MA Real Estate - Courses

The Department of Accountancy, Finance and Real Estate coordinates the teaching of students on the four-year Scottish undergraduate MA Real Estate programme. In the first two years, students study introductory and intermediate courses in Real Estate, Finance, Statistics and Economics alongside courses chosen from other disciplines within the MA programme. In the final two years students are able to choose from a wide range of honours courses from Real Estate and related disciplines, and write a dissertation on a topic of their choice. The Real Estate degree is an excellent preparation for careers in surveying, commercial real estate, investment, management, valuation and development.

The details below are intended to give students a guide to the courses they would be studying on the single honours MA Real Estate programme. Joint honours students will need to add to this list courses from their other programme. To read what each course is about, click on the course code. The credits shown are Aberdeen credits (30 Aberdeen credits = 15 ECTS). Courses tagged C are compulsory. Courses tagged R are highly recommended. The Department's Teaching and Learning Convenor is Dr Rainer Schulz and the Examinations Officer is Dr Rainer Schulz. Dr Mark Whittington chairs the Staff-Student Liaison Committee.

First Year Courses

• EC 1006 THE ECONOMICS OF BUSINESS AND SOCIETY (15) (AZ KB) C
• EC 1505 THE GLOBAL ECONOMY (15) (HB HD) C
• PO 1002 FINANCE, RISK AND INVESTMENT (15) (NH JW ERB) C
• PO 1503 UNDERSTANDING PROPERTY (15) (NH) C
• plus four 15 credit courses of your choice

Second Year Courses

• PO 2005 LAND AND PROPERTY LAW (15) (Bain) C
• PO 2006 LAND AND PROPERTY ECONOMICS (15) (DS) C
• PO 2504 UNDERSTANDING STATISTICS (15) (DR) C
• PO 2505 PRINCIPLES OF PROPERTY VALUATION (15) (PET) C
• plus a further 60 credits of courses ♦

Third and Fourth Year Courses

* To enter single or joint honours in Real Estate in academic year 2012/13, students must have achieved at least 240 credits overall, including passes (marks of 9 or above) in the following courses (or earlier equivalents): EC1006 (15), PO1002 (15), EC1505 (15), PO1503 (15), PO2005 (15), PO2006 (15), PO2504 (15) and PO2505 (15).

♦ Students with direct entry to year 2 will need to include EC1006 (15), EC1505 (15).

* In addition to the normal requirements that honours students must achieve 240 credits overall at levels 3 and above, including at least 90 credits at level 4, single honours students need to ensure that they achieve 30 credits worth of non PO coded courses (excluding MS4032 Business Research Methods or MS3549 Research Methods for Business) at levels 3 or 4 to satisfy Enhanced Study requirements. The compulsory courses listed below provide 150 credits. Students may choose the remaining 90 credits from any level 3 and 4 AC, EC, PO and MS coded courses subject to meeting the above requirements.

Winter Semester 2012/13

Third Year Courses

• PO 3005 APPLIED VALUATION (30) (NH) C

Fourth Year Courses

• MS 4032 BUSINESS RESEARCH METHODS (30) (NM BD) ( C Level 4 students only 2012/13)
• PO 4007 REAL ESTATE PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT (30) (RS) C

Spring Semester 2012/13

Third Year Courses

• PO 3507 INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MARKET ANALYSIS (30) (LIU)
• PO 3508 REAL ESTATE CASE STUDY (15) (n/a) C
• MS 3549 RESEARCH METHODS FOR BUSINESS (15) (-) C (Level 3 students only 2012/13)
  

Fourth Year Courses

• PO 4506 DISSERTATION (30) (n/a) C

Winter Semester 2013/14

Third Year Courses

• PO 3005 APPLIED VALUATION (30) (NH) C

Fourth Year Courses

• PO 4006 DISSERTATION (30) (-) C* (*or PO4506)
• PO 4007 REAL ESTATE PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT (30) (RS) C

Spring Semester 2013/14

Third Year Courses

• PO 3507 INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MARKET ANALYSIS (30) (LIU)
• PO 3508 REAL ESTATE CASE STUDY (15) (-) C
• MS 3549 RESEARCH METHODS FOR BUSINESS (15) (-) C

Fourth Year Courses

• PO 4506 DISSERTATION (30) (-) C* (*or PO4006)
• PO 4507 REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT (30) (-) C