Study Program – 14th edition – 2019/2020
Postgraduate Program in Real Estate Management *
| No. block | No. | Topics of the lectures | number hours | ECTS |
| AND | BASICS OF KNOWLEDGE IN THE FIELD OF THE LAW | 56 | 14 | |
| 1 | General part of civil law | 4 | 1 | |
| 2 | Fundamentals of property law | 8 | 2 | |
| 3 | Basics of contract law | 4 | 1 | |
| 4 | Selected issues in the field of family and inheritance law | 4 | 1 | |
| 5 | Basics of law and administrative procedure | 4 | 1 | |
| 6 | Sources of information about real estate | 8 | 2 | |
| 7 | Spatial economy | 4 | 1 | |
| 8 | Real estate management | 8 | 2 | |
| 9 | Housing economy | 4 | 1 | |
| 10 | Cooperative law | 4 | 1 | |
| 11 | Personal data protection | 4 | 1 | |
| II | BASICS OF ECONOMIC KNOWLEDGE | 8 | 2 | |
| 1 | Economic foundations of the real estate market | 4 | 1 | |
| 2 | Assessment of the economic efficiency of investments | 4 | 1 | |
| III | BASICS OF TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE | 28 | 7 | |
| 1 | Basics of construction | 8 | 2 | |
| 2 | Overview of technologies in construction | 4 | 1 | |
| 3 | The investment process in construction | 4 | 1 | |
| 4 | Operation of real estate | 4 | 1 | |
| 5 | Technical inspections and repairs | 4 | 1 | |
| 6 | Basics of costing | 4 | 1 | |
| IV | REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT | 80 | 17 | |
| 1 | Introduction to real estate management | 4 | 1 | |
| 2 | Property management contract | 8 | 2 | |
| 3 | Property management plan | 16 | 3 | |
| 4 | Procedures in real estate management | 8 | 2 | |
| 5 | Real estate taxes and fees | 8 | 2 | |
| 6 | Residential property management | 16 | 3 | |
| 7 | Commercial real estate management | 16 | 3 | |
| 8 | Real estate resource management | 4 | 1 | |
| V | INTERDISCIPLINARY ISSUES | 4 | 1 | |
| 1 | Real estate appraisal – selected issues | 4 | 1 | |
| EXAM | 8 | |||
| TOGETHER | 184 | 41 | ||
* The number of hours given in the study program applies to lecture hours 45 minutes of classes + 15 minutes break. The break management system depends on the lecturer conducting the classes.
The ECTS points given in the study program, defined in the European system of credit accumulation and transfer, are a measure of the average workload of a learner, necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes.
This system facilitates studying and contributes to the improvement of procedures related to the recognition of studies abroad.
| No. | Detailed study program |
| 1. | 1. General part of civil law 1.1. Subjects of civil law 1.2. Special regulations on commercial companies (partnerships and capital) 1.3. Prerequisites for the validity of legal actions 1.4. Sanctions for defective legal transactions (nullity, ineffectiveness) 1.5. Form of legal acts 1.6. Limitation of claims |
| 2. | 2. Fundamentals of property law 2.1. Property as a category of civil law 2.1.1. The concept of property rights 2.1.2. Examples of property rights on real estate 2.2. State, local government and private property 2.3. The genesis of property relations in Poland (communalisation, enfranchisement of legal persons) 2.4. The concept of movable and stationary things 2.5. Real estate definition 2.5.1. Types of real estate – land, buildings and premises 2.5.2. Land and mortgage register approach to real estate 2.5.3. The concept of components of the real estate 2.5.4. The concept of belonging and benefits 2.6. Property – concept, protection, joint ownership 2.7. Perpetual usufruct 2.8. Limited rights in rem, with particular emphasis on these rights in real estate 2.9. General rules for the acquisition of real estate by foreigners 2.9.1. The concept of a foreigner within the meaning of the Act on the acquisition of real estate by foreigners 2.9.2. Acquisition of real estate by foreigners requiring a permit – the authority issuing the permits and conditions for issuing the permit 2.9.3. Acquisition of real estate by foreigners not requiring a permit 2.9.4. Restrictions on the acquisition of agricultural and forest real estate |
| 3. | 3. Basics of contract law 3.1. General rules for concluding contracts 3.1.1. The principle of freedom of contract 3.1.2. Procedure for concluding a contract – offer, auction, tender 3.2. Illegal Contractual Provisions 3.3. Contracts for the use of real estate, including rent, lease, leasing |
| 4. | 4. Selected issues in the field of family and inheritance law 4.1. Matrimonial property regimes 4.2. Management of the joint property of the spouses 4.3. Parental management of the child’s property 4.4. Liability of spouses for debts 4.5. Premises of inheritance of real estate |
| 5. | 5. Basics of law and administrative procedure 5.1. General principles of administrative law 5.2. Structure and competences of public administration bodies. State and local government authority 5.3. Administrative proceedings – authorities and their local and substantive competence 5.4. Parties to administrative proceedings and their representatives 5.5. Decisions and resolutions 5.6. Appeals 5.7. Resumption of the proceedings, annulment, amendment and declaration of invalidity of the decision 5.8. Issue of certificates 5.9. Administrative court proceedings 5.10. Enforcement proceedings in administration |
| 6. | 6. Sources of information about real estate 6.1. Land and mortgage register courts, land and mortgage registers 6.1.1. Land and mortgage register proceedings 6.1.2. The content of the land and mortgage register 6.1.3. Land and mortgage register rules 6.1.4. Declaratory and constitutive entries 6.1.5. Extracts from the land and mortgage register 6.2. Real estate cadastre (land and building register). The link between the real estate cadastre and the land and mortgage registers 6.3. Records of the utilities network and the basic map 6.4. Analyzes (reports, assessments) of the impact of environmental factors on the property 6.5. Thematic maps 6.6. Other sources of information about real estate |
| 7. | 7. Spatial economy 7.1. System of spatial planning and development in Poland 7.2. Study of the conditions and directions of spatial development 7.3. Local spatial development plans 7.3.1. The role and importance of local plans 7.3.2. The mode of adopting local plans 7.3.3. Economic effects of adopting or changing local plans 7.4. Decisions on building conditions and land development 7.4.1. Decisions on building conditions 7.4.2. Decisions on determining the location of a public purpose investment 7.5. Other cases of locating public purpose investments 7.6. Spatial development and environmental protection, nature protection, cultural heritage and technical infrastructure |
| 8. | 8. Real estate management 8.1. Competences of public administration bodies in the field of real estate management 8.2. Real estate stock concept 8.3. Principles of trade in real estate owned by the State Treasury and local government units 8.3.1. Preferential real estate trade between the State Treasury and local government units 8.3.2. The principle of openness in real estate transactions 8.3.3. Priority in real estate acquisition 8.3.4. Sale of real estate by tender and non-tender procedure 8.3.5. Setting prices and rules for granting discounts 8.3.6. Determining and updating fees for perpetual usufruct 8.4. The concept of sustainable management 8.5. Pre-emption right to real estate 8.6. Divisions, mergers and divisions of real estate 8.7. Adiacenckie fees for the increase in the value of the property 8.8. Property expropriation, compensation and returns |
| 9. | 9. Housing economy 9.1. Management of residential real estate owned by the State Treasury and local government units 9.1.1. Protection of tenants’ rights 9.1.2. Society of social housing 9.2. Management of premises real estate 9.2.1. Separate ownership of the premises 9.2.2. Common real estate concept 9.2.3. Residential community, rights and obligations of the management board, rights of the owners of the premises in relation to the management board 9.3. Government housing support and financing programs |
| 10. | 10. Cooperative law 10.1. Management of cooperative real estate 10.2. Housing cooperative as a legal person, cooperative bodies and their competences 10.3. Statutes and regulations of the cooperative, intra-cooperative proceedings 10.4. Cooperative rights to premises 10.5. Transformation of cooperative rights to premises |
| 11. | 11. Personal data protection 11.1. Basic concepts related to the protection of personal data 11.2. Personal data protection authority 11.2.1. Tasks of the President of the Personal Data Protection Office 11.3. Principles of personal data processing 11.3.1. Cases in which data processing is allowed 11.3.2. Responsibilities of the personal data controller 11.3.3. Rights of the data subject |
| 12. | 12. Economic foundations of the real estate market 12.1. Real estate as an economic good 12.1.1. Features and functions of real estate in a market economy 12.1.2. Value and price of real estate. Types of values 12.1.3. Factors influencing the value of real estate 12.2. Real estate market 12.2.1. Definition and classification of the real estate market 12.2.2. The specific features of the real estate market 12.2.3. Features of the real estate market 12.2.4. Real estate market participants 12.3. Factors influencing the functioning of the real estate market 12.4. Real estate market research and analysis 12.5. State interventionism in the real estate market 12.6. Functioning of real estate markets in Poland and in selected European Union Member States |
| 13. | 13. Assessment of the economic efficiency of investments 13.1. The concept, classification and role of investments 13.2. The specificity of real estate investments 13.3. Investors in the real estate market 13.4. Objectives and principles of investing in the real estate market 13.5. The risk of investing in the real estate market 13.6. Criteria and examples of economic evaluation of investment effectiveness |
| 14. | 14. Basics of construction 14.1. Polish classification of buildings 14.2. Scope of regulations of the Building Law Act and executive regulations 14.2.1. Technical conditions to be met by buildings and their location 14.2.2. Technical conditions for the use of residential buildings 14.3. Application of Polish and international standards in construction 14.4. Principles of calculating the area and cubature of building objects 14.5. Documentation of the building object |
| 15. | 15. Review of technologies in construction 15.1. Types of structures due to the material used, traditional structures, prefabricated structures 15.2. Elements of construction and finishing of buildings 15.3. Building finishing technologies 15.4. Construction materials and products approved for use 15.5. Internal installations in buildings |
| 16. | 16. The investment process in construction 16.1. Construction project 16.2. Building permit, notification of the construction of a building object 16.3. Permission to use, notice of completion of the construction works 16.4. Change in the use of a building object 16.5. Demolition of a building object 16.6. Obligations of participants in the investment process |
| 17. | 17. Use of real estate 17.1. Defects of building objects resulting from design and execution errors, mining and exploitation damages 17.2. Technical wear of buildings – measures and methods of its evaluation 17.3. Functional and environmental wear – measures and methods of assessment 17.4. Fire protection, electric and gas safety 17.5. Water supply, environmental protection and maintenance of cleanliness 17.6. Ensuring proper energy management. Energy certification of buildings |
| 18. | 18. Technical inspections and repairs 18.1. Periodic technical inspections of buildings and devices 18.2. Powers in the scope of conducted reviews 18.3. The form and scope of control protocols 18.4. Maintenance work 18.5. Ways of determining the renovation needs 18.6. Planning and implementation of current repairs 18.7. Major repairs |
| 19. | 19. Basics of costing 19.1. General concepts, legal acts, types of cost estimates, role, tasks and functions of cost estimates 19.2. Standard and price base – techniques for standardizing the work of people, machines and material consumption 19.3. Rules for making take-offs and measurements of works 19.4. The specificity of costing construction works 19.5. Costing examples |
| 20. | 20. Introduction to the issues of real estate management 20.1. The essence and goals of real estate management 20.2. Contemporary concepts of real estate management 20.3. Property management process participants |
| 21. | 21. Property management contract 21.1. Form and content of the contract 21.2. Rights and obligations of the parties to the contract |
| 22. | 22. Property management plan 22.1. Purpose and functions of the real estate management plan 22.2. Methodology of preparing property management plans 22.2.1. The stages of preparing a property management plan 22.2.2. The structure of the property management plan 22.2.3. The scope of information in the property management plan 22.3. Property Management Plans – Examples for Different Property Types |
| 23. | 23. Procedures in real estate management 23.1. Acquisition of real estate for management 23.1.1. The scope of real estate foreclosure 23.1.2. Real estate takeover protocol 23.1.3. The property owner’s goals for the property as a guideline for the property manager’s actions 23.1.4. Strategic goals and analysis of conditions 23.2. Operational management procedures 23.2.1. Concluding contracts – rent and lease, for the supply of utilities, for the provision of services by external entities 23.2.2. Accounting and bookkeeping services 23.2.3. Property administration activities 23.2.4. Regulations of media settlements, real estate functioning, household order 23.2.5. Preparing the reports |
| 24. | 24. Taxes and fees related to real estate 24.1. Real estate as a subject of taxation 24.2. Types of taxes and fees |
| 25. | 25. Residential real estate management 25.1. Definition and examples of residential real estate 25.2. The specificity of real estate management of housing communities 25.3. The specificity of real estate management of housing cooperatives and social housing associations 25.4. The specificity of the management of residential real estate owned by the Treasury and local government units 25.5. The specificity of managing residential real estate owned and jointly owned by natural and legal persons |
| 26. | 26. Commercial real estate management 26.1. Definition and examples of commercial real estate 26.2. Commercial real estate rental institution 26.3. Financial aspects of managing and leasing commercial real estate 26.4. The specificity of office real estate management 26.5. The specificity of commercial and service real estate management 26.6. The specificity of industrial real estate management 26.7. The specificity of hotel and recreational property management 26.8. The specificity of managing residential real estate used for commercial purposes |
| 27. | 27. Real estate resource management 27.1. Definition of resources, natural and economic resources 27.2. Types of real estate resources 27.3. General specifics of real estate management 27.4. Detailed rules for managing real estate resources in communes, poviats, voivodships and the State Treasury 27.5. Management of real estate resources of workplaces and institutions 27.6. Choosing the optimal organizational and legal form of managing real estate resources of various types 27.7. Methods of improving the efficiency of real estate management |
| 28. | 28. Real estate appraisal – selected issues 28.1. The essence and goals of real estate appraisal 28.2. Rights and obligations of a property appraiser 28.3. Approaches, methods and techniques of real estate appraisal in Poland |
| 29. | Exam |