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<p class="p1" style="margin:0px; line-height:normal; color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="s1"> If you take the following three courses as electives, you will get a minor in real estate. </span></p>
<p class="p1" style="margin:0px; line-height:normal; color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="s1">1. FIN 575 - Principles of Real Estate - Summer 2021</span></p>
<p class="p1" style="margin:0px; line-height:normal; color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="s2" style="font-weight:bold; font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline">2. FIN 576 - Real Estate Appraisal and Investments - Spring 2021</span></p>
<p class="p1" style="margin:0px; line-height:normal; color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="s1">3. FIN 577- Real Estate Finance - Fall 2022</span></p>
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<p class="p1" style="margin:0px; line-height:normal; color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="s1">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. </span></p>
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<p class="p1" style="margin:0px; line-height:normal; color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="s1">While the first course (FIN 575) primarily focuses on residential markets, the other two courses will cover financing and investment aspects in both residential and commercial
real estate markets. The real estate minor is therefore 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. </span></p>
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<p class="p1" style="margin:0px; line-height:normal; color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="s1">For more info about this minor, please contact Dr.Ramya Aroul at <a href="mailto:Ramya.aroul@tamuc.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="s3">Ramya.aroul@tamuc.edu</span></a></span></p>
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Thank you. </p>
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="4" color="#00386C"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b>Srinivas Nippani, Ph.D.</b></span></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="3" color="#4F5352"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><i>Regents Professor of the Texas A&M University System and Professor of finance</i></span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" color="#4F5352"><i>Faculty Coordinator for MSF and BBA Finance programs</i></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="3" color="#4F5352"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Accounting and Finance | McDowell Administration Building, BA 225 (Department Office)</span></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="3" color="#4F5352"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">P</span></font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="3" color="#4F5352"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">: 903.886.5659; Email: Sri.Nippani@tamuc.edu</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="3" color="#4F5352"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Texas A&M University-Commerce, Commerce, TX 75429</span></font></div>
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