Course Descriptions - Real Estate


Real Estate		Course Descriptions Main Menu Degrees and Certificates Offered

REA 100 : PRINCIPLES OF REAL ESTATE

(4 credits)

Examines practical applications of real estate principles. Includes a study of titles, estates, land descriptions, contracts, legal instruments, financing, and management of real estate. Lecture 4 hours per week.

REA 110 : REAL ESTATE SALES

(3 credits)

Focuses on the fundamentals of sales principles as they apply to real estate. Includes prospect, motives, needs, and abilities to buy real estate. Lecture 3 hours per week.

REA 215 : REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE

(3 credits)

Considers administrative principles and practices of real estate brokerage, financial control and marketing of real property. Lecture 3 hours per week.

REA 216 : REAL ESTATE APPRAISAL

(3 credits)

Explores fundamentals of real estate valuation. Introduces the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice and the Uniform Residential Appraisal Report formulations, working problems and reviewing actual appraisals. Includes the opportunities available in the appraisal field. Lecture 3 hours per week.

REA 217 : REAL ESTATE FINANCE

(3 credits)

Presents principles and practices of financing real estate. Analyzes various types of note contracts and mortgage and deed of trust instruments. Covers underwriting conventional and government insured and guaranteed loans. Lecture 3 hours per week.

REA 225 : REAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

(3 credits)

Introduces the field of property management. Focuses on the principles of tenant selection and retention, financial management, and building maintenance. Lecture 3 hours per week.

REA 245 : REAL ESTATE LAW

(3 credits)

Focuses on real estate law, including rights pertaining to property ownership and management, agency, contracts, transfers of real property ownership, fair housing, and tax implications. Lecture 3 hours per week.

REA 246 : REAL ESTATE ECONOMICS

(3 credits)

Examines the nature and classification of land economics, the development of property, construction and subdivision, economic values and real estate evaluation, real estate cycles and business fluctuations, residential market trends, rural property and special purpose property trends. Lecture 3 hours per week.


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