Real Estate Curriculum
Below is the current course catalog information. To view more information and an overview visit the course section in the catalog.
The Real Estate Major
Preparation for the Major
Lower-division requirements for the major are the completion of the following courses with a grade point average of 2.0 or better with no grade below C-. Transfer course must be C or better.
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| ACCT 201 | Principles of Financial Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT 202 | Principles of Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| ECON 101 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3-4 |
| ECON 102 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ECON 216 | Statistics for Business and Economics | 1-4 |
| or ECON 217 | Applied Regression Analysis | |
ECON 217 is restricted to incoming transfer students and must receive pre-approval | ||
| ITMG 100 | Information Systems | 3 |
| MATH 130 | Survey of Calculus | 3 |
| or MATH 150 | Calculus I | |
| Total Units | 19-23 | |
Major Requirements
Students majoring in real estate must satisfy the USD core curriculum requirements as set forth in this catalog, lower-division requirements for the major, the Professional Development Passport Program and all of the following major requirements:
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Business Core | ||
| DSCI 300 | Prescriptive Business Analytics | 3 |
| DSCI 303 | Operations Management | 3 |
| ETLW 302 | Business and Society | 3 |
| or PHIL 332 | Business Ethics | |
| ETLW 311 | Business Law I | 3 |
| FINA 300 | Financial Management | 3 |
| MGMT 300 | Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| MGMT 490 | Strategic Management | 3 |
| MKTG 300 | Fundamentals of Marketing | 3 |
| or MKTG 303 | Fundamentals of Marketing Abroad | |
| Business Core Total Units | 24 | |
| Required Courses 1 | ||
| REAL 320 | Principles of Real Estate | 3 |
| REAL 327 | Legal Aspects of Real Estate | 3 |
| REAL 325 | Financing Residential Real Estate | 3 |
| or REAL 326 | Commercial RE Fin & Investment | |
| Required Courses Total Units | 9 | |
| Elective Courses 2 | ||
| Select two of the following courses: | 6 | |
| Real Estate Market Analysis | ||
| Financing Residential Real Estate | ||
| Commercial RE Fin & Investment | ||
| Commercial Real Estate Valuation | ||
| Real Estate Development | ||
| Special Topics | ||
| Internship | ||
| Elective Courses Total Units | 6 | |
| Total Units | 39 | |
| 1 | It is strongly recommended that a real estate major take REAL 320 Principles of Real Estate before other upper-division required or elective real estate courses. |
| 2 | A course taken to satisfy the major's upper-division required course component may not be counted toward the major's upper-division elective component. |
The real estate major requires a minimum of 24 upper-division units in the major be completed at USD.
Below is the current course catalog information. To view more information and an overview of the major visit the course section in the catalog.
Minor Requirements
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Required Lower-Division Courses | ||
| ACCT 201 | Principles of Financial Accounting | 3 |
| ECON 101 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3-4 |
| Required Upper-Division Courses | ||
| REAL 320 | Principles of Real Estate | 3 |
| REAL 327 | Legal Aspects of Real Estate | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Financing Residential Real Estate | ||
| Commercial RE Fin & Investment | ||
| Real Estate Development | ||
| Elective Courses | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Real Estate Market Analysis | ||
| Financing Residential Real Estate | ||
| Commercial RE Fin & Investment | ||
| Commercial Real Estate Valuation | ||
| Special Topics | ||
| Total Units | 18-19 | |
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