REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT

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):
Course # Title Credits Instructor Sem
Arch 589 Site Planning 3   W
BA 605/ NRE 605/ Arch 507 Green Development 3 Hoffman W
UP 527 Infrastructure 3   Not offered F08/W09
UD 729 Practices of Urban Design 3 McCullough W
CEE 431 Construction Contracting 4 Ioannou

F/W

CEE 532 Construction Mgmt. & Project Engineering 3 Everett W
UD 712 Urban Design Studio I **MUD students only 6 McCullough S
NRE 533 Negotiation Skills in Environmental Dispute Resolution 3
1st 7 weeks
  W
NRE 587 Landscape Env. Media 4 Diamond F
NRE 687 Landscape Analysis and Planning 4 Ellis W
NRE 576 /UP576 Ecological Design Approaches to Brownfield Redevelopment 3 Nassauer Not offered F08/W09
PUBPOL 756 Local Government, Opportunity for Activism 3 Heiftje F

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

 


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