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Manage a property or develop a home-sale plan in this 2-week program for high school students at UCLA.
Rated 4.3 out of 5 for course experience by high school students surveyed across the broader program in 2026.
Course Description
Selling a home means seeing more than the property. Think about the buyer, explain what matters to them, and work through the steps that make a transaction possible.
In this course you will explore real-estate sales, leasing, property management, contracts, and client communication. Comparing roles and everyday professional resources shows how different parts of the industry work.
Workshops put that knowledge to use. Practice completing real-estate contracts, separate property features from customer benefits, develop a sales pitch, and role-play steps in selling a home. A career exploration fair and a possible visit connected to university real-estate resources offer more ways to explore the profession.
For the team capstone, choose between acting as an agent selling a home or a leasing manager running an apartment complex. Organize the steps, documents, and decisions into a presentation of your chosen scenario. The work connects communication and financial awareness with professional responsibilities and the role real estate can play in building wealth.
This two-week course for high school students takes place at UCLA in Los Angeles, California. The program is developed by UCLA and offered in partnership with Summer Discovery. Residential and commuter options are available.
What You Will Do
• Explore careers and responsibilities across the real-estate industry
• Practice completing introductory real-estate contracts
• Distinguish property features from customer benefits
• Develop and rehearse a real-estate sales pitch
• Role-play steps involved in selling a home
• Complete a home-sale or apartment-management capstone
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, students will be able to:
• Explain real-estate roles and their professional responsibilities
• Apply introductory contract and sales concepts to a property scenario
• Explain the decisions involved in selling or managing residential property
You’ll leave with your team’s real-estate capstone and a certificate of completion.
Why Real Estate Skills Matter
Real estate decisions combine contracts, communication, market knowledge, operations, and financial consequences. Students learn that presenting a property involves more than describing it. Professionals must understand client needs, explain terms, manage documents, and follow a process.
The capstone also builds project management. Students divide responsibilities, organize information, practice a pitch, and present a complete scenario. These skills support business, finance, law, urban studies, hospitality, sales, and other fields where assets and relationships must be managed carefully.
Who Should Attend?
For students who have completed 9th, 10th, 11th, or 12th grade.
If you’re curious about housing as a business or asset, this course gives you a look at the work behind a sale or a managed property. Contracts, client conversations, and a team scenario make the subject practical. It’s a fit for interests in business, finance, sales, or property management, with role-play and a final presentation giving you a chance to try professional decisions.
Recommended by More Than 4 out of 5 Students
Based on students surveyed in Summer Discovery’s 2026 UCLA high school program.
Your Summer at UCLA
UCLA gives high-school students the opportunity to explore an academic interest while experiencing university life in Los Angeles, a city where entertainment, technology, business, science, and culture constantly intersect. The campus has its own community and rhythm while connecting students to a wider environment built around creativity and new ideas.
Students learn alongside peers, navigate a large campus, and gain independence through everyday choices and responsibilities. Time outside class expands the experience through friendships, campus life, and opportunities to notice which subjects and settings hold their attention. For families, UCLA offers a valuable combination of substantive academics, personal growth, and clearer direction about what a student may want to study, experience more deeply, or pursue next.
Summer Discovery Certificate of Completion
After successfully finishing this course, you will be awarded a certification of completion for your accomplishment.
*This is a preview, not what you will receive