Students will be prepared for real estate careers with a flexible, hands-on curriculum that leverages complementarities between non-real estate business electives and dedicated real estate courses.
Description
The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Real Estate Finance Program provides specialized skill sets for students wishing to work in real estate finance and development. The degree signals to potential employers that the graduate is ready to perform complex tasks involving real estate finance, economics and state-of-the-art computer modeling.
Requirements
The Program is available only to current Marshall and Leventhal undergraduates who have attained sophomore standing and have completed at least one semester in residence at USC.
Students must complete FBE 391 (Real Estate Finance and Investments) prior to declaring the Emphasis. The Emphasis requires completion of at least sixteen (16) units of real estate finance upper division coursework. Additional details are available in the catalogue.
Please note that students can only declare one Emphasis.
Emphasis Faculty Advisor
Professor Selale Tuzel
Email Address: tuzel@marshall.usc.edu
Recommended Coursework
Required Course (4 units)
FBE 391 Real Estate Finance and Investment Units: 4
Electives (12 units)
A minimum of 8 units must come from the Real Estate Finance Electives list. The sum of units from Real Estate Finance Electives and Non-Real Estate Electives must total at least 12.
Real Estate Finance Electives: 8-12 units
- FBE 427 Real Estate Law Units: 4 ***
- FBE 465 Real Estate Analysis and Computer Modeling Units: 2 ***
- FBE 466 Management of Real Estate Development: Feasibility Studies Units: 4 ***
- FBE 467 Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) Analysis Units: 4***
- FBE 470 Advanced Real Estate Analysis Units: 4 ***
- FBE 489 Real Estate Capital Markets Units: 4 ***
- FBE 491 Real Estate Finance Colloquium Units: 2 ***
Non-Real Estate Electives: 0-4 units
- BAEP 423 Management of Small Businesses Units: 4
- DSO 455 Project Management Units: 4
- FBE 421 Financial Analysis and Valuation Units: 4 ***
- FBE 423 Introduction to Venture Capital and Private Equity Units: 4 ***
- FBE 435 Applied Finance in Fixed Income Securities Units: 4 ***
- FBE 437 Entrepreneurial Finance: Financial Management for Developing Firms Units: 4 ***
- FBE 441 Investments Units: 4 ***
- FBE 459 Financial Derivatives Units: 4 ***
- MOR 469 Negotiation and Persuasion Units: 4
***Prerequisites required. Plan carefully.
Emphasis Workshop Slide Deck
View the Spring 2024 emphasis workshop slide deck here