“The Master of Land and Property Development (MLPD) is an entrepreneurship-oriented program of study which combines business and finance with physical planning, design and construction. As Texas A&M University's Real Estate Development degree, the program provides students the full range of real estate, financial and management skills they need to succeed in the highly competitive real estate development industry“
(Texas A&M University, College of Architecture, 2020)
FALL 2019
FINC 670 REAL PROPERTY ANALYSIS
“Provides the economic and financial tools used to analyze real estate investments, new property developments and the redevelopment of existing properties. Classification 6 students may not enroll in this course”
LDEV 664 MARKET ANALYSIS FOR DEVELOPMENT
“Techniques and data sources for market analysis for development; analysis for housing development; trade area analysis and market analysis for retail development; analysis for office, industrial parks and for specialized development”
LDEV 667 DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT ECONOMY
“Interface between the physical and financial dimensions in the design and development process to achieve building and project economics; creating a physical product and a financial venture that responds to social and environmental concerns and to market economy and feasibility analysis”
LDEV 687 DEVELOPMENT FEASIBILITY & DESIGN I
“Selected residential and non-residential development projects of varying size analyzed by teams with respect to the following: economic feasibility and cash flow; site analysis; and design concept”
SPRING 2020
FINC 676 COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE LAW
“Commercial real estate law including legal ownership interests in oil and gas law, real estate sales contacts, financing, instruments and closings, commercial leases and real estate regulations and taxation”
LDEV 661 DEVELOPMENT & ENVIRONMENT
“Land development in the context of environment sustainability, human well being and business profitability to foster a restorative economy; environmental easement and site analysis; state, federal and international regulatory issues; and human ecology and the future of land development”
LDEV 668 LAND DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE
“Strategies, methods and techniques of land development including: site selection criteria, urban infrastructure; market evaluation; conceptual arrangement of land uses and structures; conceptual design and regulatory considerations; lending institutions; location theory; value theories; regulatory agencies”
LDEV 689: ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN REAL ESTATE
“Through a two-pronged approach, the course will provide:
1) an in-depth analysis of the four stages of entrepreneurial enterprise in the areas of land and property development including: the processes of opportunity identification, building a business model, leveraging resources/relationships and developing an exit strategy, followed by
2) a dialogue covering the four main specialization areas within the Development Process Model including: strategic planning, managing, building and operating from both the investor and occupier perspectives.”
SUMMER 2020
LDEV 684 PROFESSIONAL INTERNSHIP
Professional practice under approved arrangement with public or private land or real estate development agencies in the United States or abroad.
FALL 2020
LDEV 663 INTRODUCTION TO PROJECT MANAGEMENT
“Project management processes for planning, scheduling, cost estimating resource leveling, cost control and post-completion evaluation; issues in project organizational environments, documentation, quality control safety”
LDEV 669 INCOME PROPERTY LAND DEVELOPMENT
“Exploration of the characteristics of real estate as an investment, venture and capital structures, the development process, site and financial feasibility, and project funding; strategies, methods and technologies for investment property development utilizing current developments”
LDEV 685 DIRECTED STUDIES
“Individual and group problems dealing with application of strategic plan development theory in practice: opportunities to select international or domestic development projects of special interest.”
LDEV 688 DEVELOPMENT FEASIBILITY & DESIGN II
“Plans and venture structures for selected residential and non-residential development projects of varying size analyzed by multidisciplinary teams with respect to the following; economic feasibility and cash flow and site and design plans and costs”