Business Administration: Real Estate Concentration, Associate Of Arts Degree

Learnet Academy meets the educational and professional needs of our diverse student body in a supportive, caring environment that provides the technical skills and knowledge necessary for employment advancement in today’s job market. This Business Administration: Real Estate Concentration, Associate of Arts Degree Program incorporates various learning disciplines, such as: computer skills, business management and real estate.

This program prepares individuals to develop, buy, sell, appraise, and manage real property. This includes instruction in land use development policy, real estate law, real estate marketing procedures, agency management, brokerage, property inspection and appraisal, real estate investing, leased and rental properties, commercial real estate, and property management. Furthermore, this program also provides students with the knowledge of business communications concepts, understanding the law related to business and real estate, and learning the principles of management skills.

The curriculum also equips students with advanced knowledge and expanded understanding of the inner workings of the real estate professional. The Academic Associate's degree in Business Administration with a Major Concentration in Real Estate will be awarded upon completion of the requirements for the diploma, plus completion of the graduation requirements as described in the catalog.

Program Learning Outcomes

In addition to outcomes for the Businesses Administration, on successful completion of the Real Estate concentration, the student should be able to do the following:

• Demonstrate the ability to analyze ethical and procedural problems that arise in residential real estate sales transactions from the prospective of buyers, sellers, brokers, appraisers, lenders, and escrow officers.
• Discuss and evaluate real estate marketing and sales techniques.
• Discuss and calculate real estate taxes and solve basic real estate mathematics problems.
• Explain and evaluate methods of financing real estate purchases and securing loans with real estate.
• Demonstrate the ability to analyze the factors that affect real estate values.
• Discuss and evaluate real estate markets and trends.