What is real estate finance and investments?
The minor in real estate finance and investments will prepare you for a career in the real estate industry. It is designed to align with the real estate industry’s trends and demands and will provide you with exposure to many aspects of real estate, including investing, financing, appraisal, law, regulation, development, property management, and local and regional real estate rules and regulations.
Why minor in real estate finance and investments at UNH?
The minor in real estate finance and investments at UNH compliments just about any field of study that spans business, economics, hospitality, engineering, environmental sciences, community planning, and the liberal arts. In addition to preparing you for various high-demand careers in real estate, more generally, what you’ll learn is relevant to your individual life. The curriculum, comprised of one fundamental finance course and four real estate courses, is practice-oriented and will develop your analytical skills and problem-solving skills, especially as it pertains to finance, investments, and real estate. It also will prepare you for the New Hampshire real estate licensing exam. Co-curricular opportunities to shore up your classroom learning include networking events with local real estate professionals and internship experience for credit.
Curriculum & Requirements
The Minor in Real Estate Finance and Investments will prepare students from various backgrounds for a career in the real estate industry. The curriculum is practice-oriented and will develop students’ analytical and problem-solving skills, especially as pertains to finance and real estate. Further, the coursework and related training will enhance a students’ ability to communicate financial information. The Minor is designed to be aligned with the real estate industry’s trends and demands, and it will provide students with exposure to the many aspects of real estate, including investing, financing, appraisal, law, regulation, development, property management, and local and regional real estate rules and regulations.
Coursework for the minor provides students with the foundation required for more advanced study of real estate finance, including critical concepts of time value of money and capital budgeting. Required coursework is additionally aimed at preparing students for the New Hampshire real estate licensing exam and directly related to functional areas of the real estate industry (property development, law, and internship). Students select the final course to complete the minor from a list of approved elective courses offered in a variety of interest areas.
Real estate is relevant to individual lives and practically all aspects of our society. The Minor is intended for undergraduate students from all majors of UNH to develop a strong acumen of real estate finance. In addition, certain majors may have strong synergies with this course of study. This Minor can be particularly beneficial for students majoring in Business Administration, Hospitality Management, Economics, Geography, History, Sociology, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Community and Environmental Planning, and Environmental Sciences to gain valuable knowledge and skills and prepare them for their chosen career path, including in the real estate industry.
Minor Requirements
- Students must complete five courses for a total of 20 credits with a grade of C- or better and a 2.0 GPA.
- Students are responsible for checking and fulfilling any prerequisites for courses listed.
- No more than 8 credits used to satisfy Major requirements may be used for the Minor.
- No more than 8 credits may be from transfer coursework.
- Courses taken on a pass/fail basis may not be used for a Minor.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| ADMN 570 | Introduction to Financial Management | 4 |
| or FIN 501 | Survey of Finance | |
| or HMGT 655 | Hospitality Finance and Development | |
| FIN 608 | Real Estate Finance | 4 |
| CEP 672 | Fundamentals of Real Estate | 4 |
| FIN #620 | Topics in Finance I (Real Estate Development and Law) 1 | 4 |
| or FIN 695 | Real Estate Internship | |
| Select one additional course from the following: | 4 | |
FIN #620 | Topics in Finance I (Real Estate Development and Law) 1 | |
FIN 695 | Real Estate Internship | |
ACC 501 | Survey of Accounting | |
ADMN 502 | Financial Accounting | |
ECON 653 | Law and Economics | |
ECON 706 | Economics of Climate Change | |
HMGT 681 | Contemporary Resort Development and Management | |
HMGT 798 | Topics (Hospitality Asset and Financial Management) 1 | |
CEE 520 | Environmental Pollution and Protection: A Global Context | |
CEP 508 | Applied Community Development | |
CEP 673 | Green Real Estate | |
NR 784 | Sustainable Living - Global Perspectives | |
GEOG 405 | There Is No Planet B | |
GEOG 582 | Global Trade and Local Development | |
GEOG 591 | Making Maps: GIS Fundamentals | |
HIST 511 | History of New Hampshire | |
HIST 618 | American Environmental History | |
SOC 693 | Global Change and Social Sustainability | |
SOC 730 | Communities and the Environment | |
| Total Credits | 20 | |
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If a course is listed with "Topics" in the title, students must take the specified section of the course matching the title noted in parenthesis for the course to count towards the minor.
Students may petition to substitute one course on the list by a course of choice approved by the Minor Program Coordinator, provided that university policy for minors is followed.
