Program Prerequisites

Credit or registration for one of the following is required at the time of application:

• Business students: FIN 357
• Non-business students: FIN 320F

NOTE: ECO 301 or the equivalent (ECO 304K and ECO 304L) is strongly recommended for non-business students. The program’s required coursework will build upon the economic principles taught in this(these) course(s).

Program Requirements

The Texas URE program requires six distinct courses totaling 18 semester hours. The coursework synthesizes multiple disciplines to provide a comprehensive real estate education. The requirements are divided into three categories as follows:

• CATEGORY A (6 Hours)

  Course Number	Description
  RE 358	Introduction to Real Estate and Urban Land Development
  RE 378K	RE 378K Real Estate Finance and Syndication

• CATEGORY B (3 Hours) - Choose 1

  Course Number	Description
  RE 376G	Real Estate Investments
  LEB 363	Real Estate Law

• CATEGORY C (9 Hours) - Choose 3
  

  Course Number	Description
  ACC 326*	Intermediate Financial Accounting OR
  ACC 378	Topics in Real Estate Accounting
  ARC 308	Architecture and Society
  ARC 318K	Survey I: World Architecture: Origins to 1750
  ARC 318L	World Architecture: Industrial Revolution to Present
  ARC 350R	A.R.E.A.-ER: Alternative Real Estate Action: Experiential Research
  ARC 350R	2-American Dream: Status Quo/Alternatives
  ARC 350R	Garden City to New Community
  ARC 350R	Case Studies: Concept to Construction
  ARC 350R	Global Housing Challenge
  ARC 350R	Regenerative Architecture
  ARC 350R	Urban Design/History/Criticism
  ARC 350R	Urban Landscapes and Place Making
  ARC 350R	City as Form and Idea in Europe and the US
  ARC 350R	Housing and Culture in the US
  ARC 350R	Urban Housing
  ARC 350R	20th & 21st Century Designers
  ARC 368R	History and Theories of Landscape Architecture I
  ARC 368R	History and Theories of Landscape Architecture II
  ARE 3323K	Project Management and Economics
  ARE 358	Cost Estimating in Construction
  ARE 366	Contracts, Liability and Ethics
  CE 377K	Building Information Modeling
  CRP 369K	Principles of Planning
  ECO 330T	Topics in Urban and Regional Economics
  ECO 334K	Urban Economics
  ECO 334L	Regional Economics
  FIN 377.3*	Financial Analysts Program (FAP) REIT Fund
  GRG 310C	Spatial Data and Analysis
  GRG 360G	Environmental Geographic Information Systems
  GRG 337	The Modern American City
  GRG 356T	The Culture of Cities
  LEB 363**	Real Estate Law
  RE 376G**	Real Estate Investments
  CRP 369K	Principles of Planning
  URB 301	Introduction to Urban Studies
  URB 305	Experiencing the City

  • *Restricted to finance majors only.
  • **Finance majors cannot count these courses toward Category C (9 hours of electives) requirement. Non-business students can receive only 3 hours toward the program's required 18 hours for this course; it cannot be counted twice for credit in categories B & C.

More Information

The courses necessary to obtain the Texas URE certification may have additional prerequisites and admission to the program is required as a condition of enrollment in some courses. It typically requires three long semesters to complete the 18 hours of real estate certificate classes due to availability and sequencing.

Credit/registration for either FIN 320F or FIN 357 is required at the time of application. Once accepted to the program, non-finance students may request access to add RE 358 and take both courses concurrently. However, if the finance course is dropped, enrollment in RE 358 must also be withdrawn.

Curriculum Schedule & Planning

At this time, the program's prerequisite courses are offered every semester, during the summer and also online through University Extension. RE 358 is currently offered each fall and spring, RE 378K is offered only in spring, LEB 363 is offered only in spring and RE 376G is offered only in the fall. RE 358, RE 378K, LEB 363 and RE 376G are not offered in the summer.