Program Overview

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Real Estate

About

Today's real estate professional must have a strong understanding of how the business world operates along with specialized skills in real estate valuation, development, financing and investment, and feasibility. The goal of the undergraduate program in Real Estate is to provide an environment in which students will be well trained in all aspects of the real estate industry. The Real Estate curriculum allows students to concentrate their studies on real estate development or finance and investments.

Learning Outcomes

Upon graduation, students earning a degree in Real Estate should be able to:

• Use supply and demand analysis
• Use the appropriate models to explain the behavior of economic agents in different market structures
• Describe the role and function of financial markets, institutions, and policies
• Predict the effects of various micro- and macroeconomic policies using the appropriate models
• Explain the determinants of long run economic growth
• Gather, analyze, and interpret economic data
• Apply the time value of money to a variety of situations
• Explain the relationship between risk and return
• Analyze, compare, and contrast various real estate appraisal valuation methods; investment opportunities, and mortgage instruments
• Identify basic regional demographics and migration

Career Possibilities

Career opportunities in real estate include: residential and commercial development, residential and commercial brokerage, mortgage banking, institutional real estate, real estate finance and investment.

Typical employers are: development companies, banks, brokerage companies, financing and investment service consulting.

Requirements

General Education Requirements - Subtotal: 35-46 Credits

• First-Year Seminar - Credits: 2-3
• English Composition - Credits: 6
  • ENG 101 - Composition I
  • ENG 102 - Composition II
• Second-Year Seminar - Credits: 3
• Constitutions - Credits: 3-6
• Mathematics - Credits: 3
  • MATH 124 - College Algebra or higher
• Distribution Requirement - Credits: 18-19
  • Humanities and Fine Arts: 9 credits
    • Humanities, 6 credits required from two different areas
    • Fine Arts, 3 credits required
  • Social Science
    • Automatically satisfied by business requirements
  • Life and Physical Sciences and Analytical Thinking: 6-7 credits
    • Life and Physical Sciences, 6-7 credits required
    • One science course with a lab
    • One non-lab science course
    • Analytical Thinking, 3 credits required
• Multicultural and International - Credits: 0-6
  • Multicultural, one three-credit course required
  • International, one three-credit course required

Lee Business School Requirements - BSBA in Real Estate - Subtotal: 72-76 Credits

• Business Administration Core Requirements - Credits: 42-45
  • ACC 201 - Financial Accounting
  • ACC 202 - Managerial Accounting
  • ECON 102 - Principles of Microeconomics
  • ECON 103 - Principles of Macroeconomics
  • ECON 261 - Principles of Statistics I
  • IS 101 - Introduction to Information Systems or Microsoft Office proficiency or equivalent
  • BLW 302 - Legal and Ethical Environment of Business
  • FIN 301 - Principles of Managerial Finance
  • IS 330 - Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation
  • IS 335 - Business Analytics
  • MGT 301 - Principles of Management and Organizational Behavior
  • MGT 371 - Leadership and Managerial Skills
  • MKT 301 - Marketing Management
  • SCM 352 - Operations Management
  • Select one capstone course from:
    • BUS 496 - Strategic Management and Policy
    • BUS 498 - Global Business Strategy
• Other Lee Business School Requirements - Credits: 6-7
  • BUS 321 - Business Communication
  • Select one from:
    • MATH 127 - Precalculus II
    • MATH 128 - Precalculus and Trigonometry
    • MATH 132 - Finite Mathematics
    • MATH 176 - Introductory Calculus for Business and Social Sciences
    • MATH 181 - Calculus I
    • MATH 182 - Calculus II

Real Estate Major Requirements - Credits: 27

• Major Courses: Required: (15 credits)
  • RE 301 - Commercial Real Estate Fundamentals
  • RE 332 - Real Estate Finance
  • RE 334 - Real Estate Investment
  • RE 451 - Commercial Real Estate Development I
  • or
  • RE 481 - Real Estate Internship
• Choose 12 credits from the following electives:
  • RE 333 - Commercial Real Estate Valuation
  • RE 410 - Real Estate Economics and Market Analysis
  • RE 452 - Commercial Real Estate Development II
  • RE 495 - Current Topics in Real Estate
  • ECON 304 - Money and Banking
  • MKT 464 - Professional Sales Negotiations Strategies and Tactics
  • MGT 483 - Negotiation
  • FIN 312 - Money and Capital Markets
  • RE 331 - Real Estate Law I

General Electives - Credits: 0-13

The number of general electives necessary for each student varies based on how many credits a student uses to satisfy the requirements identified above. The minimum credits required to earn a degree from Lee Business School is 120.

Total Credits: 120

Notes

1. All courses in the major requirements section must be completed with a grade of C or better.
2. Any course that is included as a prerequisite for a Lee Business School course requires a minimum grade of C or better.
3. BUS 321 is a Milestone Experience course for Real Estate B.S.B.A.
4. BUS 496 is a Culminating Experience course for Real Estate B.S.B.A.