Offered in: Chicago

The Graduate Certificate in Real Estate Development offers academic and practical knowledge to achieve success in the property development sector of the real estate industry. The courses provide fundamental real estate knowledge, specific real estate development process knowledge and project efforts that would be applicable to many careers within the industry. The certificate is most useful to students who have experience in commercial real estate, however, students with residential real estate experience will also benefit from the concepts, application, and analysis provided in the courses.

Students completing the certificate will be given graduate level transcript credit for all of their courses completed with at least a “B” towards the Master of Science in Real Estate degree at Roosevelt. However, a student cannot pursue the MSRE degree and also receive the certificate.

Program Objectives:

To supplement a student’s experience in commercial real estate with fundamental real estate industry knowledge and specific information related to real estate development.

Admission:

A student must meet the admission requirements for pursuing a graduate-level business degree as outlined in the Graduate Admission Requirement section of the university’s website. A personal interview with the program director may be requested.

Applicants to the graduate certificate programs in the Heller College of Business must complete and submit the following:

• Graduate university application
• Applicants with an undergraduate GPA below 3.0 may be required to complete an interview process with Marshall Bennett Institute Executive Director.
• Official transcripts from all colleges and universities attended, regardless of whether a degree was received.
• Application fee

The courses in the Graduate Certificate in Real Estate Development are class sessions held at the Chicago Campus. Each course lasts  one semester. Students take four courses; the certificate program can be completed in two semesters, taking 2 classes at a time. All four courses must be taken at Roosevelt University.

A minimum 3.0 GPA is required to remain in good standing and for the courses to apply towards MSRE degree credit. All students admitted to the certificate program are required to complete a training program in Excel as applied to the real estate industry. At this time, the program is provided at no cost. 

A C grade may be applied toward the RE certificate, but C grades may not be applied toward the Real Estate degree.  A graduate course can only be repeated once; no more than two courses can be repeated.