There is an interest in assuring that real estate development of the future is more socially, environmentally, and economically responsible than in the past. Emerging research shows that responsible real estate development can produce competitive short-term and superior long-term financial returns. This survey course will review sweeping changes occurring in real estate development, including the role of various real estate professionals and activities in responding to these changes responsibly.

Online
Typically Offered: Fall 
Units: 3

This course considers the balance of demand and supply as a key component to responsible real estate development. This course, offered jointly with the Masters in Real Estate Development Program and the Master of Science in Urban Planning, serves as a primer for the analysis techniques and data sources used to segment real estate markets, quantify demand and evaluate competing supply.  This course is required for the fulfillment of the Master of Real Estate Development degree and is a Concentration Course for the Master of Science in Urban Planning Degree.

Online
Typically offered: Fall
Units: 3

A case-oriented approach to site selection, rezoning, financing, architectural design, economic feasibility, and other facets of the land development process.  Graduate-level requirements include the completion of a series of research projects.

Main Campus and iCourse
Typically offered: Spring
Units: 3

This course aims to create a foundation for students to begin their experiment with using financial concepts to drive real estate development decisions.  Although there are no formal prerequisites, I assume that students have a general familiarity with the property development process, urban policy issues, and the basics of both finance and MS Excel. Property development and finance is heavily rooted in analytical techniques for urban problem analysis, projection, and evaluation, and communication of this information in public discourse. This course will ask students to analyze decisions made by real estate developers and investors and also to communicate clearly about risk and return.

On Campus and Online
Typically Offered: Fall 
Units: 3

There is an interest in assuring that real estate development of the future is more socially, environmentally, and economically responsible than in the past. Emerging research shows that responsible real estate development can produce competitive short-term and superior long-term financial returns. This survey course will review sweeping changes occurring in real estate development, including the role of various real estate professionals and activities in responding to these changes responsibly.

Online
Typically Offered: Fall 
Units: 3

This is a core course that focuses on a suite of economic approaches that broaden planners’ and developers’ ability to make informed economic decisions from the perspective of the public sector.

Online
Typically offered: Spring
Units: 3

This course builds on the skills and tools introduced in RED 401/501 (Introduction to Real Estate Finance). Advanced RE Finance continues the arc started in RED 401/501 and moves beyond fundamentals to more advanced topics in real estate finance. The objective of the course is to provide students with a lab environment in which they can practice financial decision-making related to real estate development and investment.

In Person and Online
Typically Offered: Spring
Units: 3

There is an interest in assuring that real estate development of the future is more socially, environmentally, and economically responsible than in the past. Emerging research shows that responsible real estate development can produce competitive short-term and superior long-term financial returns. This survey course will review sweeping changes occurring in real estate development, including the role of various real estate professionals and activities in responding to these changes responsibly.

Online
Typically Offered: Fall 
Units: 3

This course provides students a review of the legal principles that inform and regulate the due diligence and entitlement process that is the basis of every successful real estate transaction.

On Campus and Online
Typically offered: Fall
Units: 3

The objective of the course is to introduce real estate development students, and those from other majors and programs, to construction management as a component of the real estate development process.  The course will introduce students to the fundamentals of building construction, project budget estimation, project management, scheduling, and project leadership. The course will focus both case analyses and discussions of best practices.  Industry experts will provide insight and help guide the course substantively.  The course will ask students to analyze decisions made by real estate developers about construction management and communicate clearly about construction management and its role in mitigating risk and enhancing project returns.

Online
Typically offered: Fall
Units: 3

This course will introduce students to the fundamental concepts of urban design and urban form and the role these play in placemaking in cities, towns and suburbs. The course will cover the work of urban design theorists, variables that impact a community's sense of place, challenges and opportunities in modern city design, and methods to design more livable and sustainable cities.

Online
Typically offered: Spring
Units: 3