Graduate Certificate Schedule

IMPORTANT APPLICATION DATES

Current UM students

March 1 for maximum consideration for fall term, but applications may be considered through June 30 if space remains. December 1 for winter term.
Note that admissions decisions will not be made until final grades from at least one term of study at UM are recorded.

Non-UM applicants

January 15 for maximum consideration for fall term, but applications may be accepted through June 30 if space remains.
Applications from non-UM applicants may also be accepted for winter term depending on availability. Please contact us to determine if winter term applications are being accepted.

Helpful Information and Available Courses

With careful planning, many students can earn a master’s degree and the certificate without an extra semester. For a Master of Urban and Regional Planning student this would necessitate three semesters of 15 credits and one semester with at least 12 credits. Otherwise, completion of the certificate program could take one extra semester. For those not currently at Michigan in a degree program (“stand alone certificate”) completion of the certificate program could take from two to six semesters (depending on the number of courses taken per semester).

Courses for the certificate may be chosen from the real estate curriculum offered across campus. See Graduate Certificate in Real Estate Requirement Checklist (PDF). Note that up to date course offerings can be found on the Taubman College Course List Website. Please note that course titles, listings and availability varies semester to semester. It is important to check course catalogs for each respective school and college each semester.

Students may also find other courses especially related to their interests in real estate development; these courses may be approved for credit for the certificate with permission of the Faculty Director of the Graduate Certificate in Real Estate.

Note that a real-estate-related MAP project in the Ross School may be counted toward meeting one or two of the course requirements for the certificate. The requirements the course meets depend on the content of the MAP. Students should provide a copy of the completed MAP project to the Faculty Director for a decision about what requirements the MAP meets.

Course	Title	Credits	School	Typically offered	Winter 2025	Fall 2024	Notes
1. Intro Overview
ARCH 517	Architect/Planner as Developer	3	Taubman	Winter	No	Yes	Cross-listed with URP 555
URP 555	Architect/Planner as Developer	3	Taubman	Winter	No	Yes	Cross-listed with ARCH 517
URP 596	Fundamentals of Real Estate	3	Taubman	Fall	No	Yes
URP 597	Acquiring and Repositioning Real Estate	3	Taubman	Winter	Yes	No	Was URP 610-001 until W25
URP 610-001	Trends in Real Estate	3	Taubman	Winter	No	No	Effective Winter 2023
2. Real Estate Finance and Investment
FIN 533	Financial Management	2.25	Ross	Fall, Winter, Spr, Sum	Yes	No	Offered Winter 2023
FIN 566	Real Estate Finance and Investment I	2.25	Ross	Winter	Yes	No
FIN 575	Financial Modeling	1.5	Ross	Winter	Yes	No	Must take second course to earn 3 required credits
URP 591	Financing Real Estate Development	3	Taubman	Winter	No	Yes
URP 597	Acquiring and Repositioning Real Estate	3	Taubman	Winter	Yes	No	Was URP 610-001 untl W25
URP 610-002	Is a Career in Real Estate Right For Me?	1	Taubman	Fall	No	Yes	Should take if student took URP 510 for 2 credits
URP 610-005	Affordable Housing Development in Practice	3	Taubman	Fall	No	Yes
URP 610-001	Trends in Real Estate	3	Taubman	Winter	No	No	If taken in Winter 2022 only
3. Real Estate and Land Use Law
BL 511	Real Estate Law	1.5	Ross	Winter	Yes	No	Was BL 582 until W24.
LAW 406	Real Estate Transactions	2	Law		No	No
LAW 432	Tax Planning for Real Estate Transactions	2	Law	Fall	No	Yes
LAW 560	Property	4	Law	Fall, Winter	Yes	Yes
LAW 612	Alternate Dispute Resolution	3	Law	Fall, Winter	Yes	Yes
LAW 735	Public Control of Land Use	3	Law		No	No
LAW 826	Fair Housing Law and Policy	2	Law	Winter	No	No
URP 502	U.S. Planning Institutions and Law	3	Taubman	Winter	Yes	No
URP 503	Comparative Planning Institutions and Law	3	Taubman	Winter	Yes	No
4. Real Estate in the Urban Development Context
KINESLGY 513	Sports, Real Economic Development	3	Kinesiology	Fall	Yes	No
FIN 563	Real Estate Development in Practice	3	Ross	Fall, Winter	No	Yes	Can only be used for one category
URP 525	Regional Planning	3	Taubman		No	No
URP 572	Comparative Housing and Property Policy	3	Taubman	Fall	No	Yes
URP 573	Infrastructure Planning	3	Taubman	Winter	No	No
URP 580	Metropolitan Structures	3	Taubman	Winter	Yes	No
URP 581	Housing Policy & Economics	3	Taubman	Fall	No	Yes
URP 582	Neighbor Hood Planning	3	Taubman	Fall	No	Yes
URP 584	Economic Development Planning	3	Taubman	Winter	Yes	No
URP 594	Real Estate and Urban Development	3	Taubman	Winter	No	No
5. Design and Implementation
ARCH 506	High Density Design	3	Taubman	Spring	Yes	No	Previously this course was ARCH 509. Must take section 001 for W24. Offered during Spring 2021
ARCH 523	History of Urban Forrm	3	Taubman	Fall	No	Yes	Crosslisted with UD 713 & URP 529
CEE 531	Construction Cost Engineering	3	Engineering		No	Yes
CEE 532	Construction Project Engineering	3	Engineering		No	No
EAS 533	Negotiation Skills	3	SEAS	Fall	No	Yes
EAS 787	Metropolitan Dynamics Studio	2	SEAS	Winter	No	Yes
FIN 563	Real Estate Development in Practice	3	Ross	Fall, Winter	No	Yes	Can only be used for one category
URP 522	Negotiation, Collaboration & Equitable Engagement	3	Taubman	Fall	Yes	No	Previously "Collaborative Planning"
URP 541	Urban Land Use Planning	3	Taubman	Winter	Yes	No
URP 551	Physical Planning Workshop	3	Taubman	Fall	No	No	Crosslisted with ARCH 509-008 in F22
URP 595	Public Private Partnerships	3	Taubman	Fall	No	Yes
URP 610-004	Sustainable Design and Construction in Real Estate	3	Taubman	Fall	No	Yes
6. The Integrative Seminar
URP 590	Seminar in Real Estate Development	2	Taubman	Winter	Yes	No