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2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [Not Current Academic Year. Consult with Your Academic Advisor for Your Catalog Year]

Finance, B.B.A. - Real Estate Track and Certificate


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C.T. Bauer College of Business  > Department of Finance  > Finance, B.B.A. - Real Estate Track and Certificate

Finance majors interested in course work related to careers in real estate may pursue a Real Estate Track in Finance and receive a Real Estate Certificate by meeting the following requirements within the Finance Major. Admission to the track requires junior or senior standing, completion of FINA 4330 Corporate Finance with a grade of B or higher, completion of or current enrollment in FINA 4380 Real Estate Financial Analysis, a 3.0 or higher cumulative grade point average, participation in a Real Estate orientation, assent to a professional code of conduct, and approval by department chair or program director. To remain in the track, students must maintain a 3.0 or higher cumulative grade point average. Courses for the track are designated with an asterisk (*). To earn the certificate, students must complete 15 credits of courses designated with an asterisk (*) and complete all requirements for the Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) degree with a major in Finance.

Required Advanced Business Elective (3 Credit Hours)


Additional Elective Credit Hours


  • Approved Advanced Business Electives Credit Hours: 6.0 (3000-4000 level business course)
  • Advanced Electives Credit Hours: 6.0 (any 3000-4000 level course)
  • General Electives Credit Hours: 9.0 (any 1000-4000 level course) *

* The 9 hours of General Electives are designated for 6 hours of any unused Component Area Option (090) courses and 3 hours of an unused Social/Behavioral Science (040) course. Remaining hours can be met by any 1000-4000 level course.

Elective Real Estate Courses


Consult Finance Advisor for recommended approved advanced business electives, including:

Undergraduate business majors in the accelerated pathway B.B.A./M.S. degree program


Undergraduate business majors in the accelerated pathway B.B.A./M.S. degree program who complete graduate courses as an undergraduate may count them toward the requirements for the B.B.A. regardless of admission to a M.S. business program toward major or minor requirements for courses with the same letter rubrics as their major or minor, or toward elective requirements of their major.

General B.B.A. Requirements


In order to earn a Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) degree, students must complete credit hour requirements:

  • UH Core Courses & College Requirements
  • Business Administration and Management Field of Study Courses
  • Advanced-Level Business Requirements (required for all business majors),
  • Major Coursework Requirements
  • Additional Elective Requirements

along with noncredit requirements:

  • Assenting to the Bauer Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct, and
  • A business writing evaluation (BWE), administered through BUSI 3302 .

Credit Hour Requirements

Students seeking the Bachelor of Business Administration degree must complete freshman-sophomore core and Business Administration and Management Field of Study requirements, upper-level business core and required courses, major requirements, and clear the business writing evaluation (BWE).

The total hours required for a Bachelor of Business Administration degree are summarized below. Students in the Bauer Business Honors Program have additional requirements as specified under the description of the Bauer Business Honors Program.

Students pursuing the Global Energy Management Professional Program (GEM-PP) track in Finance have specialized degree requirements listed under the GEM-PP track for a major in finance. Other specialty programs, such as the Professional Program in Accounting, the Entrepreneurship Program, and the Program for Excellence in Selling, may have additional admission and program requirements as specified by the program.

B.B.A. requirements also listed as approved UH core courses may fulfill both requirements, but students must have a minimum of 120 credit hours to earn the B.B.A.

Specific course requirements in each category are discussed in the following sections. ECON 2301 and ECON 2302 may count for Core Social and Behavioral Science requirement and Field of Study (students without either ECON 2301 or ECON 2302 and substituting Intermediate ECON would be required to take a Social and Behavioral Science course in place of a General Elective Requirement.

UH Core Courses & College Requirements


6 Credit Hours

Business Administration and Management Field of Study Courses


24 Credit Hours

Courses require completion with a grade of “C” or higher in all Business Administration and Management Field of Study courses unless a transfer student has completed the Business Administration and Management Field of Study at another Texas public institution.

3 Credit Hours


Additional UH Core Courses


24 Credit Hours

UH Core American History Requirement:


Complete both:

UH Core Government Requirement:


Complete both:

Plus completion of required number of hours from selection of courses in each of the following UH Core Requirement categories:


Advanced-Level Business Required Courses


21 Credit Hours

This section is required for all business majors.

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