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<font face="Arial">Did you know that we now offer three electives in real estate? </font><font face="Arial"><span style="background-color: white;">These courses would count as your electives towards your MS finance degree.</span></font><font face="Arial"><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></font> </div>
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<font color="black"><font face="Arial"> If you take all of the following three courses as electives, you will get a specialized minor in real estate. </font></font></div>
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<font color="black"><font face="Arial">1. </font><font face="Arial">FIN 577- Real Estate Finance - offered Fall 2020 </font></font></div>
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<font color="black"><font face="Arial">2. FIN 575 - Principles of Real Estate - offered in Spring 2021/Summer 2021</font></font></div>
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<font color="black"><font face="Arial">3. FIN 576 - Real Estate Appraisal and Investments - offered Spring 2021</font></font></div>
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<font color="black"><font face="Arial">While FIN 575 primarily focuses on residential markets, the other two courses FIN 577 and FIN 576 will cover financing and investment aspects in both residential and commercial real estate markets. </font></font></div>
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<font color="black"><font face="Arial">Students specializing in real estate are preferred by many banks and financial institutions. This focused concentration in real estate will improve your career opportunities in areas of banking, mortgage lending, real
estate development, asset management, appraisal, real estate management, and brokerage. </font></font></div>
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<font color="black"><font face="Arial">The real estate minor is designed to provide students with an opportunity to obtain comprehensive exposure to the field of real estate making them more competitive in the job market. </font></font></div>
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<font color="black"><font face="Arial">For more info about this minor, please contact Dr.Ramya Aroul at </font><a href="mailto:Ramya.aroul@tamuc.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><font face="Arial">Ramya.aroul@tamuc.edu</font></a></font></div>
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