Program Overview

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Real Estate Finance, Post-Baccalaureate Certificate

The Real Estate Finance, Post-Baccalaureate Certificate is designed for professionals seeking career advancement and those planning to pursue real estate occupations. This certificate program allows students to gain an understanding of three key aspects of real estate decisions:

Real Estate Decision-Making Environment

• Real estate decisions are made in a complex web of interactions involving laws, contracts, government decisions, and the urban matrix.
• Students will learn to identify how these interactions affect property values and real estate decisions.

Analysis of Real Estate Decisions

• Students will evaluate real estate decisions from property acquisitions, development, renovation, and disposition to corporate real estate.

Financing of Real Estate Transactions

• Topics include traditional financing sources (equity and mortgage), securitization, syndication, and crowdfunding of real estate transactions.

The certificate emphasizes practical applications through projects based on actual data, involving the analysis of pending real estate projects, property acquisitions, developments, and financing decisions. The main driver of these analyses is the impact of real estate decisions on property values.

Admission Requirements

The Chaifetz School of Business uses a holistic admissions approach, considering every aspect of an applicant's file. While an undergraduate degree is required for admission, a business background is not. Applicants must submit:

• Completed online application
• Transcript(s) from all previously attended institutions
• 1-2 letters of recommendation
• Résumé/CV
• Professional goal statement of fewer than 500 words

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis once all application materials are received. The average time for admissions decisions is two weeks.

Tuition

• Tuition per credit for School of Business Master's and Certificate Programs: $1,340
• Additional charges may apply.

Scholarships and Financial Aid

For more information about Saint Louis University scholarships and financial aid, please refer to the Office of Student Financial Services.

Accreditation

The Richard A. Chaifetz School of Business is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), ensuring continuous quality improvement in terms of curriculum, instructional resources, student selection, career placement, and intellectual contributions and qualifications of the faculty.

Course List

• FIN 6150: Finance Theory and Application (3 credits)
• or FIN 6000: Finance for Managers
• or MBA 6003: Financial Decision Making
• FIN 6430: Real Estate Analysis (3 credits)
• FIN 6460: Commercial Real Estate Decision Making (3 credits)
• Total Credits: 9

Pre-requisites

• ACCT 5010 Accounting for Managers (3 credits) and ECON 5010 Economics for Managers (3 credits) may be required for students without sufficient undergraduate background in these topics.

Continuation Standards

Students must maintain a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.00 in all graduate/professional courses.

Roadmap

The roadmap is a recommended semester-by-semester plan of study and assumes full-time enrollment. Courses and milestones designated as critical must be completed in the semester listed to ensure timely graduation. Transfer credit may change the roadmap.

Plan of Study Grid Year One

• Fall:
  • FIN 6150 Finance Theory and Application (3 credits)
  • FIN 6460 Commercial Real Estate Decision Making (3 credits)
  • Credits: 6
• Spring:
  • FIN 6430 Real Estate Analysis (3 credits)
  • Credits: 3
  • Total Credits: 9

This roadmap should not be used in place of regular academic advising appointments. All students are encouraged to meet with their advisor/mentor each semester. Requirements, course availability, and sequencing are subject to change.