Course approval: Real estate educators
All courses presented to students for clock-hour credit must be delivered by an approved school and instructor. Courses must be approved before the date on which the course is offered for clock-hour credit. Upon approval, we’ll send a certificate of course approval to the school.
Mandated courses
Follow the instructions below if you want to offer mandated courses, including:
- Real Estate Fundamentals
- Real Estate Practices
- Advanced Real Estate Practices
- Real Estate Law
- Advanced Real Estate Law
- Business Management
- Brokerage Management
How to apply to offer a new mandated course
To apply for approval of any of the courses above, submit all of the following:
- A completed Real Estate Prelicensing or Post Licensing Course Approval Application with the administrator’s signature.
- A course outline with learning objectives and hourly breakdown.
- A copy of any texts, handouts, and other instructional materials.
- An examination with an answer key for review and approval (minimum 3 questions per clock hour).
- A check made out to the Department of Licensing for the required fee.
- If the course is delivered by distance education, a completed Real Estate Distance Education Delivery Method Application or a copy of the ARELLO certificate.
How to renew your mandated course approval
If there are no changes in course content or in the original course approval application for a previously approved course, submit all of the following:
- A completed Real Estate Prelicensing or Post Licensing Course Approval Application
- A check made out to the Department of Licensing for the required fee.
Other types of real estate courses
These courses must be at least 3 clock hours.
How to apply to offer other real estate courses
To apply for 2-year approval of non-mandated or continuing education courses, submit all of the following:
- 2 copies of each of the following:
- Completed Real Estate Continuing Education Course Approval Application with the administrator’s signature.
- Course curriculum and/or syllabus.
- Course outline with learning objectives and hourly breakdown. Make sure to highlight the core curriculum in your outline, if applicable.
- Texts, handouts, and other instructional materials.
- If the course is 30 clock hours or more, final examination and answer key.
- If the course is delivered by distance education, completed Real Estate Distance Education Delivery Method Application or copy of the ARELLO certificate.
- A check made out to the Department of Licensing for the required fee for a 2-year period.
How to renew other real estate course approval
If there are no changes in course content or in the original course approval application for a previously approved course, submit all of the following:
- A completed Real Estate Continuing Education Course Approval Application.
- A check made out to the Department of Licensing for the required fee for a 2-year period.
Secondary education provider courses
An approved school may offer courses that are currently approved for another education provider.
Note: You may not use the following approval process for:
- Real Estate Fundamentals
- Real Estate Practices
- Advanced Real Estate Practices
- Real Estate Law
- Advanced Real Estate Law
- Real Estate Brokerage Management
- Business Management
- Transition Course
- Courses that include the prescribed core curriculum.
How to apply to offer a new course
To apply for approval of secondary provider course content, submit all of the following:
- Written authorization by the original education provider, permitting you to use the course content.
- A completed course evaluation form.
- If this course is delivered by distance education, a completed Real Estate Distance Education Delivery Method Application or a copy of the ARELLO certificate.
How to renew secondary education provider approval
If there are no changes in course content or in the original course approval application for a previously approved course, just submit a completed Real Estate Secondary Provider Course Content Approval Application to renew.
