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Curriculum

Specialized and in-depth learning; real-world experience

The Cornell Baker Program in Real Estate offers a unique and powerful approach: an in-depth exploration of the perspectives and disciplines that are integral to the industry, paired with rigorous, skillset-building courses that prepare students to lead in all areas of the global real estate industry.  

Students focus on the fundamentals in the core curriculum and go deep in an industry sub-discipline by selecting a concentration.  

Learning at Cornell extends beyond the classroom with a robust weekly distinguished speaker seminar series, a real estate trek, a required summer internship and the NYC-based Real Estate Immersion. 

Requirements

A complete list of requirements, electives and a course schedule are available on the Cornell Campus Catalog.

Infographic showing a four-term academic plan for the Baker Program +1 Pathway at Cornell. Term One (Fall, Ithaca Only): Baker Program +1 Pathway open to Cornell undergraduate students; includes core requirements and a Distinguished Speaker Series. Term Two (Spring, Ithaca Only): Core requirements, Distinguished Speaker Series, and a Summer Internship. Term Three (Fall, Ithaca or NYC): Core requirements and free electives (Ithaca option), core requirements and free electives (NYC option), Distinguished Speaker Series, and an Immersion Course (NYC only). Term Four (Spring, Ithaca or NYC): Core requirements and free electives, and Distinguished Speaker Series. Footnotes indicate that a complete list of courses is in the Course Catalog and that students should apply for the +1 Pathway in the second semester of their penultimate year and consider double-counting courses in their second undergraduate year.

Other Academic Options

For students interested in combining their study of real estate with other Cornell programs, there are a couple options, including:

  • A graduate minor that is available to any professional graduate student from any discipline at the university
  • A dual-degree program with the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning
  • The +1 Master’s in Real Estate pathway allows for the completion of an undergraduate Cornell degree and then an MPS-RE degree within one additional year

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