The B.S. degree in Real Estate at Virginia Tech is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary academic program that builds on existing strengths in six colleges. The major offers Real Estate courses that integrate the material students learn in disciplinary courses such as finance, law, and property management through practical experiences within the academic program. The integration occurs though a university-industry partnership where real estate professionals are actively involved in students' education through guest lectures and mentoring experiences and by providing internship opportunities.
A signature component of the academic program is a junior-level course where university professors and industry executives teach students about the development process from initial conceptualization through construction and management of a developed site. This is followed by a senior capstone course where students work as a team on a real estate development case study. The capstone course is a student-led, experiential learning class where students work in teams and faculty and industry professionals serve as consultants whose knowledge students can draw upon on while carrying out their case studies.
