Real Estate
Real Estate Fundamentals
REAL101
This is a basic course designed to provide students with an overview of real estate practice in Pennsylvania. Students learn the language, principles, and laws governing the real estate profession, with an emphasis on land, property rights in realty and practices, and the laws governing conveyance of these rights.
2 credits
Prerequisite: None
Corequisite: None
Real Estate Practice and Liability
REAL102
This course is designed to provide students with an overview of real estate license law/rules, legal liability, and risk reduction in Pennsylvania. Specific topics include negligence, fraud, and government rules/laws. Students learn key areas of potential liability, avoiding liability, and how to identify/understand the role of government/laws.
3 credits
Prerequisite: REAL101 (C or better)
Corequisite: None
Real Estate Law and Conveyancing
LAWS210
This course addresses various topics in real estate law, including estates, titles, acquisition, agreements of sale, encumbrances, conveyancing, and bonds. Other topics include liens, deeds, and mortgages.
3 credits
Prerequisite: LAWS100 (C or better)
Corequisite: None
Advanced Real Estate Law
LAWS215
In this course, students examine advanced real estate law and the documents used in sophisticated residential and commercial transactions with concentration on financing, option contracts, title insurance, zoning, and the vocabulary of these advance transactions.
3 credits
Prerequisite: LAWS100 (C or better) and LAW210 (C or better)
Corequisite: None