Program Overview

Introduction to the Real Estate Development Program

The Auburn University Executive Master of Real Estate Development (AUMRED) program is an executive graduate degree offered jointly by the College of Architecture, Design and Construction and the College of Business. This program emphasizes best development practices related to environmental sustainability, economic resilience, social responsibility, financial feasibility, and design excellence.

Program Overview

The AUMRED program provides a targeted understanding of multiple disciplines, putting students at an advantage in their real estate development careers. It is entrepreneurially and industry-focused, designed for practicing professionals with a minimum of three to five years in real estate development or related fields. The program combines short, intense on-campus residencies with distance modules and four-day field trips to nationally and internationally significant cities and development projects.

Curriculum

The curriculum consists of 39 credit hours delivered over a five-semester period. The program structure is as follows:

• First Year:
  • Fall:
    • RDEV 7120 Field Studies (1 hour)
    • RDEV 7130 Principles of Real Estate Development (3 hours)
    • RDEV 7140 Real Property Analysis (3 hours)
  • Spring:
    • RDEV 7350 Real Estate Investment Analysis (3 hours)
    • RDEV 7240 Building Design and Construction Principles (3 hours)
    • RDEV 7540 Real Estate Development Law (3 hours)
  • Summer:
    • RDEV 7120 Field Studies (1 hour)
    • RDEV 7430 Real Estate Project Management (3 hours)
    • RDEV 7230 Real Estate Market Analysis (3 hours)
• Second Year:
  • Fall:
    • RDEV 7120 Field Studies (1 hour)
    • RDEV 7340 Site Planning and Infrastructure Development (3 hours)
    • RDEV 7530 Real Estate Capital Formation (3 hours)
  • Spring:
    • RDEV 7630 Real Estate Development Capstone Project II (5 hours)
    • RDEV 7440 (1 hour)
    • RDEV 7120 Field Studies (3 hours)

Graduate Executive Programs

The graduate executive programs, including the Executive MBA, the Physicians Executive MBA, and the Masters of Real Estate Development Executive programs, are designed to be taken as a cohort with one start in the Fall of each year. These programs follow an exact sequence of courses taken each term, with graduation in the Spring, five semesters later.

Non-Standard Calendar

Due to the hybrid nature of these graduate executive programs, which combine on-campus residency with online learning, the residencies typically occur during breaks on campus.

Full-Time Credit Hour Requirements

• Students in the graduate executive programs are restricted to the exact courses offered to that cohort in any one semester.
• The course load varies from term to term, from a minimum of 5 hours to a maximum of 9 hours.
• The course load is thus considered full-time, as students cannot take more hours or less, following the mandated and approved curriculum.

Tuition Costs Excluded VA Benefit Coverage

VA benefits will not cover costs for lodging, meals, travel, books, supplies, or memberships to organizations. As many of these costs are included in the graduate executive programs' tuition, those costs have been broken out and will be billed separately.