Real Estate
The vision of the real estate program at SDSU is to create a ready-day-one educational program for students who aspire to become future leaders and professionals within the multifaceted real estate industry.
This vision and the changing nature of today's real estate market require that graduates receive a complete education that provides both breadth and depth in this field. Students in real estate receive a solid foundation in business and real estate through a core business curriculum combined with courses in real estate finance, law, development, investment and valuation. Graduates will also be prepared to continue learning, provide leadership, and contribute to communities and a variety of organizations, large and small, public and private as a result of their total degree program experience.
SDSU's program in real estate provides students with analytical skills and technical competence to perform market and project analyses, and an understanding of the tools necessary to perform in today's complex real estate industry. This means graduates should be prepared to make an impact/contribution to any real estate organization from their first day of employment. Graduates that select applicable courses should have most of the requirements underway to attain a real estate broker's license. SDSU's real estate program recognizes the ever-changing real estate environment and prepares majors for diverse opportunities in development, finance, brokerage, property and asset management, appraisal, mortgage banking and corporate real estate, even in times of economic uncertainty.
Business Administration, with an Emphasis in Real Estate: 2026-2027 Curriculum
Courses in preparation for the major may not be taken for Credit/No Credit (Cr/NC), and students must earn a minimum grade of C in each course. Students must also meet additional academic progress requirements before being admitted to the upper-division major.
- ACCTG 201: Financial Accounting
- ACCTG 202: Managerial Accounting
- ECON 101: Principles of Economics (Macro)
- ECON 102: Principles of Economics (Micro)
- FIN 240: Legal Environment of Business
- MIS 180: Principles of Information Systems
- RWS 290: Business Writing and Rhetoric
- MATH 120: Calculus for Business Analysis (or an approved calculus course)
- STAT 119: Elementary Statistics for Business or Statistical Methods (or ECON 201: Statistical Methods)
You must have a 2.0 average or better in the courses listed below in order to graduate. Other requirements for the degree can be found in the SDSU Catalog and in your degree evaluation. Official requirements are based upon catalog copy and issued by the Office of the Registrar: https://registrar.sdsu.edu/.
A minimum 2.0 major GPA is required, based on all upper-division courses attempted in the major.
- BA 300: Ethical Decision Making in Business (1-unit)
- BA 305: Career and Professional Readiness (i-unit)
- BA 310: Foundations of Business in a Global
Environment (1-unit) - BA 323: Fundamentals of Finance
- BA 350: Management and Organizational Behavior
- BA 360: Introduction to Operations and Supply Chain Management
- BA 370: Marketing
- FIN 331: Real Estate Principles
- FIN 333: Law of Real Property
- FIN 431: Real Estate Finance
- FIN 433: Theory of Real Property Value
- FIN 435: Real Estate Investment Analysis
- FIN 300-599 Electives (9 units total)
Current Students: Degree requirements may vary by catalog year. For requirements specific to your program and catalog year, review your key academic planning resources, including your degree evaluation in my.SDSU, the Degree Roadmaps, and the University Catalog.
To stay on track for graduation, students are encouraged to meet with an academic advisor in the Center for Student Success at least once per semester. The Center is located in Lamden Hall 419 and can be reached at [email protected].
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