Successful completion of three college-level courses
is required to qualify for a real estate salesperson examination:
1. Real Estate Principles, and
2. Real Estate Practice, and
3. One course from the following list:
* Real Estate Appraisal
* Property Management
* Real Estate Finance
* Real Estate Economics
* Legal Aspects of Real Estate
* Real Estate Office Administration
* General Accounting
* Business Law
* Escrows
* Mortgage Loan Brokering and Lending
* Computer Applications in Real Estate
* Common Interest Developments
Note: Members of the California State Bar
are statutorily exempt from the college-level course requirements.
Evidence of admission to practice Law in California must be
furnished, such as a photocopy of both sides of a California
State Bar membership card.
Members of any other State Bar as well as individuals holding
an LL.B or J.D. degree who are not members of any State Bar,
including CA, may generally qualify on the basis of education.
These applicants are required to submit evidence of an LL.B.
or J.D. Degree from a college or university accredited by the
Western Association of Schools and Colleges (or comparable regional
accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department
of Education) for evaluation.
Also, applicants who submit evidence of having completed the
eight statutory college-level courses required for the broker
examination and license are eligible to take the salesperson
examination without submitting further evidence of experience
or education.
Continuing education offerings do not satisfy the college-level
course requirements for this examination.
Courses must be three semester-units or four quarter-units
at the college level. Courses must be completed at an institution
of higher learning accredited by the Western Association of
Schools and Colleges or by a comparable regional accrediting
agency recognized by the United States Department of Education,
or by a private real estate school which has had its courses
approved by the California Real Estate Commissioner.
Courses completed through foreign institutions of higher learning
must be evaluated by a foreign credentials evaluation service
approved by the Department of Real Estate.
Copies of official transcripts are generally acceptable evidence
of completed courses. Transcripts of equivalent courses submitted
as substitutes for the college-level courses listed above must
be supported by an official course or catalog description in
order to be evaluated for equivalency.
*Note: These requirements are true to the best
of our knowledge. For most current information refer to www.dre.ca.gov.
