Please check the course schedules at these sites to confirm the latest information. Listings for winter term might not be current until late October:
Courses
Fall '08-Winter '09 Schedule
Courses for the Certificate may be chosen from the following. Students may also find other courses especially related to their interests in real estate development; these courses may be approved for credit for the certificate with permission of the certificate advisor.
1. An introductory overview of real estate development
(one course):
| Course # | Title | Credits | Instructor | Sem |
| UP 517 BA 517 |
Real Estate Essentials | 3 | Allen | F |
| UP 613 Arch 517 |
Architect/Planner as Developer | 3 | McCullough | W |
| UP 565 FIN 565 |
Real Estate Development | 3 | Allen | W |
2. Real estate finance and investment
(at least 3 credits):
For Business School students and others who meet the prerequisites:
| Course # | Title | Credits | Instructor | Sem |
| FIN 566 | Real Estate Finance and Investment I | 1.5 | Capozza | F(A) |
| FIN 567 | Real Estate Finance and Investment II | 1.5 | Capozza | F(B) |
| FIN 568 | Real Estate Finance and Investment | 3 | Capozza | F |
| LAW 776 | Real Estate Finance Law | 2 | Gould | W |
| UP 566* | Structuring Real Estate Financial Deals | 3 | Cory/Leinberger |
F |
| *for students who do not meet the prerequisites for the finance courses in the business school | ||||
3. Real estate and land use law
(at least 3 credits):
| Course # | Title | Credits | Instructor | Sem |
| LAW 560*/001 | Property | 4 | Krier | F |
| LAW 560*/002 | Property | 4 | Krier | F |
| LAW 560*/003 | Property | 4 | Miller | F |
| LAW 560*/004 | Property | 4 | Simpson | F |
| LAW 560*/001 | Property | 4 | Schneider | W |
| UP 513 | Legal Aspects of the Planning Process | 3 | Norton | F |
| *Law 560 Property open to 1st yr. Law students only. | ||||
| Course # | Title | Credits | Instructor | Sem |
| LHC 482 582 |
Real Estate Law | 3 | Oswald | W |
| LAW 735 | Land Use Planning and Control | 3 | W (?) | |
4. Real estate in the urban development context
(at least 3 credits):
| Course # | Title | Credits | Instructor | Sem |
| UP 519 Arch 519 |
Theories of Urban Design | 3 | Larsen | F |
| UP 520 | Urban Land Use Planning | 3 | Kahan | W |
| UP 523 | Regional Planning | 3 | Not offered F08/W09 | |
| UP 532 | Sustainable Development: Resolving Economic + Environmental Conflicts | 3 | Norton | W |
| UP 537 | Housing Policy & Economics | 3 | Not offered F08/W09 | |
| UP 538 | Economic Development Planning | 3 | Manning Thomas | F |
| UP 568 | Real Estate and Urban Development | 3 | Not offered F08/W09 | |
| UD 723 | Methodologies of Urban Design | 3 | Strickland | W |
| UP 573 | Urban and Regional Theory | 3 | Not offered F08/W09 |
5. Design and implementation
(at least 3 credits):
6. The integrative seminar
(2 credits):
| Course # | Title | Credits | Instructor | Sem |
| UP 564 |
Seminar in Real Estate Development | 2 | Bergman/ Leinberger | W |
A final survey seminar regarding the various walkable urbanism approaches to real estate development, including downtown revitalization, conservation development, New Urbanism, etc. It will also review the history of conventional development, progressive project financing, and public policy such as smart growth and regionalism.
S = Courses offered summer 2008
F = Courses offered fall 2008
W = Courses offered winter 2009