Bachelor of Property and Real Estate
2025 Deakin University Handbook
| Year | 2026 course information |
|---|---|
| Award granted | Bachelor of Property and Real Estate |
| Deakin course code | M348 |
| Course Credit Points | 24 |
| Course version | 2 |
| Faculty | Faculty of Business and Law |
| Course Information | For students who commenced from 2023 onwards |
| Campus | Offered at Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
| Duration | 3 years full-time or part-time equivalent |
| Course Map - enrolment planning tool | This course map is for new students commencing from Trimester 1 2026 Course maps for commencement in previous years are available on the Course Maps webpage or please contact a Student Adviser in Student Central. |
| CRICOS code | 060343B Burwood (Melbourne) |
| Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) recognition | The award conferred upon completion is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework at Level 7 |
Course sub-headings
- Course overview
- Indicative student workload
- Professional recognition
- Career opportunities
- Participation requirements
- Mandatory student checks
- Course Learning Outcomes
- Course rules
- Minors
- Course structure
- Work experience
- Details of minor sequences
- Other learning experiences
- Fees and charges
Course overview
Study Deakin’s Bachelor of Property and Real Estate and gain the skills to thrive in Australia’s largest industry. This respected, fully accredited course equips you with the latest ideas, research and industry insights, preparing you for a dynamic career in property.
Build a foundation in property valuation, development and more, guided by industry experts. Explore key topics like market cycles and demographic shifts, and tailor your degree to your interests, from commercial and residential property to sustainable construction. With work-integrated learning opportunities, you will graduate confident, connected and ready to make your mark.
Dreaming of a career as a top property professional?
Deakin's industry-led Bachelor of Property and Real Estate is accredited by the Australian Property Institute (API) and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), meaning you graduate with a qualification that meets the needs of an evolving industry.
Our world-class educators will take you through everything you need to know about:
- property development
- property economics
- property investment
- property law and practice
- statutory valuation
- sustainable construction.
Find your speciality, learn up-to-date property insights from Australia’s industry leaders and graduate from this comprehensive course ready to respond to Australia’s booming demand for housing.
Indicative student workload
You can expect to participate in a range of teaching activities each week. This could include lectures, seminars, online interactions, or professional experiences for Work Integrated Learning (WIL) units. You can refer to the individual unit details in the course structure for more information. You will also need to study and complete assessment tasks in your own time.
Professional recognition
Deakin Business School holds the prestigious and globally recognised AACSB and EQUIS accreditations, which attest to quality, academic and professional excellence, ongoing improvement, innovation and graduate employability.
The course has received professional accreditation by the Australian Property Institute (www.api.org.au) and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (www.rics.org.au). Graduates will meet the academic requirements for membership as a Certified Practising Valuer.
Please note: The eligibility of students for membership of the accrediting body is subject to meeting the requirements of that body and that Deakin makes no representations that individuals will meet those requirements.
Career opportunities
With this qualification, you can pursue a career in anything from property development and valuation to the essential business principles of economics, finance law and accounting. Better still, you will be well placed to take advantage of a rapidly growing industry. As the #1 Victorian university for graduate employment Deakin will set you up for success as you explore career opportunities across a variety of roles, including:
- asset manager
- facilities manager
- land economist
- owners corporation manager
- portfolio manager
- property adviser
- property developer
- property valuer.
Participation requirements
Units in this course may have participation requirements that include compulsory placements, work-based training, community-based learning or collaborative research training arrangements.
Placement can occur at any time, including during standard holiday breaks. Learn about key dates at Deakin.Reasonable adjustments to participation and other course requirements will be made for students with a disability. More information available at Disability support services.
Mandatory student checks
Units which contain work integrated learning, a community placement or interaction with the community may require a police check, working with children check or other check. These requirements will be detailed in unit guides upon enrolment.
Course Learning Outcomes
| Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities | Employ broad and coherent theoretical and technical property and real estate knowledge and apply legal and ethical standards in the fields relating to property development, investment, valuation and property management in private and commercial real estate markets, both nationally and internationally. |
| Communication | Prepare and present a selection of reports on property concepts and information for a range of stakeholders including investors, developers, regulators and clients. |
| Digital literacy | Identify, locate, evaluate and synthesise information about market and submarket trends and forecasts, economic influences, statutory requirements and industry practices. Communicate information and solutions to stakeholders utilising a range of diagnostic, analytical and reporting technologies. |
| Critical thinking | Evaluate and analyse property related issues and data on property markets and indicators to make recommendations for maximising property outcomes. |
| Problem solving | Apply legal property evaluation and property appraisal methodologies to identify solutions and sustainability strategies for a diverse range of authentic problems in property. |
| Self-management | Apply skills and knowledge to independently undertake educational activities that require considerable planning. |
| Teamwork | Collaborate with others to examine contemporary issues in property. |
| Global citizenship | Apply the interconnected principles of property planning, design, construction, management, maintenance and transference to a range of different environments and contexts reflecting social, sustainable, ethical, economic and global perspectives. |
Course rules
To complete the Bachelor of Property and Real Estate you must pass 24 credit points. This includes:
- DAI001 Academic Integrity and Respect at Deakin (0-credit-point compulsory unit) in your first study period
- 15 credit points of core units
- 1 credit point of Work Integrated Learning (WIL) course elective units
- 8 credit points of open elective units (which may include 1 minor (4 credit points) in either Wealth Management, Finance, Sustainability and Development or Economics)
- a maximum of 10 credit points at level 1
- a minimum of 6 credit points at level 3
Most units are equal to one credit point. As a full-time student you will study four credit points per trimester and usually undertake two trimesters per year.
Students are required to meet the University's academic progress and conduct requirements.
Minors
Refer to the details of each minor sequence for availability
Course structure
Compulsory 0-credit point module
To be completed in the first trimester of study
| DAI001 | Academic Integrity and Respect at Deakin |
Core units
Property and Real Estate
| MMP111 | Introduction to Property |
| MMP122 | Introduction to Property Development |
| MMP219 | Sustainable Property Construction |
| MMP211 | Statutory Valuation |
| MMP212 | Property Investment |
| MMP213 | Property Economics |
| MMP221 | Property Management |
| MMP223 | Property Law and Practice + |
| MMP321 | Advanced Property Analysis |
| MMP322 | Advanced Property Development ~ |
| MMP311 | Advanced Property Valuation (Capstone) |
Commerce
| MAA103 | Accounting for Decision Making |
| MAE101 | Economic Principles # |
| MAF101 | Fundamentals of Finance |
| MLC101 | Law for Commerce |
#MAE101 is also available in Campus mode at Waterfront (Geelong) and in Online mode in Trimester 1.
+This unit was previously coded MMP121
~This unit was previously coded MMP222
WIL course electives
Select one from:
| MWL316 | Consultancy Experience |
| MWL318 | Internship |
| MWL319 | International Consultancy Experience |
Note: Students WIL experience should relate to their field of study and career aspirations in property and real estate.
Open electives
Plus 8 credit points of open undergraduate units selected from the Faculty of Business and Law or from other faculties within the University (which may include a minor sequence listed).
Work experience
This course provides students the opportunity to complete one or more work integrated learning units.
Explore Business and Law WIL opportunities.
International Students:
This course includes Work Integrated Learning (WIL) formally registered as part of the course on the CRICOS register. The total work integrated learning hours will differ depending on the WIL unit you choose. For more information about WIL hours, please check the unit information in the handbook or the unit guide.
For information about how WIL units may impact student visa holder work rights, please visit Home Affairs. See 8105 Work limitation.
Details of minor sequences
Wealth management
Campuses
Burwood (Melbourne), Online
Unit set code
MN-M30004^
Aim:
This minor will provide students with an insight and understanding of the creation, management and protection of a person's financial wealth and the techniques and factors underlying a person's financial decision-making. Significant growth is expected in the financial services sector over the next decade and accordingly the ability to both manage and protect wealth will become increasingly important skills.
Units
| MAF101 | Fundamentals of Finance |
| MAA255 | Money, Wealth, and You |
plus 2 units from:
| MAA215 | Client Behaviour and Decision Making |
| MAA317 | Superannuation Planning |
| MAA319 | Estate Planning and Insurance |
^ Students undertaking the Financial Planning major (MJ-M30044) cannot undertake the minor in Wealth Management.
Finance
Campuses
Burwood (Melbourne), Online
Unit set code
MN-M30005^
Aim:
This minor will provide students with an understanding of the basic principles of business finance and the operation of money and capital markets. This knowledge is extended into practical application in domestic and international equity and debt markets.
Units
| MAF101 | Fundamentals of Finance |
plus 3 units from:
| MAF202 | Banking and Financial Institutions |
| MAF203 | Business Finance |
| MAF306 | International Finance and Investment |
| MAF307 | Equities and Investment Analysis |
^ Students undertaking the Finance major (MJ-M30045) cannot undertake the minor in Finance.
Sustainability and development
Campuses
Burwood (Melbourne), Online
Unit set code
MN-M30025
Aim:
The aim is to spark curiosity and to develop economic acumen on the highly salient issues of sustainability, climate change and development from both a business and society perspective.
Units
4 credit points from:
| MAE101 | Economic Principles |
| MAE208 | Growth Inequality and Conflict |
| MAE233 | Business and Climate Change |
| MAE305 | Energy, Environment and Sustainability |
Economics
Campuses
Burwood (Melbourne), Online
Unit set code
MN-M30006^
Aim:
This minor will complement any major and enhances employability by facilitating a broad and practical understanding of the impact of market forces, the role of incentives in shaping individual behaviour, monetary and fiscal policy, and economic and business strategies at local, national and international levels. Students also have the option to explore the economics of current policy challenges related to macroeconomic management, energy and the environment and health and demographics. Students can customise and choose from a set of units to focus on discipline sub-fields of interest to them while furthering their economics knowledge.
Units
Must complete either:
| MAE101 | Economic Principles |
| MAE120 | Money, Growth and the Economy |
plus any 3 units from:
| MAE201 | Competition and Industry |
| MAT203/MAE203 | The Global Economy * |
| MAE214 | Business Strategy in the Digital Economy |
| MAE215 | Behavioural Economics for Business and Policy |
| MAE266 | Black Market Economics: Exploring the Underworld of Illicit Trade |
| MAE302 | Macroeconomics of Open Economies |
| MAE304 | Labour and Health Economics |
| MAE305 | Energy, Environment and Sustainability |
| MAE312 | National Economic Policy |
*MAT203 denotes Study Tour version of the unit
^ Students undertaking the Economics major (MJ-M30043) cannot undertake the minor in Economics.
^ Continuing students undertaking the International Trade major (MJ-M30037) cannot undertake the minor in Economics.
Course duration
You may be able to study available units in the optional third trimester to fast-track your degree, however your course duration may be extended if there are delays in meeting course requirements, such as completing a placement.
Other learning experiences
This course includes the option of other learning experiences (ie an approved international learning experience)
Fees and charges
Tuition fees will vary depending on the type of fee place you hold, your course, your commencement year, the units you choose to study, your study load and/or unit discipline.
Your tuition fees will increase annually at the start of each calendar year. All fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD) and do not include additional costs such as textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment, mandatory checks, travel, consumables and other costs.
For further information regarding tuition fees, other fees and charges, invoice due dates, withdrawal dates, payment methods visit our Current students website.
Further information
Contact Student Central for assistance in course planning, choosing the right units and explaining course rules and requirements. Student Central can also provide information for a wide range of services at Deakin. To help you understand the University vocabulary, please refer to our Enrolment codes and terminology page.