Real Estate and the Built Environment – Required Courses 2019
For students entering Fall 2019
First Year
4 units GSD 5204 Real Estate Development and Finance (offered Fall 2019)
4 units GSD 5495 Market Analysis and Urban Economics (offered Fall 2019)
4 units GSD 5103* Public and Private Development (offered Spring 2020)
4 units GSD 5434* Creating Real Estate Ventures: a Legal Perspective (offered Spring 2020)
4 units GSD 5405** Urban Mixed-Use Development in Paris, France & Regeneration Project in Boston, MA (offered Spring 2020)
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
Coursework Track:
16 units Electives***
Or
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-5203 Markets and Market Failures
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-5326 Housing and Urbanization in the United States
SES-5364 Sustainable Real Estate (not offered in 2019/20)
SES-5370 Environment, Economics, and Enterprise
SES-5383 Developing for Social Impact (not offered in 2019/20)
SES-5490 Affordable and Mixed-Income Housing Development, Finance, and Management (not offered in 2019/20)
SES-5502 Urban Governance and the Politics of Planning in the Developing World
PRO-7420 Innovation in Project Delivery
ADV-9127 Real Estate and City Making in China