Graduate Certificates

Graduate certificates in applied social demography, energy policy and management, real estate development, transportation, and urban design are offered by the Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning. Admission to these programs require an undergraduate degree at an accredited university and a GPA that meets university graduate admission requirements.

Affordable Housing Development

Applied Social Demography Graduate Certificate

Energy Policy Management Graduate Certificate

Gerontology Graduate Certificate

Real Estate Development Graduate Certificate

Transportation Graduate Certificate

Urban Design

Real Estate Development Graduate Certificate

Dramatic changes in the real estate industry over the past decade require an advanced set of interdisciplinary skills for commercial and residential real estate practitioners in the private, public, and non-profit sectors.  The Graduate Certificate in Real Estate Development has been designed to build the technical and analytical knowledge of those who wish to enter the industry or to further develop the skills of industry professionals.

Courses within the Certificate program are taught by faculty from the Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning, and The School of Business.  Classes combine theoretical, empirical, and case studies methods, and involve assistance from Portland metropolitan area real estate industry professionals.  All required classes are taught during evening hours to accommodate the needs of working professionals, as well as full-time students.

The Graduate Certificate in Real Estate Development is a 24-credit program, 15 of which are Core Courses and 9 of which are Electives.

Core Courses

RE 521Real Estate Finance I

4

USP 523Real Estate Development I

4

USP 546Real Estate Development II

3

USP 612Community, Planning, and Ethics

4

Total Credit Hours:15

*Students co-enrolled in the Master of Urban and Regional Planning (MURP) program may substitute USP 540 History and Theory of Urban Planning for USP 612 Community, Planning, and Ethics.

Electives

Choose at least one course from Group 1. Additional electives can come from Group 1 or Group 2.

Group 1

RE 522Real Estate Finance II

4

USP 579State and Local Public Finance

3

USP 596Affordable Housing Finance

3

Group 2

USP 510Housing Planning and Development

3

USP 510International Planning & Real Estate

3

USP 510Retrofitting Suburbia

3

USP 517Urban Economic Development Policy

3

USP 524Site Planning

3

USP 526Neighborhood Conservation and Change

4

USP 527Commercial District Revitalization

3

USP 534Green Buildings

3

USP 538/RE 538SReal Estate Law

3

USP 542Land Use Implementation

3

USP 551Community Economic Development

3

USP 555Land Use: Legal Aspects

3

USP 563Real Estate Construction

3

USP 567Urban Housing Policies

3

USP 569Sustainable Cities and Regions

3

USP 570Transportation and Land Use

3

USP 572Regional Economic Development

3

USP 578Impact Assessment

3

USP 584Negotiation in the Public Sector

4

USP 588Sustainable Development Practices

3

USP 590Green Economics and Sustainable Development

3

USP 619Development Partnerships

3

USP 624Development Project Design

3

RE 510Property & Asset Management

3

RE 539/RE 539SReal Estate Valuation I

4

RE 548Real Estate Market Analysis

3

RE 573/USP 573Real Estate Economics

4

Fin 552Investments

4

Fin 554Alternative Investments

2

Total Credit Hours:9

Total Credit Hours: 24