First Year

4 units          GSD 5204        Real Estate Development and Finance
4 units          GSD 5495        Market Analysis and Urban Economics (offered Spring 2019)
4 units          GSD 5103*      Public and Private Development (offered Spring 2019)
4 units          GSD 5434*      Creating Real Estate Ventures: a Legal Perspective (offered Spring 2019)
4 units          GSD 5405**   Global Leadership in Real Estate and Design (not offered in 2018/19)
4 units          GSD 5431**    Form + Finance: The Design of Real Estate
16 units        Electives***

*Students must take either 5103 or 5434 to fulfill a course requirement.
**Students must take either 5405 or 5431 to fulfill a course requirement.
***5405 and 5431 are offered in alternate academic years. First and second year elective units may vary depending on when this course requirement is fulfilled.

Second Year

Three Semester Track:
16 units        Electives***

Or

Four Semester Thesis Track:
16 units        Electives***
8 units          GSD 9304        Independent Thesis for the Degree Master in Design Studies

Suggested Electives for Real Estate and the Built Environment

SES-5206  Land Use and Environmental Law
SES-5212  Field Studies in Real Estate
SES-5215 Analytic Methods of Urban Planning: Quantitative
SES-5216 Analytic Methods of Urban Planning: Qualitative
SES-5275  Advanced Real Estate Development and Finance
SES-5276  Real Estate Enterprises, Entrepreneurship and Leadership
SES-5304  Transportation Planning and Development (not offered in 2018/19)
SES-5326  Housing and Urbanization in the United States
SES-5364  Sustainable Real Estate
SES-5370  Environment, Economics, and Enterprise
SES-5490  Affordable and Mixed-Income Housing Development, Finance, and Management
SES-5502  Urban Governance and the Politics of Planning in the Developing World (not offered in 2018/19)
PRO-7420 Innovation in Project Delivery
ADV-9127  Real Estate and City Making in China