Undergraduate Minor

The Minor in Real Estate prepares students for careers related to hospitality and commercial real estate including investment acquisition, appraisal, asset management, brokerage, consulting, development, market analysis, and mortgage lending.

The minor, which is administered by The School of Hospitality Business, is available as an elective to students who are enrolled in bachelor’s programs at Michigan State University. With the approval of the department or school and college that administers the student’s degree program, courses that are used to satisfy the requirements for the minor may also be used to satisfy the requirements for the bachelor’s degree program.

Admission

Enrollment in the minor is limited, and admission to the minor is competitive. Admission is based primarily on the cumulative grade-point average and grades in the core courses listed below. Academic and non-academic factors and experiences will also be considered. Minimum criteria for admission to the minor are:

1.	Completion of 28 credits.
2.	One of the following courses (3 credits):
	ACC	201	Principles of Financial Accounting						3
	ACC	230	Survey of Accounting Concepts						3
3.	The following course (3 credits):
	EC	201	Introduction to Microeconomics						3

Requirements for the Minor in Real Estate

1.	One of the following courses (3 credits):
	HB	273	Hospitality Business Analytics						3
	ITM	209	Business Analytics and Information Systems						3
2.	One of the following courses (3 credits):
	FI	311	Financial Management						3
	FI	320	Introduction to Finance						3
	HB	311	Hospitality Finance						3
3.	One of the following courses (1 or 3 credits):
	FI	355	Financial Modeling						3
	HB	472	Real Estate Financial Modeling						1
4.	All of the following courses (9 credits):
	HB	282	Real Estate Principles						3
	HB	470	Real Estate Asset Management						3
	HB	474	Real Estate Valuation						3