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Finance, Accounting, and Real Estate

Gordon Potter, Area Director

The Finance, Accounting, and Real Estate (FARE) concentration focuses on the analysis, financing, investing, control, and valuation of individual, corporate, and portfolios of hospitality assets.

The Hotel School offers students five ways to specialize within the FARE concentration Students choosing a FARE concentration should choose the track that most closely matches their career objectives.

Students opting for the FARE concentration are strongly urged to augment their education with courses in probability and statistics, economics, econometrics, and mathematics. Firms hiring for entry-level positions look favorably on candidates with quantitative abilities. Taking courses in these areas will dramatically improve your competitiveness when interviewing for a position and will make you more effective as an industry professional.

Corporate Finance/Financial Consulting
Advisors: L. Canina, G. Potter, Q. Ma
This track of the concentration is designed for students seeking a career as a financial consultant in a hospitality consulting firm and as a corporate finance analyst in a hospitality company.
Required Courses
Any four of the following courses totaling 12 credits

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General Financial Management
Advisors: Any FARE faculty members
This track of the concentration is designed for students who wish to have flexibility in their career path and/or want to prepare for a more generalized financially oriented career in either operations or consulting.
Required Courses

Plus any other FARE area courses totaling 3 credits

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Hospitality Controllership
Advisors: D. Dittman, G. Potter
This track of the concentration is designed for students seeking a career as a financial controller or as a managerial accountant in hospitality operations.
Required Courses
Any four of the following courses totaling 12 credits

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Real Estate Finance
Advisors: J. Corgel, J. de Roos, D. Quan
This track of the concentration is designed for students seeking a career in real estate and real estate finance at an investment bank, with a REIT, or with a real estate fund.
Required Courses

Plus at least two of the following courses, totaling at least 6 credits

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Securities Analysis/Investment Banking
Advisors: L. Canina, C. Chang, Q. Ma
This track of the concentration is designed for students wishing to pursue a career on Wall Street as a security or investment banking analyst.
Required Course

Plus any three of the following courses, totaling 9 credits

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