Department Information

and
Typical Discipline-Specific Academic Degree and Qualifications1
of faculty within

Finance and Real Estate

 

 

General Description of the Department

The Department of Finance seeks to provide students with solid theoretical and practical knowledge in the areas of banking, corporate finance, investments, portfolio management, financial risk management, financial engineering, financial institutions, markets, and international finance.

The Department of Finance and Real Estate also offers an undergraduate major in Real Estate. Real Estate students are provided with a comprehensive exposure to the real estate industry with an emphasis on international real estate, the quantification of real estate decisions, the financing of real estate, and the financial markets that support real estate activities. Many students combine both real estate and finance majors by earning a double major in real estate and finance.

 

Degrees offered

The Finance and Real Estate Department offers these programs:

B in Real Estate

BBA in Finance

MS in Finance

MS in International Real Estate

MS in Finance/MBA (joint degree)

MS in International Real Estate/MBA (joint degree)

MS in Finance/MS in International Real Estate (joint degree)

Ph.D. in Business Administration with a Finance Concentration

 

Terminal Degree2 for each discipline taught in Finance and Real Estate

DBA, Ph.D. in Finance

Ph.D. in Real Estate

 

Related Disciplines3

None Applicable

 

Related Discipline3 for specific courses

Any Business degree (52) – FIN 4941, 6943 (internship courses)

Applied Economics (45.0602) - all FIN courses

Business/Managerial Economics (52.0601) - all FIN courses

Economics (45.0601) - all FIN courses

Finance (52.0801) - REE 4102, 4204, 4303, 6200, 6305

Law (22.0101) - REE 4433, 6435

 

Other Teaching Qualifications (Description of Required Academic Degree and Justifications4 for the programs in Finance and Real Estate)

Consideration of other teaching qualifications in lieu of academic credentials is made on a case-by-case basis and accepted in special cases where evidence of exceptional industry experience, research or other qualifications can be documented and are directly applicable to the course being taught.

 

 1

Whenever instructors are not credentialed by their advanced degree or by an approved CIP relationship, they must be credentialed through a narrative justification of the instructor’s qualifications to teach this/these course(s).  Such credentialing is based on the proposed instructor’s academic and professional preparation; diplomas, certificates, or relevant licensures; publications and presentations in the field; honors, awards, and professional recognitions; and other demonstrated competencies, skills, and experiences which the instructor brings to the University.  These must be clearly tied to the specific courses to be taught and should establish beyond doubt that the instructor is qualified to teach the specific courses they are to be assigned. 

The Office of the Provost reviews all such justifications and where the justifications warrant the instructor’s teaching the courses proposed, it will either approve the justification for the appropriate period (seven years for full-time faculty members, or four years for part-time faculty members) or employ one of two additional clearance categories beyond the advanced degree and related-discipline categories which it may use to credential some instructors where their accomplishments warrant this:

Active Research Clearance in the Discipline or Active Artistic/Special Talent Clearance in the Discipline

 

 

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The level and discipline of the terminal degree (e.g., Ph.D., MS, MFA, doctorate) that is required to teach graduate courses in the discipline

 

 

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For each discipline, all strongly-related degree(s) and/or equivalent names for the discipline (include level) that would also be appropriate for teaching at the graduate level

 

 

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(1)The appropriate academic degrees and justifications for each related degree above if not obvious; (2) the justification for why the terminal degree is not a doctorate in a discipline, e.g., specific examples of best practice in the discipline and accrediting association language; and (3) any other criteria used to determine appropriate academic qualifications to teach specialty courses in the program.