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Graduate Course Proposal Form Submission Detail - REE6207
Tracking Number - 2377

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Current Status: Approved, Permanent Archive - 2011-10-12
Campus: Tampa
Submission Type: New
Course Change Information (for course changes only):
Comments: Recd 12/10/10; to GC 1/11/11; Pending revisions to Obj & Lrng Outcomes 2/16/11; emailed 6/23/11; corrected 6/30/11; GC approved 7/5/11. To USF Syst 7/5/11; to SCNS 7/13/11. Approved eff 8/1/11


Detail Information

  1. Date & Time Submitted: 2010-10-01
  2. Department: Finance
  3. College: BA
  4. Budget Account Number: 1404-000-00
  5. Contact Person: Scott Besley
  6. Phone: 46341
  7. Email: sbesley@usf.edu
  8. Prefix: REE
  9. Number: 6207
  10. Full Title: Real Estate Finance
  11. Credit Hours: 02
  12. Section Type: C - Class Lecture (Primarily)
  13. Is the course title variable?: N
  14. Is a permit required for registration?: N
  15. Are the credit hours variable?: N
  16. Is this course repeatable?:
  17. If repeatable, how many times?: 0
  18. Abbreviated Title (30 characters maximum): Real Estate Finance
  19. Course Online?: C - Face-to-face (0% online)
  20. Percentage Online: 0
  21. Grading Option: R - Regular
  22. Prerequisites: FIN 6406, REE 6045
  23. Corequisites:
  24. Course Description: Provides an advanced treatment of the mortgage markets, including coverage of the primary and secondary mortgage markets, the securitization of mortgages, the valuation of mortgage securities, and commercial mortgage analysis.

  25. Please briefly explain why it is necessary and/or desirable to add this course:
  26. What is the need or demand for this course? (Indicate if this course is part of a required sequence in the major.) What other programs would this course service? The course will be taught as an FIN Special Topics course for the first time during the Spring 2010 semester (we have no REE courses in inventory in the graduate program). It is a required course in the MSRE program. We currently are offering a graduate course in basic real estate that has 14 students enrolled, many of whom are not in the MSRE program. Expectations are that as the MSRE program grows, the enrollment in each real estate course will be 30 – 40 students. The fact that the MSRE program is an interdisciplinary program will help to attract students from the other colleges as well. The course will service the MBA, as a required course in the real estate track, and the Master of Science in Finance (MSF), as an elective
  27. Has this course been offered as Selected Topics/Experimental Topics course? If yes, how many times? No
  28. What qualifications for training and/or experience are necessary to teach this course? (List minimum qualifications for the instructor.) Minimum requirements: Ph.D. in finance, real estate, or a related area and a good understanding of the area of real estate.
  29. Objectives: Upon completion, the student should be able to:

    1. Explain the nature and function of the primary and secondary mortgage markets.

    2. Discuss the characteristics of mortgage-related securities for both residential and commercial mortgages.

    3. Perform basic valuation of mortgage securities

    4. Perform basic analysis of commercial mortgage

  30. Learning Outcomes: Upon completion, the student should be able to:

    1. Explain the nature and function of the primary and secondary mortgage markets.

    2. Discuss the characteristics of mortgage-related securities for both residential and commercial mortgages.

    3. Perform basic valuation of mortgage securities

    4. Perform basic analysis of commercial mortgage

  31. Major Topics: real estate, financing, mortgages, mortgage markets
  32. Textbooks: Real Estate Finance and Investments, by William B. Brueggeman and Jeffrey D. Fisher, 12th Edition, McGraw-Hill Irwin, 2007.
  33. Course Readings, Online Resources, and Other Purchases: Assigned by instructor based on current events.
  34. Student Expectations/Requirements and Grading Policy: Two exams weighted 33 percent each and assignments that are weighted 33 percent.
  35. Assignments, Exams and Tests: The specific coverage of the exams and the assignments will be determined by the professor who teaches the course.
  36. Attendance Policy: Attendance is encouraged, but it is not mandatory.

    Course Attendance at First Class Meeting – Policy for Graduate Students: For structured courses, 6000 and above, the College/Campus Dean will set the first-day class attendance requirement. Check with the College for specific information. This policy is not applicable to courses in the following categories: Educational Outreach, Open University (TV), FEEDS Program, Community Experiential Learning (CEL), Cooperative Education Training, and courses that do not have regularly scheduled meeting days/times (such as, directed reading/research or study, individual research, thesis, dissertation, internship, practica, etc.). Students are responsible for dropping undesired courses in these categories by the 5th day of classes to avoid fee liability and academic penalty. (See USF Regulation – Registration - 4.0101,

    http://usfweb2.usf.edu/usfgc/ogc%20web/currentreg.htm)

    Attendance Policy for the Observance of Religious Days by Students: In accordance with Sections 1006.53 and 1001.74(10)(g) Florida Statutes and Board of Governors Regulation 6C-6.0115, the University of South Florida (University/USF) has established the following policy regarding religious observances: (http://usfweb2.usf.edu/usfgc/gc_pp/acadaf/gc10-045.htm)

    In the event of an emergency, it may be necessary for USF to suspend normal operations. During this time, USF may opt to continue delivery of instruction through methods that include but are not limited to: Blackboard, Elluminate, Skype, and email messaging and/or an alternate schedule. It’s the responsibility of the student to monitor Blackboard site for each class for course specific communication, and the main USF, College, and department websites, emails, and MoBull messages for important general information.

  37. Policy on Make-up Work: Arrangements will be made for students who have excused absences to make up missed work.

    “Plagiarism is defined as "literary theft" and consists of the unattributed quotation of the exact

    words of a published text or the unattributed borrowing of original ideas by paraphrase from a

    published text. On written papers for which the student employs information gathered from

    books, articles, or oral sources, each direct quotation, as well as ideas and facts that are not

    generally known to the public-at-large, must be attributed to its author by means of the

    appropriate citation procedure. Citations may be made in footnotes or within the body of the text.

    Plagiarism also consists of passing off as one's own, segments or the total of another person's

    work.”

    “Punishment for academic dishonesty will depend on the seriousness of the offense and may

    include receipt of an "F" with a numerical value of zero on the item submitted, and the "F" shall

    be used to determine the final course grade. It is the option of the instructor to assign the student

    a grade of "F" of "FF" (the latter indicating dishonesty) in the course.”

  38. Program This Course Supports: Master of Science in Real Estate (MSRE)
  39. Course Concurrence Information: MBA, as a required course in the real estate track, and the Master of Science in Finance (MSF), as an elective


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