Real Estate Appraiser II Certificate of Achievement

The Real Estate Appraiser II Certificate of Achievement is designed to provide students with the required competencies to upgrade their careers in residential and commercial real estate appraisal. This certificate provides students with the legislatively-mandated education requirements for the California State BREA Certified Residential Appraiser (AR) license exam. This program is also designed to prepare students to pass the California State BREA Certified Residential Appraiser (AR) license exam. Students are required to complete the Real Estate Appraiser I Certificate of Achievement (or the equivalent) before receiving the Real Estate Appraiser II Certificate of Achievement. In addition to the 200 hours of basic education and the additional 36 college credit hours that this Certificate of Achievement provides, AR license applicants are required to complete a Fed & State Laws and Regs for CA Appraisers course that is offered as a non-credit course at West Los Angeles College before they can obtain their license. There are additional experience requirements for the AR license.

We project 30 students will complete the program in Spring 2019; 35 students will complete in Spring 2020; 40 students in will complete in Spring 2021.

The Real Estate Appraiser II Certificate of Achievement is designed to provide students with the educational courses needed to upgrade their career within the real estate appraisal profession. To qualify to sit for the California State Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers (BREA) Certified Residential Appraiser (AR) license exam, applicants need at least 200 hours of education in real estate appraisal and they need to obtain additional general education college-level courses. There are 6 pathways that applicants can utilize to meet the college-level education requirement. This Certificate of Achievement meets pathway #3 which is 30 semester hours of general education college-level courses from an accredited college, junior college, community college or university. This certificate provides students with all the education requirements needed to sit for the California BREA Certified Residential Appraiser (AR) license exam. Program Learning Outcomes: Upon completion of this Certificate of Achievement, the student will be able to: a. Meet the educational requirements to qualify to sit for the California State BREA licensing exam for the Certified Residential Appraiser (AR) license. b. Have the requisite knowledge to pass the California State BREA Certified Residential Appraiser (AR) license exam. c. Exceed the state average on the California State BREA Certified Residential Appraiser (AR) license exam. d. Demonstrate mastery of the skills necessary to become a California State Certified Residential Appraiser (AR). e. Enhance professional or career skills, i.e. improve job performance, obtain an appraiser license or qualify for either a hierarchical or lateral career move.

CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT Real Estate Appraiser II MAJOR CODE: 0511.00 PREREQUISITE UNITS Real Estate Appraiser I Certificate of Achievement 10 REAL ES 9 Real Estate Appraisal I 3 REAL ES 10 Real Estate Appraisal II 3 REAL ES 39 Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice 1 REAL ES 40 Residential Report Writing and Case Studies 3 REQUIRED COURSES UNITS REAL ES 007 Real Estate Finance I 3 ENG 101 College Reading And Composition I 3 ECON 001 Principles of Economics I  3 ECON 002 Principles of Economics II 3 FINANCE 001 Principles of Finance 3 MATH 125 Intermediate Algebra 5 MATH 227 Statistics 4 CO SCI 901 or CS SCI 930 Introduction to Computers and Their Use or Microcomputer Application Software 3 BUS 005 Business Law I 3 REQUIRED UNITS 30 AND 6 ELECTIVE UNITS FROM ANY 2 COURSES IN THE FOLLOWING DISCIPLINES: 6 ACCTG 001, 002, 015, 025 Accounting GEOG 001 Geography MGMT 001, 006, 013 Business Management REAL ES 001, 003, 005, 011, 014, 021 Real Estate TOTAL CERTIFICATE UNITS REQUIRED 46 The California Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers (BREA) currently requires 200 hours of education in real estate appraisal as well as a general education college component to qualify to sit for the Certified Residential (AR) license examination. This Certificate of Achievement meets 1 of 6 pathways that you can use to meet the general and appraisal education requirements for the AR license. BREA also requires a Federal and California State Laws and Regulations course for the AR License. This course is offered as a non-credit course at West Los Angeles College.

The Real Estate Appraiser II Certificate of Achievement will be part of the college’s Career Technical Education program that prepares students for entry into specific occupations that do not necessarily require a degree. Like all CTE programs, The Real Estate Appraiser II Certificate of Achievement will offer students an opportunity to successfully prepare themselves for a career. The Real Estate Salesperson Certificate of Achievement will be in addition to the existing Real Estate Associate of Arts, the Real Estate Certificate of Achievement and the Real Estate Appraiser Trainee and Real Estate Assistant Skill Certificates at West Los Angeles College. Because the Real Estate Appraiser Trainee Skill Certificate is not transcripted, students will have access to more opportunities with The Real Estate Appraiser II Certificate of Achievement. The Real Estate Appraiser II Certificate of Achievement will be accompanied by the proposed Real Estate Appraiser I and the Real Estate Salesperson, and Real Estate Broker Certificates of Achievement which will qualify students to sit for the California State DRE and BREA Appraisal exams.

a. East Los Angeles College (ELAC) East Los Angeles College offers a 9-credit Real Estate Trainee Appraiser Skills Certificate. ELAC’s 3-course program includes basic and advanced appraisal courses, as well as a class in real estate economics. Even though their catalog states that the Skill Certificate offers the 150 required training hours for the California State BREA Appraiser Trainee license exam, according to BREA’s course provider’s website, it does not. It is missing, amongst other things, the required 15 hours USPAP course and the Residential Report Writing and Case Studies course. Our certificate does not negatively impact this certificate. b. El Camino College, El Camino College Compton El Camino College and El Camino College Compton both offer a 27-credit certificate of achievement and a 27-credit associate's degree in real estate appraisal. Students are required to take coursework in real estate economics, real estate principles, real estate appraisal and real estate finance in the associate's program. Students interested in the certificate program must have already earned an associate's degree or must be working towards one at the time of their enrollment. It is important to note that neither El Camino College’s certificate of achievement nor their associate degree in real estate meet the required 150 hours necessary to obtain a Trainee ‘s License even though their catalog indicates otherwise. This certificate also does not meet the required 30-credit course for the California State BREA Certified Residential Appraiser (AR) license exam. Our certificate does not negatively impact this certificate. c. Palomar College, Mt. San Antonio College, Glendale College and Saddleback College Palomar College Mt. San Antonio College, Glendale and Saddleback College both offer a Real Estate Appraiser Certificate of Achievement. The colleges are too far outside of our service are for our certificate to negatively impact them.

We project 30 students will complete the program in Spring 2019; 35 students will complete in Spring 2020; 40 students in will complete in Spring 2021.