Wisconsin School of Business
Real Estate and Urban Land Economics
The undergraduate program in real estate provides concentrated course work in all aspects of the real estate enterprise. The program is nationally renowned for its ability to develop real estate professionals with superb analytical skills. Many of the graduates of the program go on to work as managers of and advisors to pension funds, insurance companies, real estate investment trusts, and investment banks. Other graduates of the program go on to take public and private industry jobs in real estate development, appraisal, corporate real estate asset management, and real estate analysis.
Requirements for the Major
To major in real estate and urban land economics, a student must take:
Real Est 306 The Real Estate Process, 3 cr
Real Est 312 Real Estate Law, 3 cr
Real Est 410 Real Estate Finance, 3 cr
Real Est 415 Valuation of Real Estate, 3 cr
Real Est 420 Urban and Regional Economics, 3 cr
Real Est 611 Residential Property Development, 3 cr
Students should take Real Estate 306 as early as possible, as it is a prerequisite for many other real estate courses.
Real Estate 312 should also be taken early, ideally the semester after Real Estate 306
Please note that the scheduling of Real Estate 312 occasionally conflicts with that of 420 in the spring semester.
It is strongly recommended that students take Real Estate 415 before Real Estate 410, or that 410 and 415 be taken concurrently.
Real Estate 611 should be taken after Real Estate 410 and 415.
Additional Courses
Undergraduate students are encouraged to take additional electives from among the following real estate and related courses within the School of Business. Electives are typically not offered every semester.
Real Estate Electives
Real Est 430 International Real Estate, 3 cr
Real Est 631 Computer Applications in Real Estate Analysis, 3 cr
Real Estate 641 Housing Economics, 3 cr
The Real Estate Department regularly offers innovative and cutting-edge electives under Real Estate 365. Students should check the Schedule of Classes every semester.
Related Courses
Finance 305 Financial Markets, Institutions and Economic Activity, 3 cr
Finance 320 Investments, 3 cr
OIM 578 Facilities Location Models, 3 cr
OIM 444 Economics of Transportation, 3 cr
Tran P U 478 Urban Transport Economics, 3 cr
Tran P U 641 Transportation in Economic Development, 3 cr
Recommended Non-Business Electives
Electives may also be selected outside the business-economics core from among a number of courses elsewhere in the university, which will provide greater professional awareness and more specialized tools.
Envir St 325 Analysis of the Physical Environment, 4 cr
Envir St 575 Assessment of Environmental Impact, 3 cr
BSE 371 Soil and Water Engineering, 3 cr
Land Arc 250 Survey of Landscape Architecture Design, 3 cr
Land Arc 451 Open Space Planning and Design, 2 cr
Soil Sci 301 General Soil Science, 4 cr
Soil Sci 315 Soil Science for Land Use Planning, 3 cr
Civ Engr 340 Structural Analysis I, 3 cr
Civ Engr 365 City Planning, 3 cr
Art Hist 368 American Architecture: the 19th Century, 3 cr
Art Hist 369 American Architecture: the 20th Century, 3 cr
Geog 377 An Introduction to Geographic Information Systems, 3 cr
Urb R Pl 305 Introduction to the City, 4 cr
Urb R Pl 463 Evolution of American Planning, 3 cr