Real Estate (Minor)
Students interested in real estate may consider pursuing the minor in Real Estate that is offered through a partnership between the Finance Department and Notre Dame’s Fitzgerald Institute for Real Estate. This multidisciplinary minor, which is open to all university undergraduates, provides an opportunity to study real estate using tools from multiple disciplines, including business, finance, architecture, engineering, and the social sciences.
Course offerings include opportunities to explore topics such as real estate development, investment and private equity, placemaking, international real estate capital markets, affordable housing, and the unique challenges and opportunities associated with church properties. In addition, students in the Real Estate minor may access FIRE Ignite, FIRE’s’s accelerator for students pursuing real estate careers.The goal of FIRE Ignite is to provide Notre Dame students with the additional technical training, and experiential opportunities, and professional development to better prepare for a full-time position in the real estate industry. Representing all undergraduate colleges at the University of Notre Dame, approximately one-third of students in the Real Estate minor choose to pursue a full time role in real estate upon graduation.
Applications for the minor open each fall and spring. For more information please visit realestate.nd.edu.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| The program’s 15 required credit hours consist of: | ||
| RE 20700/FIN 30700 | Real Estate Fundamentals | 3 |
| Real Estate Finance (Select one of the following depending on students college and major) | 3 | |
| Foundations of Real Estate Finance (Intended for Non-Business students) | ||
or RE 30710 | Real Estate Valuation and Investment | |
or RE 30730 | Real Estate Capital Markets | |
or RE 30740 | Real Estate Finance | |
| Real Estate Electives 1 | 9 | |
| Total Hours | 15 | |
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At least 3 of the elective credits must be taken outside the Mendoza College of Business. These courses equip students with the tools and training to explore career paths in real estate finance, including public and private equity real estate investments and real estate development.