McQuaid, Ms. Jana P.
Graduate Program Director
jpmcquaid@vcu.edu
(804) 828-4622
The real estate valuation concentration is one of only eight programs in the nation that satisfies the rigorous educational requirements of the Appraisal Institute’s MAI designation. Students can satisfy most of the Appraisal Institute’s education requirements by completing the concentration. This concentration emphasizes real estate valuation while providing comprehensive education in related disciplines so that graduates’ analytical skills and abilities to communicate with other professionals are greatly enhanced. Whenever possible, students will be placed in internships with MAIs.
For additional information, please visit our website at www.business.vcu.edu/graduate.
| Prerequisite courses | ||
| FIRE 425 Real Estate Appraisal | ||
| FIRE 431 Advanced Real Estate Appraisal | ||
| A course in calculus (MGMT 212 or MGMT 500) | ||
| Foundation courses (0 to 18 hours, dependent on the number of courses waived) | ||
| ACCT 507 Fundamentals of Accounting | ||
| ECON 500 Concepts in Economics | ||
| FIRE 520 Financial Concepts of Management | ||
| MGMT 524 Statistical Elements of Quantitative Management | ||
| MGMT 530 Fundamentals of the Legal Environment of Business | ||
| MKTG 570 Concepts and Issues in Marketing | ||
| Required courses (30 credit hours) | ||
| ECON 617 Financial Markets | ||
| FIRE 621 Cases in Financial Management | ||
| FIRE 627 Real Estate Development | ||
| FIRE 628 Using GIS in Real Estate Decisions | ||
| FIRE 629 Real Estate Investment Analysis | ||
| FIRE 638 Real Property Investment Law | ||
| FIRE 658 Real Estate Finance and Investments | ||
| FIRE 697 Guided Study – Real Estate | ||
| FIRE 697 is a supervised research course that involves the preparation of a narrative income-property appraisal report or research project. | ||
| MGMT 632 Statistical Analysis | ||
| MKTG 673 Marketing Research | ||