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Real Estate at Penn Design

The Certificate in Real Estate Design & Development is currently open only to masters students already enrolled at the School of Design, in either Architecture, Historic Preservation, Landscape Architecture, or City Planning. Students completing the required courses will receive a Certificate in Real Estate Design & Development in addition to their degree. The program includes courses in the School of Design and in the Wharton School.


To receive a Certificate in Real Estate Design & Development, a student is required:

1. To be formally accepted into the program. Deadline for admission is November 1 (see Joan Weston in PennDesign Admissions office). 2. To successfully complete 5 required courses.
  • FNCE 601 Financial Analysis (Fall, Spring & Summer)*
  • REAL 721, Real Estate Investment, Analysis & Finance (Fall & Spring), or CPLN 680 Real Estate Finance & Investment (Fall). **
  • REAL 804 Real Estate Law, Financing & Development (Fall & Spring)
  • ARCH 762 Design and Development (Spring)
  • ARCH 768 Real Estate Development (Spring)

* FNCE 601 is a prerequisite for REAL 721. Students who have taken micro- economics in college may substitute a course (e.g. ARCH 765 Project Management, REAL 724 Urban Real Estate Economics, CPLN 744 Public/Private Finance) with the permission of the program director.

** REAL 721 is a prerequisite for ARCH 768.



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