Real Estate Studies - COMMF13584
Stream Summary
Faculty: COMM - UNSW Business School
School: School of Economics
Contact: UNSW Business School Student Centre
Program: 3584 - Commerce / Information Systems
Award(s):
Bachelor of Commerce (Major)
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Stream Outline
Real Estate Studies is offered as an undergraduate major by the UNSW Business School for students enrolled in commerce or economics degrees. The major is designed for students who would like to work in real estate investment management or research, in public policy, or more generally in the financial or corporate sectors. It aims to develop specialist economic/finance knowledge in the area of real estate and particularly complements studies in accounting, finance, financial economics, and economics.
Stream Structure
- A major in Real Estate Studies consists of 8 courses (48 UOC). Seven (7) of these courses are specified. In addition, students are required to take one Level 3 course from the list of Level 3 Elective courses to complete the requirement for three Level 3 courses in a major.
- A minor in Real Estate Studies consists of 5 courses (30 UOC), containing ECON1202 and four of the Compulsory Level 2 or 3 courses. The minor does not form part of the nominated major.
- ECON1202 Quantitative Analysis (6 UOC)
- BLDG4018 Building Appraisal & Land Econ (6 UOC)
- ECON2101 Microeconomics 2 (6 UOC)
- ECON3130 Real Estate Economics (6 UOC)
- FINS2624 Portfolio Mgmt (6 UOC)
- FINS3633 Real Estate Finance (6 UOC)
- TABL2792 Real Property Law (6 UOC)
Students are required to take one of the following electives:
If a student takes this major as one of two majors in their degree, and the two majors have courses in common, the options are:
1. A student may be permitted to have one common course (6 UOC) counted towards each major sequence.
2. Where the two majors have more than one course in common, those additional courses may only count towards one major.
3. If a student chooses to count such a course towards the other major, students will be required to complete an additional elective of the same Level or above, from the list of Level 3 electives above or one of the Level 2 electives below.
Elective Level 2 courses
Only where a compulsory Level 1 or 2 course counts towards another major:
- ECON2102 Macroeconomics 2 (6 UOC)
- ECON2206 Introductory Econometrics (6 UOC)
- ECON2209 Business Forecasting (6 UOC)
- FINS1612 Capital Markets & Institution (6 UOC)
Honours
Further information
Students are advised to follow requirements according to the year they commenced. Please refer to previous editions of the Online Handbook for your program requirements.
Contact the UNSW Business School Student Centre for advice.
tel: + 61 2 9385 3189
location: Level 1, room 1028, Quadrangle Building
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