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College launches Master of Science in RE management.

The McCallum Graduate School of Business at Bentley College Bentley College is located at 175 Forest Street in Waltham, Massachusetts, 10 miles west of Boston. Founded as a school of accounting and finance in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood, Bentley moved to Waltham in 1968 and today is ranked 31 on Business Week's top 100 undergrad  announces the launch of a Master of Science in Real Estate Management (MSREM) in response to the industry's need for technically-skilled graduate business students with the knowledge base to manage residential and commercial properties.

Designed in consultation with many of the nation's leading experts in this emerging field, the MSREM program begins in the fall of 2006, providing students a solid understanding of business processes for planning, organizing and controlling real estate holdings and acquisitions. Candidates will also be exposed to a variety of career avenues through internships and field-based learning.

"During our discussions with leaders in the real estate field, we asked them outright if they'd hire someone who graduated from this program," said Bentley Associate Dean of Business Bill Wiggins William David Wiggin (born June 4, 1966) is a British Conservative Party politician, Member of Parliament and Shadow Minister for Agriculture & Fisheries. He has held the seat of Leominster since the 2001 election. , who led the task force that developed the MSREM. "The response was universal: 'As soon as you have graduates with those skills, send them our way.'"

MSREM students gain a solid understanding of business processes related to real estate management, along with the leadership and interpersonal skills "Interpersonal skills" refers to mental and communicative algorithms applied during social communications and interactions in order to reach certain effects or results. The term "interpersonal skills" is used often in business contexts to refer to the measure of a person's ability  needed to succeed in an increasingly competitive environment. The program also emphasizes ethics ethics, in philosophy, the study and evaluation of human conduct in the light of moral principles. Moral principles may be viewed either as the standard of conduct that individuals have constructed for themselves or as the body of obligations and duties that a  and corporate responsibility, and offers access to the tools and technologies that industry professionals use everyday

The 30-credit hour program will include required core courses in real estate management, real estate law, marketing of services, business process management, leadership, ethics and corporate responsibility.

Students can also select from 24 elective courses Noun 1. elective course - a course that the student can select from among alternatives
elective

course, course of instruction, course of study, class - education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings; "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is
 ranging from negotiating to planning and financing new ventures to entrepreneurial en·tre·pre·neur  
n.
A person who organizes, operates, and assumes the risk for a business venture.



[French, from Old French, from entreprendre, to undertake; see enterprise.
 thinking. Students with a non-business undergraduate degree “First degree” redirects here. For the BBC television series, see First Degree.

An undergraduate degree (sometimes called a first degree or simply a degree
 may need to complete up to six additional courses, including statistics, economics, marketing, accounting, finance and organizational behavior, to ensure an appropriate academic preparation for the program.

The student-centered learning environment combines traditional classroom experience with online options for flexibility and convenience.

To learn more about the MSREM or to apply, go to http:// www.bentley.edu/graduate/academics/ms_programs/index.cfm or contact Graduate Admissions at 781-891-2108 or 800-442-4723.

Bentley is a national leader in business education. Centered on education and research in business and related professions, Bentley blends the breadth and technological strength of a university with the values and student focus of a small college. Our undergraduate curriculum combines business study with a strong foundation in the arts and sciences. A broad array of offerings, including MBA MBA
abbr.
Master of Business Administration

Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business
Master in Business, Master in Business Administration
, MS+MBA dual degree program and Master of Science and certificate programs at the McCallum Graduate School, emphasize the impact of technology on business practice. Enrolling approximately 3,900 full-time undergraduate, 335 adult part-time undergraduate, and 1,300 graduate students, Bentley is located in Waltham, Massachusetts One of the early centers of the Industrial Revolution in northern America, Waltham is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 59,226 at the 2000 census. , minutes west of Boston.
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Date:Dec 21, 2005
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