Fall Elective List

MSRED REQUIRED ELECTIVES (must take at least 6 units of the following courses during the fall semester)

• 11.430 Leadership 6 units

• 11.S966 Mixed Income Housing 6 units

• 11.325 Technological Change + Innovation 6 units

• 11.345 Entrepreneurship in the Built Environment  6 units

• 11.305 Doing Well by Doing Good 3 units

• 11.352 RE Ventures 12 units

• 11.301 Intro to Design + Development 12 units

• 15.401 Managerial Finance

MSRED Open Electives

• 11.S965 Corporate Real Estate 3 units

• 11.428 Proptech Ventures 6 units

• 11.268 Laws of the Land: Property, Land Use + Environmental Law for RED 3 units

Finance Concentration

The following courses are pre-approved by MSRED faculty as suggested electives for a "Real Estate Finance Concentration" within the MSRED.
Please note not all of these courses count towards your required elective requirement but can be taken as an extra elective that does not count towards your degree requirements.

• • 11.351: Real Estate Ventures I  12 units

  • 15.401: Managerial Finance  9 units

  • 15.433: Investments  9 units

  • 15.437: Options and Future Markets  9 units
    
    

Development Concentration

The following courses are pre-approved by MSRED faculty as suggested electives for a more in-depth Development concentration within the MSRED. While not all courses listed under the Finance Concentration count towards the required elective, those listed below for the development concentration do count towards your required elective.

• • 11.351: Real Estate Ventures I  12 units

  • 11.301: Introduction to Design and Development  12 units

  • Entrepreneurship in the Built Environment  6 units

  • 11.S966: Mixed-Income and Affordable Housing Policy & Finance  6 units

Note on Sloan Courses

• Many Sloan courses are restricted to students who are enrolled in the Sloan School. There courses are subject to a bidding process that is designed to ensure that Sloan studnets have access to the courses that they need.

• Sloan courses that have course numbers that end in "1" are open to  all students and are not part of the bidding process (example 15.375-bidding course/15.3751-open course)

Suggested Electives List

The following suggested elective list is only a small sample of the elective options that have been popular among students in the past several years that available to you aside from your required elective options.  You are not required to choose any extra electives from those listed below, these are merely the most popular recent electives that may be helpful to narrow your search amongst the multitude of electives available to you at MIT and Harvard.  

(Categories – D=Development, F=Finance, PD=Project Delivery, O=Other)    

A Few Recommendations for class electives

Some students use the Listener (audit) status to experience an additional class without the full workload. It doesn't hurt to shop around and see what's out there, so do put some thought into electives before you get to MIT. The following are some suggestions for electives if you wish to take courses beyond what is required of you.

Fall

15.401 Managerial Finance & 15.402 Corporate Finance

"These are good foundations for anyone who does not have a business and finance background. Managerial Finance is focused on investments such as bonds, futures, equities at a macro level. Corporate Finance is more about valuing companies and projects in detail. Both are very useful.  These are really useful if you don't have a "numbers" background, as most jobs will look for high levels of numeracy."

11.301 Introduction to Urban Design and Development (Listed as a required elective option also)

Taught by Dennis Frenchman. "A great introduction to urban design principals and models. The course covers the major models of urban design at a survey level, and gives a strong grounding. If you have taken planning courses before, this may be too elementary; if you haven't it will be very rewarding and enjoyable."

Harvard GSD - Real Estate Finance and Development Fundamentals

"Taught by Ed Marchant, a local developer most people who took the class thought it was a good survey class in development and finance. Its repeats subject matter in some MIT/CRE classes, but the extra practice running DCFs didn't hurt any of us. It does a nice job highlighting the main points related to office, retail, multi-family and mixed use development. We also met a lot of great students from the other professional schools by including MIT DUSP, HBS, KSG, and the GSD. The instructor also brings in about a half dozen speakers to share their perspectives."

15.535 Business Analysis Using Financial Statements

"It provides an excellent overview of financial statement analysis and valuation methods. The course also covers topics related to current accounting and corporate finance issues. Both professors are excellent teachers. You need to have some accounting background to keep up with the class. (If you know how a balance sheet and an income statement work in general, you should be fine.)"

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