All Courses
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2.00 Introduction to Design
2.00 Introduction to Design is an introductory course to product and engineering design through hands-on design projects. Students will work both individually and in small teams of 5-6 members to design and prototype new products. Students will be introduced to technical and intellectual skills to understand and develop design methods and approaches and uncover new skills, methods, and ideas. A range of design techniques will be presented including brainstorming; sketching; sketch modeling; concept development; design aesthetics; and prototyping to help students think about, evaluate, and communicate designs, from sketching to physical prototyping and other types of modeling. Students are asked to assume a high degree of personal responsibility for their 2.00 experience. This is a course in which the level of effort and engagement will reflect in the richness of learning and experience.
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Real Estate Private Equity
This course is for students interested in understanding private market real estate transactions. It will cover a range of topics, including the formation of real estate private equity funds, investor profiles, capital raising, partnership and fee structures, return allocation mechanisms, waterfall calculations, taxation, and approaches to solving complex situations encountered by owners of private equity assets and investing in private asset-backed companies. Students will investigate real estate private equity transactions with an emphasis on whether to pursue a specific transaction or not based on its investment risks and merits. They will be expected to form well-reasoned arguments in support of their qualitative and quantitative positions with respect to some interesting transaction situations to be evaluated in this course.