4. Real estate is interesting and important
• Half the world’s wealth is in real estate
• One-third of the U.S. GDP is real estate-related
• Real estate is an input to production in virtually all goods
and services
• Real estate is concrete, immediate, beautiful,
architecturally-significant, and can generate enormous
wealth for investors
• Real estate careers are possible for people who are
analytical, who are people-people, for entrepreneurs, for
those looking for finance type work, for those interested
in public service
5. Brand new program
• You will be the very first cohort
• We plan to be the very best program
in Canada
• We strive to strike a balance
between theory and application and
to prepare students for careers as
real estate professionals
• Program developed based on
industry input
• We have 17 scholarships of $5,000
each from industry donations
6. Major in
Real Estate Management
• Will follow the established
TRSBM curriculum framework
– 13 courses in real estate
management
– 17 courses in business
– 6 liberal studies courses
– 6 professionally-related
courses
• Will include a summer
internship or a co-op program
after 3rd year
7. Required real estate courses for
major in Real Estate Management
• Of the 13 real estate courses, 7 are required
1. Introduction to real estate management
2. Real estate finance I
3. Real estate development
4. Real estate law I
5. Real estate economics 1
6. Sustainability in real estate
7. Real estate management project capstone
8. • 6 courses are chosen by the student from the list below
1. Housing and construction management
2. Real estate law II
3. Real estate finance II
4. Real estate economics II
5. Real estate strategic management
6. Real estate appraisal
7. Geography location theory
8. Geographic information systems
9. Demographics (in Geography department)
Required real estate courses for
major in Real Estate Management
9. • Large and active student club
• Networking events
• Property tours
• Guest speakers from industry
• Case competition
– 2014 First Place at the SURE Challenge
• Many scholarship opportunities
• Internships and/or co-ops after third year
Student Life
10. Next Speakers
• Alethia Davis, TRSM Career Centre
• Eric Tam from the Real Estate Ryerson
student club
