MS in Real Estate

Program Learning Outcomes

Goal 1: Ethics: Our graduates will possess effective, ethical and socially responsible critical-thinking, problem-solving and decision-making skills. Our students will:

1. Recognize and assess ethical dilemmas in business situations and pursue creative solutions with integrity, stewardship, courage, and compassion.
2. Evaluate the impact of business decisions on society at large, as well as their client and company, and take actions of mutual benefit.

1. Prepare and deliver presentations and reports that are clear, concise, and analytical, with appropriate use of visual aids.
2. Demonstrate effective leadership and interpersonal communication skills in a team setting.

1. Define key components of another country's business environment and give examples of how it differs from the domestic market.

1. Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of real estate investment and finance, including public and private equity and debt.
2. Deploy technical, quantitative, and software modeling skills to assess the value of real estate assets, deals, and transactions.
3. Perform site, public policy, market, financial, and construction analyses to propose and defend a real estate investment proposal.
4. Analyze a firm's financial statement to assess its financial health, performance, and future prospects including valuation methods and credit analysis.
5. Summarize and interpret common legal issues in commercial real estate.
6. Use appropriate tools to make effective real estate based asset investment decisions in analyzing securities and strategies for constructing portfolios.

1. Synthesize and successfully apply their real estate knowledge in a client-based project.

The assessment portfolio linked below contains the program's curriculum maps, rubrics, and other important assessment documents. The folder serves as a central location where program committee members can visit to keep track of assessment-related items and tasks.