Real Estate - Minor

The Purpose

The Real Estate Minor will draw on courses from multiple academic units to prepare students to become leaders, value creators, and reflective practitioners in the real estate market. Real estate is broadly defined here. It includes all disciplines and areas of study that contribute to the creation, operation, management, and governance of the built environment as well as all property markets and firms. The core of the minor provides an education in and experience with the data and analytical tools and techniques involved in real estate analysis, real estate investment and land-use law. Students may selective electives that support their curiosity, provide practice with decision-making and help to build skills.

While administratively housed in the McIntire School of Commerce, the Real Estate Minor connects real estate courses among multiple schools at the University of Virginia through a coordinated and collective curriculum (and leadership structure). Within the minor, students begin with foundational courses supported by McIntire School of Commerce and the School of Architecture. Then, students have the ability to choose electives from course offerings in the School of Engineering & Applied Sciences, the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, the McIntire School of Commerce, the School of Architecture, and the College of Arts & Sciences among others.

Eligibility and Application Details

Current undergraduate students from any school who are in good academic standing and have completed or are currently enrolled in COMM 2700, Foundations of Real Estate Finance will be eligible to apply for admission. Students will be required to apply via an online application portal or curriculum vitae, short essays, an official transcript, and a minor plan of study. The application portal will be open during January and February of each year. All admission decisions will be communicated to students by mid-April so as to facilitate course enrollment. 

Further details can be found on the Real Estate Minors website.

Curriculum Requirements

The completion of the Real Estate minor requires a minimum of 15 credits unique to that minor. Courses may only be used to satisfy requirements for one major or minor within the Commerce School.