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University of Maryland, College Park

Bachelor of Arts in Real Estate and the Built Environment

Program overview

The Bachelor of Arts in Real Estate and the Built Environment broadens the conventional, narrowly tailored business approach to real estate, finance, investment, and management. It equips students with comprehensive perspectives derived from the diverse array of disciplines that constitute contemporary real estate practice.

Last updated: May 13, 2024

School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation

3835 Campus Drive Building 145, Suite 1200 College Park, MD 20742, USA

2021

Academic Information

Degree offered

Bachelor of Arts in Real Estate and the Built Environment

Length of program

4 years

Number of Credits Required

120 credits

Mode of learning

On Campus

Unique real estate academic features

The Bachelor of Arts in Real Estate and the Built Environment presents a core curriculum aimed at familiarizing students with the intricacies of real estate and the built environment, supplemented by elective courses in associated fields. With a focus on transformative real estate practices, the program addresses challenges stemming from both individual and collective decisions concerning the built environment, encompassing issues such as social and environmental justice, climate change, and community identity and heritage. Covering a spectrum from construction methods and materials to politics and public policy, and from urban planning and design to transportation, building, and landscape architecture, this contemporary real estate development program embodies a multi-disciplinary approach.

Courses and disciplines/concentrations offered

Core Required Courses:

  • People, Planet, and Profit: Building Sustainable Places
  • Real Estate Development: Introduction to Principles, Process, and Practice
  • (Legal Foundations of Real Estate)
  • (Principles, Process and Politics of Planning for Real Estate Development)
  • Foundations of Real Estate Finance and Investment

Cognate Required Courses:

  • Tax and Accounting for Real Estate Development
  • Foundations of Accounting for Non Business Majors
  • Principles of Urban Design for Real Estate Professionals
  • Essentials of Architectural Design and Construction Management for Real Estate Professionals
  • Design in Practice
  • The Everyday and the American Environment
  • American Idols: Introducing Historic Preservation
  • The Sustainable City: Exploring Opportunities and Challenges
  • Diversity and the City

Culmination Required Courses:

  • Real Estate Case Studies
  • Real Estate Literature
  • Real Estate Critical Issues
  • Real Estate Case Study Competition
  • Special Topics in Real Property Development

Electives:

  • Public Policy and the Black Community
  • Sustainability
  • Material Aspects of American Life
  • Contemporary American Cultures
  • Houses, Schools, and Prisons in American Life
  • Design Thinking and Architecture
  • Elements and Principles of Architecture
  • History of World Architecture I
  • History of World Architecture II
  • History of American Architecture
  • History of Contemporary Architecture
  • Financial Statement Analysis
  • Foundations of Financial Management for Non Business Majors
  • Marketing Principles and Organization
  • Marketing and Innovation for Entrepreneurs
  • Banking and Financial Institutions
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Argumentation and Public Policy
  • Influence
  • Negotiation and Conflict Management
  • Principles of Microeconomics
  • Urban & Regional Economics: Issues and Policies
  • Introduction to Construction Project Management
  • Selection and Utilization of Construction Equipment
  • Legal Aspects of Architectural and Engineering Practice
  • Project Cost Accounting and Economics
  • Introduction to Environmental Law
  • Water: Science, Ethics, and Policy
  • State and Local Government
  • Introduction to Environmental Politics
  • Civil Discourse or Urban Riot: Why Cities Don’t (Often) Explode
  • Green Infrastructure and Community Greening
  • People and the Environment
  • Environmental Justice, Racism, and Environmental Health Disparities: How where you live can kill you
  • The Built Environment, Sustainability, and Public Health: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
  • Public Health in the City: Perspectives on Health in the Urban Environment
  • Innovation and Social Change: Creating Change for Good
  • Leading to Get Results
  • Advocacy in the American Political System

Real Estate Extracurricular Opportunities

Notable traditions & events

  • Lecture Series
  • ULI Student Design Competition
  • Colvin Case Study Challenge
  • NAIOP Capital Challenge
  • HUD Affordable Housing competition

Real estate extracurricular activities available

  • Site Visits
  • Social Events
  • Real Estate Development Career Services

Networking opportunities

  • The Real Estate Club
  • Society of Real Estate Development
  • Advisory Council
  • ULI/Hines Competition
  • The Colvin Institute of Real Estate Development
  • Women in Retail Real Estate (WIRRE)
  • Urban Land Institute
  • NAIOP
  • Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) DC
  • African American Real Estate Professionals D.C. Foundation
  • ARES American Real Estate Society

Recruiting

General info on roles students fill after graduation

  • Development
  • Project Management
  • Real Estate Consulting
  • Finance

Average salary post graduation

$52,091

 

  • The Bozzuto Group
  • Clark Realty Capital
  • Coldwell Banker Richard Ellis (CBRE)
  • The Dominion Group
  • Greenberg Gibbons
  • Federal Realty Investment Trust
  • The National Housing Trust

Common employers​

  • Jones Lang LaSalle
  • JBG
  • RCLCO
  • Somerset Development
  • First Potomac,
  • Peterson Companies
  • Roadside Development
  • Toll Brothers
  • Vornado Realty Trust/Charles E. Smith WC Smith

Faculty and Research

Faculty & Staff for the Program

Distinguished real estate faculty members or research areas

John Park

Assistant Professor-Real Estate Development

Marcus Ervin

Housing Acquisition Manager-Housing Opportunities Commission (HOC) of Montgomery County & Lecturer

Kathryn Burgess

Property Manager-J Street & Lecturer

Alumni Support

Successful real estate alumni

Ian Kelly

Chief Executive Officer-Carrollton Enterprises

Nyasha Mandima

New Business Manager at Enterprise Community Development

David Brotman

Real Estate Development Manager, Affordable Homes and Communities (AHC Inc.)

Real estate alumni networks and associations

  • MAPP+D Alumni Network Board

Accreditations and Rankings

Awards or recognition

  • UMD wins 2024 NAIOP Capital Challenge | School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation. (n.d.). https://arch.umd.edu/news-events/umd-wins-2024-naiop-capital-challenge
  • UMD Team wins NAIOP Regional Real Estate Competition | School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation. (n.d.). https://arch.umd.edu/news-events/umd-team-wins-naiop-regional-real-estate-competition

Financial Information

Tuition fees

Res. $30,885
Non Res. $59,686

Financial aid

Available.

Scholarships

Available.

General information

Where is the program housed on campus?

School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation
Real Estate Development Program
1243 Architecture Building
3835 Campus Drive
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742, USA

State of the art Facilities

A First Class Campus for a World Class University:

A campus that is first class, with state-of-the-art modern facilities to meet the needs of a dynamic world-class University. A campus with great aesthetic appeal, full of learning possibilities, reflecting our desire to protect the land, honor the traditions and historical roots, and contribute positively to the ecology and well-being of our community, the City of College Park, the State, and region. It sets forth a guide for building a green campus that is an appropriate and inspiring home to a great university, green in our pledge to excel in environmental stewardship and sustainability practices and green in the abundance of plants, trees, and open spaces that are a defining signature of the University of Maryland.

Campus Size

The University of Maryland, College Park is a public institution with a campus size of 1,347-acre.

Contact Information

Undergraduate Admissions

Mitchell Building 7999 Regents Dr. College Park, MD 20742, USA

(800) 422-5867

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