Graduate Minor in Real Estate
An option for any professional student at Cornell
Professional graduate students from any discipline at Cornell are invited to enroll in the Graduate Minor in Real Estate. The minor gives professional graduate students across the university the opportunity to take advantage of the wide variety of real estate courses offered by the Cornell Baker Program in Real Estate.
Upon successful completion of the required classes, the Graduate Minor in Real Estate designation will appear on students’ official Cornell transcript.
The Graduate Minor in Real Estate at Cornell University is fulfilled with a minimum of five courses, totaling a minimum of 15 credit hours. A minimum 3.0 GPA is required in the coursework completed for the minor.
HOW TO APPLY
Students declaring the Graduate Minor in Real Estate should complete this form: Graduate Real Estate Minor Application after completion of HADM 6200 Principles of Real Estate. Contact us at realestateminor@cornell.edu, in the Office of Student Services with questions.
REQUIRED COURSEWORK
MMH students must complete the following required courses totaling nine credits:
- HADM 6200 Principles of Real Estate (3 credits)
- HADM 7510 Properties Development and Planning (3 credits)
- HADM 6280 Real Estate Finance and Investments (3 credits) _OR HADM 6210 Hospitality Real Estate Finance
All other students must complete the following required courses totaling nine credits:
- HADM 6200 Principles of Real Estate (3 credits)
- CRP 5320 Real Estate Development Process I (1.5 credits) _AND_CRP 5321 Real Estate Development Process II (1.5 credits) _OR HADM 6255 Real Estate Development (3 credits)
- HADM 6280 Real Estate Finance and Investments (3 credits)_OR HADM 6210 Hospitality Real Estate Finance
ELECTIVE COURSEWORK
All students must take a minimum of three credits from each of the below categories. You may use six credits from the enrichment category to meet all elective requirements of the minor. Course enrollment may be subject to prerequisites. Course availability changes each semester and not all courses may be offered each semester. Approved elective courses include:
Enrichment Courses:
HADM 6570 Project Management for Real Estate Development
CRP 6560 Real Estate Transactions & Deal Structuring
HADM 6870 Real Estate Law
HADM 6271 Investment in Real Estate Securities and Funds
HADM 6205 Real Estate Financial Modeling
HADM 6500 Sustainable Development
HADM 6250 Securitization and Structured Financial Products
HADM 6520 Hospitality Asset Management
HADM 6255 Real Estate Development
NBA 5040 Real Estate Tax (Also listed as AEM 4534)
Complementary Courses:
CEE 5950 Construction Planning and Operations
CRP 5560 Creating the Built Environment
CRP 5561 Innovation and Strategy in Real Estate Development
CRP 5563 Real Estate Project Workshop
CRP 5590 Legal Aspects of Land Use Planning
CRP 6430 Affordable Housing Policy and Programs
CRP 6565 International Cases and Contracts
CRP 6580 Residential and Commercial Development
HADM 6020 Wellness and Spas
HADM 6033 Operations and Planning of Senior Living and Related Facilities
HADM 6070 Hospitality Operations and Consulting
HADM 6230 Real Estate Statistical Modeling
HADM 7510 Properties Development and Planning
NBA 5200 Retail Operations
NBA 6560 Valuation Principles
PAM 5740 Short Course in Fundamentals of Healthy Facility Planning for Managers
The Director of Graduate Studies for real estate approves all students’ course selections if not listed above.
*The Graduate Field of Real Estate at Cornell (the Field) is a committee of faculty members who teach and research in real estate or otherwise have an interest in advancing real estate education at Cornell. These individuals come from nearly all colleges on campus. The Field is responsible for the development and maintenance of curriculum for the Cornell Baker Program in Real Estate major and the Graduate Minor in Real Estate. The director of graduate studies serves as chair of the Field.