The Real Estate Finance and Investment concentration is designed for students with a career interest in one of the five specializations in real estate: management and operations; finance and transactions; urban planning and management of public sector enterprises; research, market analysis and decision support; or development and entrepreneurship.  

The concentration is composed of three courses, two of which are required for all students. For the third course, students choose an elective from a list of Economics, Finance, Marketing, Law, Public Policy, and Sociology courses. 
Required Courses

• REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT (RE 530) 
• REAL ESTATE FINANCE (RE 531)             

• REAL ESTATE MARKET ANALYSIS AND VALUATION (RE 533) 
• REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT II (RE 535) 
• REAL ESTATE SEMINAR (RE 596) 
• SPECIAL TOPIC: TOPICS IN REAL ESTATE (RE 798) 
• SPECIAL TOPIC: LEGAL ISSUES IN REAL ESTATE (BLW 798) 
• REGIONAL AND URBAN ECONOMICS (ECO 550) 
• SEGMENTATION AND TARGETING (MKT 529) 
• METROPOLITAN PLANNING WITH GEODEMOGRAPHIC SYSTEMS (MPS 571) 
• URBAN AND COMMUNITY ANALYSIS (MPS 573) 
• POLICIES AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (MPS 574) 
• URBAN SOCIOLOGY (SOC 420) 
• URBAN ANTHROPOLOGY (SOC 421) 
• SOCIOLOGY OF HOUSING (SOC 424) 

FOR JD/MBA ONLY

• ENVIRONMENTAL LAW (LAW 444) 
• REAL ESTATE FINANCE AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT (LAW 459) 
• HOUSING LAW (LAW 487) 
• LAND USE PLANNING (LAW 488)

See campusconnect.depaul.edu for information about the prerequisites for graduate courses.