Undergraduate Certificate in Real Estate
The Real Estate Certificate is designed to offer business students the opportunity to complement their major field of study with an additional concentration in real estate. Students will take a coordinated series of courses and receive a certificate that signifies their knowledge in this area.

Students completing a Real Estate Certificate will have coursework in real estate finance, valuation and property development, as well as real estate law. With this background in addition to a major field, careers in mortgage banking and commercial real estate lending, commercial leasing and brokerage, appraisal and valuation, real estate investment analysis, and property development and management are available to students planning to focus on real estate issues.

To obtain the certificate, you must complete a minimum of 15 approved real estate credits while fulfilling all requirements of the baccalaureate degree. The certificate is open to all undergraduate business and non-business majors, and to students who have previously earned a bachelor's degree from UWM or any accredited college or university.

Required CoursesThe following courses* (15 credits) are required:

Bus Adm 380 Introduction to Real Estate Markets
Bus Adm 481 Real Estate Finance
Bus Adm 482 Valuation of Real Estate
Bus Adm 483 Property Development and Management

Bus Adm 484 Real Estate Law (3 cr) OR
Bus Adm 485 Environmental Issues In Real Estate

*Business students completing a real estate certificate may count six credits as part of their business elective requirements.

Non-Business MajorsNon-business majors are required to complete Macroeconomics, (Econ 104) in order to fulfill requirements for this certificate. It is also recommended that students complete Introduction to Financial Accounting (Bus Adm 201) and Principles of Finance (Bus Adm 350) prior to taking Real Estate Finance (Bus Adm 481), and Bus Adm 391 (Business Law 1) prior to enrolling in Bus Adm 484 (Real Estate Law).

Other RequirementsAll coursework required for the Real Estate Certificate must be completed with at least a 2.5 GPA in order to post the certificate on the transcript. At least half of the credits required for the certificate must be taken in residence at UWM. No courses may be taken on a credit/no credit basis.

Students interested in the certificate program should contact the Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business Undergraduate Student Services Center and make a formal declaration of their intentions. The office is located in Lubar Hall Room N297 (414-229-5271); the e-mail address is uwmbba@uwm.edu.


The UWM-Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business makes every effort to ensure that the information on this page is accurate and up-to-date. However, it is the student's responsibility to verify all program requirements with an academic advisor in the Student Services Center.