Florida Department of Education
Curriculum Framework 

Program Title:	Real Estate Development and Design
Career Cluster:	Architecture & Construction

Associate in Science	
CIP Number	1604100100	
Program Type	College Credit	
Program Length	60 credit hours	
CTSO	SkillsUSA	
SOC Codes (all applicable) 	For program SOC codes, please see the Program and Course Tables section of the CTE Program Resources page linked below.	
CTE Program Resources 	http://www.fldoe.org/academics/career-adult-edu/career-tech-edu/program-resources.stml	

Purpose

The purpose of this program is to provide a holistic, practical, and rigorous curriculum for students seeking employment as urban designers, real estate developers, urban planners, economic development staff, city management staff, public works staff, architecture, landscape architecture, and engineering draftsperson, civic leaders, and public officials. 

The program will also provide a highly sought after foundational skillset for students seeking additional education and/or licensure in architecture, engineering, landscape architecture, public administration, law, planning and economic development.

The program offers courses that will teach students how to design a region, a neighborhood, a block, a street, a building, civic spaces, and infrastructure. Students will also learn about economic development, finance, and real estate development; the role of government in the growth of communities. Additional courses will teach students a foundation in the history, sociology, and science of healthy communities, and provide a foundation in written and oral communication. 

This program offers a sequence of courses that provides coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers in the Architecture & Construction career cluster; provides technical skill proficiency, and includes competency-based applied learning that contributes to the academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning and problem-solving skills, work attitudes, general employability skills, technical skills, and occupation-specific skills, and knowledge of all aspects of the Architecture & Construction career cluster. 

Additional Information relevant to this Career and Technical Education (CTE) program is provided at the end of this document.

Program Structure

This program is a planned sequence of instruction consisting of 60 credit hours.

When developing the course sequence for the local implementation of this program, select courses that:
•	Meet the skill development requirements of the standards and benchmarks of this program.
•	Meet the general education core course requirements of Rule 6A-14.0303, Florida Administrative Code.
•	Where reasonable and practicable, align with programs offered by your institution or other postsecondary institutions in Florida, including: 
o	Related CCC and ATD credentials.
o	Baccalaureate degrees within the same career pathway and/or Federal CIP code.

Visit FloridaShines’ Discover Programs website to identify other institutions that offer similar programs to review their course sequencing. Where appropriate, course alignment between institutions offering related programs can facilitate interagency student articulation.

Visit FloridaShines’ Common Prerequisites Manual to identify courses that are prerequisites for admission into an upper division program.  When sub-baccalaureate courses are aligned to the course admissions requirements of baccalaureate programs with the same career pathway, students can enter upper division coursework seamlessly.   

Florida’s Career Readiness Skills for CTE Programs

Employability Skills	
01.0	Apply academic skills to workplace scenarios.	
01.01	Use reading skills.	
01.02	Use writing skills.	
01.03	Use mathematical strategies and procedures.	
01.04	Use scientific principles and procedures.	
02.0	Design a solution to an industry problem.	
02.01	Use critical thinking.	
02.02	Use creativity.	
02.03	Make sound decisions.	
02.04	Solve problems.	
02.05	Reason. 	
02.06	Plan and organize.	
03.0	Manage resources within an industry project	
03.01	Manage time.	
03.02	Manage money or resources.	
03.03	Manage materials.	
03.04	Manage personnel.	
04.0	Oversee the subcomponents, operations and output of a technical or organizational system.	
04.01	Manage systems.	
04.02	Monitor systems.	
04.03	Improve systems.	
05.0	Use information for decision making.	
05.01	Locate information.	
05.02	Organize information.	
05.03	Use information.	
05.04	Analyze information.	
05.05	Communicate information.	
06.0	Apply relevant technology to workplace scenarios to aid productivity.	
06.01	Use technology.	
07.0	Interpret and express interpersonal communication.	
07.01	Communicate verbally.	
07.02	Listen actively.	
07.03	Comprehend written material.	
07.04	Convey information in writing.	
07.05	Communicate nonverbally.	
07.06	Interpret nonverbal communication.	
08.0	Interact with others to accomplish workplace goals.	
08.01	Collaborate with others in a team.	
08.02	Respond to customer needs.	
08.03	Exercise leadership.	
08.04	Negotiate to resolve conflict.	
08.05	Respect others.	
09.0	Manage personal behavior to maximize productivity and professional growth.	
09.01	Demonstrate responsibility and self-discipline.	
09.02	Adapt and show flexibility.	
09.03	Work independently.	
09.04	Demonstrate a willingness to learn.	
09.05	Demonstrate integrity.	
09.06	Demonstrate professionalism.	
09.07	Take initiative.	
09.08	Display positive attitude.	
09.09	Take responsibility for professional growth.	
Job Attainment	
10.0	Find, assess and apply to job opportunities.	
10.01	Identify online job posts relevant to his or her career aspirations.	
10.02	Compare and contrast the job posts’ required qualifications, job duties, compensation, benefits and employers. 	
10.03	Define what information, documentation and writing prompts are required for the positions.	
11.0	Communicate personal competence, character and fit for a job opportunity.	
11.01	Develop a resume.	
11.02	Write a cover letter.	
11.03	Curate a professional portfolio that includes work products.	
11.04	Prepare for and experience a mock job interview.	
12.0	Cultivate and leverage relationships to professionally advance.	
12.01	Request a signed reference letter, letter of recommendation and/or an online skill/professionalism endorsement. 	
12.02	Develop a plan to cultivate a professional digital footprint.	
12.03	Develop a networking plan for a specific industry of interest.	

Standards

After successfully completing this program, the student will be able to perform the following:

01.0	Demonstrate understanding of and how to use the component pieces of building cities, towns, and villages.
02.0	Identify and apply appropriate construction materials, tools, and methods.
03.0	Demonstrate fundamental design skills, including hand drawing, tabletop drafting, and CAD.
04.0	Produce architectural, urban design, and planning drawings at the neighborhood and building scale.
05.0	Understand the roles of local, regional, state, and federal government in growing communities.
06.0	Interpret state and local laws, codes, and regulations.
07.0	Understand, evaluate, and specify appropriate civil infrastructure.
08.0	Demonstrate understanding of finance and economics and how to apply them to public and private issues.
09.0	Demonstrate understanding of the full range of real estate development practice.
10.0	Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the history of cities, towns, and villages.
11.0	Apply sociological methods and theory to assess and shape places, communities, and policies.
12.0	Demonstrate management and leadership skills.
13.0	Understand current debates in development and design and provide a foundation for dealing with those issues.
14.0	Demonstrate effective analytical and persuasive writing and oral presentation skills.
15.0	Demonstrate employability skills.
16.0	Perform office and organizational procedures.
17.0	Demonstrate an understanding of entrepreneurship.

Florida Department of Education
Student Performance Standards

Program Title:	Real Estate Development and Design
CIP Number:		1604100100
Program Length:	60 credit hours

At the completion of this program, the student will be able to:	
01.0	Define the function and design of component pieces of cities, towns, and villages. The student will be able to:	
01.01	Identify and describe the functions of the major components of traditional and contemporary buildings.	
01.02	Identify and describe the functions of the major components of traditional and contemporary streets.	
01.03	Identify and describe the functions of the major components of traditional and contemporary neighborhoods.	
01.04	Describe how the components of buildings and streets form neighborhoods and how neighborhoods form cities, towns, and villages.	
01.05	Identify the major stakeholders and actors in the building and management of cities, towns, and villages, and their roles, responsibilities and interactions.	
02.0	Identify and apply appropriate construction materials, tools, and methods. The student will be able to:	
02.01	Identify and describe the appropriate uses of major construction materials.	
02.02	Safely operate typical construction tools and equipment and demonstrate jobsite safety.	
02.03	Read a building, identifying its major components and systems.	
02.04	Explain structural and waterproofing concepts and techniques.	
02.05	Describe major building systems including plumbing, electrical, HVAC, and fire protection.	
02.06	Draw simplified diagrams of buildings and their systems.	
03.0	Apply design skills, including hand drawing, tabletop drafting, and CAD.  The student will be able to:	
03.01	Hand draw buildings, streets, and places in the field.	
03.02	Prepare site plans through hand drawing and drafting techniques.	
03.03	Prepare floor plans through hand drawing and drafting techniques.	
03.04	Prepare elevations through hand drawing and drafting techniques.	
03.05	Draw renderings and perspectives.	
03.06	Apply foundational techniques of computer aided design.	

04.0	Produce architectural, urban design, and planning drawings at the neighborhood and building scale.  The student will be able to:	
04.01	Explain and apply of development and design concepts.	
04.02	Prepare plans, elevations, and renderings for neighborhoods, streets, blocks, and public spaces.	
04.03	Prepare plans, elevations, and renderings for buildings, including detached homes, missing middle typologies, and mixed-use buildings.	
04.04	Prepare development proposals including plans, elevations, renderings, financial model and business plan for complex redevelopment scenarios.	
05.0	Define the roles of local, regional, state, and federal government in growing communities. The student will be able to:	
05.01	Define the US Federal system and the roles and responsibilities of different levels and branches of Government.	
05.02	Describe the origins of the US constitutional system, the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights. 	
05.03	Describe the evolution of the US Federal system, particularly as it relates to development, infrastructure, and finance.	
05.04	Describe the Florida State Government, including the roles and responsibilities of the key branches, agencies, and bodies, particularly as they relate to development, environmental protection, planning, and infrastructure. 	
05.05	Describe typical forms of local government in Florida, their elected and appointed leaders, their departments, and agencies particularly as they relate to development, planning, design, and infrastructure.	
05.06	Articulate the interactions between different branches and levels of government.	
05.07	Articulate the role of government in shaping, encouraging, or discouraging community growth and prosperity.  	
05.08	Identify where and how to intervene in the system for different kinds of problems, requests, or reforms.	
06.0	Interpret state and local laws, codes, and regulations.  The student will be able to:	
06.01	Interpret legal and regulatory language in laws, bills, ordinances, and codes.	
06.02	Define administrative law concepts as they apply to the state and local level.	
06.03	Describe the evolution of laws and regulations regarding land use and the built environment.	
06.04	Interpret zoning regulations.	
06.05	Interpret building and fire codes.	
06.06	Interpret environmental and conservation regulations.	
07.0	Define, evaluate, and specify appropriate civil infrastructure.  The student will be able to:	
07.01	Identify and describe the characteristics of streets, roads, stroads, and highways, and the appropriate context to employ each, with reference to the Florida DOT context standards. 	
07.02	Describe the uses and limitations of traffic demand modeling.	
07.03	Define the uses and limitations of parking demand modeling and demonstrate understanding of parking management strategies.	
07.04	Explain the principles of storm-water management, including specifying appropriate scale and applications in different contexts.	
07.05	Define the major public utilities (electric, gas, water, sewer), and assess capacity, requirements, and siting. 	
07.06	Estimate the cost-benefit tradeoffs of different infrastructure approaches, as relating to different contexts.	
07.07	Describe effective transit operations and apply those insights to project design and development. 	
07.08	Articulate the nexus between transportation and land use and apply those insights to project design and development.	
08.0	Explain finance and economics and how to apply them to public and private issues.  The student will be able to:	
08.01	Explain foundational economic thinking, the understanding of markets, market failures, government regulation.	
08.02	Define key financial concepts, including capital, equity, debt, interest, and financial modeling.	
08.03	Apply core concepts of accounting to read and interpret core financial statements, including budgets, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and profit & loss statement.	
08.04	Apply financial concepts and skills to managing personal finances.	
08.05	Apply financial concepts and skills to public finance case studies.	
08.06	Apply financial concepts and skills to business case studies.	
09.0	Describe the full range of real estate development practice. The student will be able to:	
09.01	Define the core concepts of real estate development, including the real estate project life cycle, the real estate business model, and the key roles and participants in real estate development.	
09.02	Explain all stages of the development process, from acquisitions, through approvals, design, financing, construction, management, and leasing or sales.	
09.03	Apply real estate math concepts and calculations.	
09.04	Prepare and analyze a real estate financial proforma.	
09.05	Prepare a real estate development project pitch.	
09.06	Curate a portfolio of real estate project materials.	
10.0	Describe the history of cities, towns, and villages. The student will be able to:	
10.01	Describe the history and evolution of human settlement.	
10.02	Interpret urban form and apply those concepts to design and development problems.	
10.03	Articulate how major innovations have changed urban form.	
10.04	Describe major planning and design epochs, including classical, medieval, Renaissance, new world, industrial, city beautiful, modernism, urban renewal, and suburbanization. 	
10.05	Identify major figures, buildings, and projects in the history of human settlement and the importance of their contributions.	
10.06	Articulate what factors contribute to the long-term success of a city, town, or neighborhood, and apply those insights to their development and design work.	
11.0	Apply sociological methods and theory to assess and shape places, communities, and policies. The student will be able to:	
11.01	Describe major sociological concepts that relate to how people relate to their place and community.	
11.02	Observe and interpret how people interact with and use a building, street, or public place.	
11.03	Explain the sources of crime and public order and the intersections with development & design.	
11.04	Explain the forces that strengthen and weaken community in neighborhoods, villages, towns, and city.	
11.05	Describe the business ecosystem, business formation, and economic development.	
12.0	Apply management and leadership skills. The student will be able to:	
12.01	Demonstrate an ability to work with different personality types and backgrounds.	
12.02	Demonstrate skills for managing groups and teams.	
12.03	Demonstrate project management skills.	
12.04	Demonstrate negotiation skills and techniques.	
12.05	Demonstrate strategic thinking.	
12.06	Create a power map of stakeholders around a specific policy or project.	
12.07	Identify and articulate their management and leadership style.	
12.08	Identify and articulate their personal and professional goals and ethics.	
13.0	Understand current debates in development and design and provide a foundation for dealing with those issues. The student will be able to:	
13.01	Interpret news reports.	
13.02	Interpret research reports and white papers.	
13.03	Explain the major sides current of debates (such as housing affordability, municipal financial productivity, etc.).	
13.04	Apply technical skills from planning and design, finance and development, management and governance on these topics.	
13.05	Engage in deliberative conversation and debate on these topics.	
14.0	Demonstrate effective analytical and persuasive writing and oral presentation skills.  The student will be able to:	
14.01	Analyze written materials and oral presentations.	
14.02	Write a business memo.	
14.03	Research and write a policy report.	
14.04	Research and write a persuasive op-ed. 	
14.05	Prepare effective slide show for public presentation.	
14.06	Memorize selected speeches and evaluate their rhetorical techniques.	
14.07	Give a persuasive oral presentation.	
15.0	Demonstrate employability skills. The student will be able to:	
15.01	Conduct a job search.	
15.02	Secure information about a job.	
15.03	Identify documents which may be required when applying for a job interview and create a portfolio.	
15.04	Write a resume, cover letter and fill out a typical job application form.	
15.05	Demonstrate competence in job interview techniques.	
15.06	Identify or demonstrate appropriate responses to criticism from employer, supervisor or other employees.	
15.07	Exhibit/Build productive work habits.	
15.08	Describe how to make job changes appropriately.	
15.09	Demonstrate acceptable personal hygiene.	
16.0	Perform office and organizational procedures.  The student will be able to:	
16.01	Conduct a job search.	
16.02	Secure information about a job.	
16.03	Identify documents which may be required when applying for a job interview and create a portfolio.	
16.04	Write a resume, cover letter and fill out a typical job application form.	
16.05	Demonstrate competence in job interview techniques.	
16.06	Identify or demonstrate appropriate responses to criticism from employer, supervisor or other employees.	
16.07	Exhibit/Build productive work habits.	
16.08	Demonstrate knowledge of how to make job changes appropriately.	
17.0	Describe entrepreneurship.  The student will be able to:	
17.01	Describe the importance of entrepreneurship and small business ownership to the American economy.	
17.02	List the advantages and disadvantages of business ownership.	
17.03	Identify the risks involved in ownership of a business.	
17.04	Identify the necessary personal characteristics of a successful entrepreneur.	
17.05	Identify the business skills needed to operate a small business efficiently and effectively.	

Additional Information

Laboratory Activities

Laboratory investigations that include scientific inquiry, research, measurement, problem solving, emerging technologies, tools and equipment, as well as, experimental, quality, and safety procedures are an integral part of this career and technical program/course. Laboratory investigations benefit all students by developing an understanding of the complexity and ambiguity of empirical work, as well as the skills required to manage, operate, calibrate and troubleshoot equipment/tools used to make observations. Students understand measurement error; and have the skills to aggregate, interpret, and present the resulting data. Equipment and supplies should be provided to enhance hands-on experiences for students.

General Education Course Requirements for AS and AAS Degrees

State Board of Education Rule 6A-14.030(4), F.A.C., identifies 15 credit hours as the minimum amount of general education coursework required in the Associate of Science (AS) degree and the Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree.  In addition, Rule 6A-14.0303, F.A.C., implements s. 1007.25, F.S., and requires students entering a technical education degree program in the 2022-2023 academic year, and thereafter, to complete at least one identified core course in each subject area as part of the general education course requirements (15 credit hours total) before a degree is awarded) The core subject areas include: 
•	Communication 
•	Humanities
•	Mathematics 
•	Natural Sciences
•	Social Sciences

Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSO)

CTSOs are co-curricular career and technical student organizations providing leadership training and reinforcing specific career and technical skills. Career and Technical Student Organizations provide activities for students as an integral part of the instruction offered. Other CTSOs not listed in this curriculum framework or recognized by the Florida Department of Education are permissible provided they support student mastery over the standards and benchmarks of this curriculum framework.

Accommodations

Federal and state legislation requires the provision of accommodations for students with disabilities to meet individual needs and ensure equal access. Postsecondary students with disabilities must self-identify, present documentation, request accommodations if needed, and develop a plan with their counselor and/or instructors. Accommodations received in postsecondary education may differ from those received in secondary education. Accommodations change the way the student is instructed. Students with disabilities may need accommodations in such areas as instructional methods and materials, assignments and assessments, time demands and schedules, learning environment, assistive technology and special communication systems. Documentation of the accommodations requested and provided should be maintained in a confidential file.