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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Real Estate and Urban Development Minor

The Real Estate and Urban Development Minor will introduce undergraduate students to Real Estate and Urban Development as an academic area of inquiry, as well as a possible pathway to SUNY’s only graduate Real Estate Development M.S., offered by the Department of Urban and Regional Planning .

Admission Requirements

Minimum UB GPA of 2.50

Course Requirements

Core Requirements (9 credits)

Two of the following:

Three Upper Division Electives (9 credits)

Total credits required for minor: 18

Total Credit Hours Required represents the minimum credits needed to complete this program, and may vary based on a number of circumstances. This chart should not be used for financial aid purposes.

Academic Requirements

Minimum UB GPA of 2.50. 

Learning Outcomes

  1. Communication Skills: Argue a point persuasively in written, oral, or visual presentation form.
  2. Problem Solving: Analyze complicated real estate, finance and urban development issues using environmental design tools, theories, and evidence, complemented by the ability to recommend solutions and implementation plans.
  3. Critical Thinking: Understand the planning, design, finance and urban development framework underlying successful real estate projects.
  4. Integrative Understanding: Integrate and coordinate real estate concepts through the lens of environmental design, planning, finance and urban development. Direct assessment will be embedded in selected instructional modules.