University

Santa Clara University

Bachelor of Finance with a Real Estate Minor

Program overview

The real estate minor offers undergraduate students from various academic backgrounds opportunities to cultivate essential skills, empowering them to establish and guide real estate enterprises in addressing these challenges.

Last updated: May 1, 2024

Academic Information

Degree offered

Bachelor of Finance with a Real Estate Minor

Length of program

Between sophomore-junior year

Mode of learning

On Campus

Unique real estate academic features

The Real Estate minor enables undergraduate students from diverse academic backgrounds to cultivate essential skills, empowering them to contribute to, establish, and lead real estate enterprises. Drawing from numerous disciplines, this multidisciplinary field encompasses the financing, acquisition, development, and ongoing management of real estate. The curriculum is tailored to offer students across various disciplines, both within and outside the business school, the chance to discover how to apply their academic expertise to the realm of real estate.

Courses and disciplines/concentrations offered

Core Course:

Real Estate Principles

At least one course from:

Introduction to Real Estate Transactions
Real Estate Development

Primary Elective List:

Real Estate Finance
Real Estate Law
Real Estate Economics
Introduction to GIS
Urban and Environmental Planning
Introduction to Construction Management
Design for Sustainable Construction / Sustainable Real Estate

Secondary Elective List:

Engineering Project Management
Entrepreneurial Finance
Data Science with Python
Predictive Analytics
Applied Machine Learning
Social Media Analytics
Sustainability Marketing

Real Estate Extracurricular Opportunities

Notable traditions & events

Location of Innovation-a real estate symposium
Speaker Series Events

Real estate extracurricular activities available

Property Tour & Association Social
Career Fair Prep
Career Fair

Networking opportunities

SCU Real Estate Association

Recruiting

General info on roles students fill after graduation

Capital Markets: Investment Sales, Debt/Equity
Investment
Development & Investment
Leasing Brokerage
Research
Operations: Property Management, Project Management, Program Management, Construction Management

Magnify
Master Properties
Marcus & Millichap
Matthews Real Estate Investment Services
McCandless Management
McCarthy Ranch
Newmark
Nordic Partners
Northmarq
Oak Street RE Capital
Oaktree Capital Management
PCCP
PGIM
PwC
Raise Commercial Real Estate
Sares|Regis
Saratoga Capital
Savills
Shorenstein
Sodexo
Stanford LBRE
Tilden Properties
Walker & Dunlop
Wells Fargo

Common employers

11 Capital
Acacia Capital
Andersen
Avalon Group
Avison Young
Blackstone
Brixton Capital
CBRE – Multiple Divisions
Cochran Booth
Cushman & Wakefield
Eastdil Secured
EQ Office
Ewing & Clark
First Hawaiian Bank
Fortify Holdings
Fortress Investments
Gantry
Gemini Rosemont
Goldman Sachs
HP Investors
Institutional Property Advisors
JLL – Multiple Divisions
JNR Management
JPMorgan Chas
KeyBank
Kroll
Lyon Stahl

Faculty and Research

Faculty & Staff for the Program

See full list here.

Distinguished real estate faculty members or research areas

Elyas Fermand

Faculty Director-SCU Real Estate Institute & Assistant Professor-Finance

Matt DiNapoli

Professor, SCU Advisory Board & President/CEO-Dinapoli Capital Partners

Jim Whelan

Advisory Board Member, Professor

Alumni Support

Successful real estate alumni

Carrick Young

Director-Cushman & Wakefield

Marko Buljan

Associate VP-Commercial Real Estate-Matthews Real Estate Investment Service

Gina Blancarte

District Vice President-Women's Council of REALTORS

Real estate alumni networks and associations

Real Estate Alumni Community

Financial Information

Tuition fees

60,639

Financial aid

Available.

Scholarships

Available.

General information

Where is the program housed on campus?

738 Franklin Street Santa Clara, CA 95053, USA

State of the art Facilities

Santa Clara is a world-class institution with the infrastructure to support it. From cutting-edge research laboratories to contemplative spaces for quiet reflection. The 50+ buildings on campus include the Mission Santa Clara de Asis, 10 residence halls, a spacious library/learning commons, the Center of Performing Arts, a 2,200 square-foot television studio, state-of-the-art classrooms, the de Saisset Museum, and extensive athletic facilities.