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Single degree program(s) in which this specialisation is available:

Bachelor of Commerce - BCom3502 - Commerce
Bachelor of Economics - BEc3543 - Economics
Bachelor of Commerce (Co-op) - BCom(Co-op)3554 - Commerce (Co-op)
Bachelor of Commerce (International) - BCom(International)3558 - Commerce (International)
Bachelor of Actuarial Studies - BActSt3586 - Actuarial Studies

Specialisation Structure
48 Units of Credit:

Students must complete 48 UOC.

Level 1 Core Course

Students must take 6 UOC of the following courses.

Please note: Students in single or combined Actuarial Studies degrees do not need to complete ECON1202 due to completion of MATH1151.

Students in Business degrees combined with Science, Advance Science (Hons), Advanced Math (Hons) will need to complete 2 Real Estate Studies major elective if the MATH equivalent of ECON1202 is completed under the Science degree.

ECON1202
6 UOC
Quantitative Analysis for Business and Economics

Level 2 Core Courses

Students must take 24 UOC of the following courses.

Note: that BLDG4018 is treated as an UNSW Business School course for the purposes of requirement to complete 16 courses (96UOC) of Business courses within the Bachelor of Commerce.

ECON2101
6 UOC
Microeconomics 2
TABL2792
6 UOC
Real Property Law
FINS2624
6 UOC
Portfolio Management
BLDG4018
6 UOC
Building Appraisal & Land Economics

Level 3 Core Courses

Students must take 12 UOC of the following courses.

FINS3633
6 UOC
Real Estate Finance
ECON3130
6 UOC
Real Estate Economics and Public Policy

Level 3 Prescribed Electives

Students must take at least 6 UOC of the following courses.

ECON3107
6 UOC
Economics of Finance
ECON3206
6 UOC
Financial Econometrics
FINS3616
6 UOC
International Business Finance
FINS3635
6 UOC
Options, Futures and Risk Management
FINS3636
6 UOC
Interest Rate Risk Management
FINS3640
6 UOC
Investment Management Modeling

Additional Elective Courses - if required

If a student takes this major as one of two majors in their degree, and the two majors have courses in common, the options are:1. A student may be permitted to have one common course (6 UOC) counted towards each major sequence. 2. Where the two majors have more than … For more content click the Read More button below.

Level 2 Prescribed Electives

Students may complete a Level 2 elective only when a compulsory Level 1 or 2 course counts towards another major.

ECON2102
6 UOC
Macroeconomics 2
ECON2206
6 UOC
Introductory Econometrics
ECON2209
6 UOC
Business Forecasting
FINS1612
6 UOC
Capital Markets and Institutions

Honours

There is no Honours program in Real Estate Studies; however, students completing this major may be eligible to undertake honours in either Economics or Finance and may choose to write a thesis topic in real estate. Entry to those Honours programs requires completion of an economics or finance major. Please … For more content click the Read More button below.

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You are responsible for ensuring that you enrol in courses according to your program requirements and by following the advice of your Program Authority. myUNSW enrolment checks that you have met enrolment requirements such as pre-requisites for individual courses but not that you are enrolling in courses that will count towards your program requirements.

Additional Information

Honours

There is no Honours program in Real Estate Studies; however, students completing this major may be eligible to undertake honours in either Economics or Finance and may choose to write a thesis topic in real estate. Entry to those Honours programs requires completion of an economics or finance major. Please refer to the relevant honours plans for more details

Further information

Please note that these requirements may be subject to change. 

Students are advised to follow requirements according to the year they commenced. Please refer to previous editions of the Online Handbook for your program requirements.

Contact the UNSW Business School Student Centre for advice.
tel: + 61 2 9385 3189
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