentoring, internships and career opportunities in the real estate profession.