Bachelor of Property and Real Estate

2025 Deakin University Handbook

Year	2025 course information
Award granted	Bachelor of Property and Real Estate
Deakin course code	M348
Course version	1
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Law
Course Information	For students who commenced from 2010 to 2022
Campus	For students who commenced prior to 2023 only
Duration	3 years full-time or part-time equivalent
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
Note: The final intake for this course version was 2022. Students should contact a Student Adviser in Student Central for course and enrolment information. Further course structure information can be found in the handbook archive.

Course sub-headings

Course overview

Gain the skills you need to build a career in real estate, from property development and valuation, to the business principles of law and accounting. 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). This means you graduate with a qualification that meets the needs of an evolving property industry.

Dreaming of a career as a top property professional?

Learn from leaders who are specialists and active in the field. You’ll benefit from the most current approaches, ideas and research, and expand your own connections and networks.

Our world-class educators will take you through everything you need to know about:

property economics
property investment
property law and practice
statutory valuation
sustainable construction.

As a graduate from this reputable and comprehensive course, you will be ready to hit the ground running from your very first day on the job.

Indicative student workload

As a student in the Faculty of Business and Law, you can expect to participate in a range of teaching activities each week. This could include classes, seminars, practicals and online interaction. 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 is in the top 1% of business schools globally by holding both AACSB and EQUIS accreditations. These prestigious accreditations are awarded to business schools that meet strict standards of quality, academic and professional excellence, and demonstrate a commitment to ongoing improvement and innovation in their courses, ensuring our graduates are employable worldwide.

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.

Career opportunities

With this qualification, you'll be able to specialise in all facets of the real estate market, including commercial and industrial property, residential property and other related land uses in the built environment. Better still, you’ll be well placed to capitalise on Australia’s population and housing boom. Graduate ready to explore career opportunities across a variety of roles including:

Property Valuer
Property Developer
Asset Manager
Owners Corporation Manager
Facilities Manager
Portfolio Manager
Property Advisor
Land economist

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 students must pass 24 credit points and meet the following course rules to be eligible to graduate:

DAI001 Academic Integrity Module (0-credit-point compulsory unit) in their first study period
16 credit points of core units
8 credit points of open elective units (which may include a 4 credit point minor in either Wealth Management, Finance, Sustainability, Global Studies or Economics
Level 1 - no more than 10 credit points
Level 3 - at least 6 credit points

Students are required to meet the University's academic progress and conduct requirements. See the enrolment codes and terminology to help make sense of the University's vocabulary.

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 [replaces SRT112 and SRT114]

Statutory Valuation

Property Investment

Property Economics

Property Management

Property Law and Practice ⁺

MMP321

Advanced Property Analysis

MMP322

Advanced Property Development ^~

MMP311

Advanced Property Valuation ^(Capstone)

SRT112 Sustainable Construction and SRT214 Commercial Property Construction Studies [no longer available for enrolment, replacement unit MMP219].

MMP219 is incompatible with SRT112 and SRT214. If you have completed only one of SRT112 and SRT214 units, you can enrol in MMP219.

Commerce

MAA103

Accounting for Decision Making

MAE101

Economic Principles

MAF101

Fundamentals of Finance

MLC101

Law for Commerce

⁺This unit was previously coded MMP121

^~This unit was previously coded MMP222

Open elective units

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).

Refer to the details of each minor sequence for availability

Wealth Management*
Finance*
Sustainability and Development*
Economics
Global Studies [no longer available. Please speak with a student adviser]

*Minor sequences: were recoded from MN-M348XX to MN-M300XX codes from T1 2024.

Further information

Student Central can help you with course planning, choosing the right units and explaining course rules and requirements.

Contact Student Central

Fees and charges

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