Real Estate Broker License

West Valley College offers students an opportunity to take all of the courses needed to obtain a Real Estate Broker License in California. The California Department of Real Estate (DRE) requires license applicants to take eight real estate classes before taking the Real Estate Broker exam, which must be passed in order to obtain a renewable real estate Broker License. A Broker License is necessary in California for a person to be able to buy or sell real estate on another's behalf and to open one's own real estate firm. Upon completion of the Certificate requirements, students will be eligible to take the Real Estate Broker exam. A student can take this exam once the student has demonstrated to the DRE that the student has completed the required coursework. Certificate holders will have a strong educational background that will help them succeed in passing the exam. Upon passage of this exam, the Certificate holder will be issued a California Real Estate Broker License.

Required Core Courses (24 units)	Name	Sections	2020-2021	2021-2022	Projected
RLST 091	Real Estate Practices	3	67	63	60
RLST 092	Real Estate Economics	1	32	16	25
RLST 093A	Legal Aspects of Real Estate I	1	22	16	20
RLST 094A	Real Estate Appraisal Principles and Procedures	1	23	19	19
RLST 095A	Real Estate Finance	1	26	28	27
Elective Courses (9 units)
RLST 090	Principles of Real Estate	4	141	119	120
RLST 096A	Real Estate Investment I	1	26	17	23
RLST 099	Property Management	3	50	55	53
BUSN 028	Business Law	14	317	284	300

 

The goal of the Certificate is to provide students the education and evidence necessary to be eligible to take the California Department of Real Estate Broker exam. 

The Certificate provides the skills necessary to work in all aspects of the real estate industry. The emphasis of the Certificate is on the areas of real estate law tested by the California Department of Real Estate. Other areas of the Certificate provide students exposure to the real world of the real estate industry. Upon completion of the Certificate, students should be able to:1) demonstrate to the DRE that they have completed all of the required classes necessary to be eligible to take the state licensing exam for the Real Estate Broker license2) demonstrate an understanding of the rights and obligations of a real estate professional under thelaw.3) demonstrate an understanding of the legal and ethical obligations of real estate agents.4) demonstrate an understanding of the complexity of a real estate transaction5) demonstrate an understanding of the variety of career options available to those with a real estate background and a Broker license. 

Upon completion of this Certificate potential careers exist in real estate sales, property management, mortgage lending industry, title insurance, escrow, real estate office administration, and development. 

Real Estate Broker License (Total 24)
Complete all of the following
Required Courses (Total 15)
Complete all of the following

RLST091 - Real Estate Practice 3

RLST092 - Real Estate Economics 3

RLST093A - Legal Aspects of Real Estate I 3

RLST094C - Real Estate Appraisal Principles and Procedures 3

RLST095A - Real Estate Finance 3

Electives (Total 9)
Complete the following number of units: 9

BUSN028 - Business Law 3

RLST090 - Principles of Real Estate 3

RLST096A - Real Estate Investment I 3

RLST099 - Property Management 3 

Course	Title	Units	Year/Semester (Y1 or S1)
Required Core
RLST 91	Real Estate Practices	3	F1
RLST 92	Real Estate Economics	3	F1
RLST 93A	Legal Aspects of Real Estate I	3	F1
RLST 94C	Real Estate Appraisal Principles and Procedures	3	S1
RLST 95A	Real Estate Finance	3	S1
Electives (9 units)
RLST 90	Principles of Real Estate	3	F2
RLST 96A	Real Estate Investment 1	3	F2
RLST 99	Property Management	3	F2
BUSN 28	Business Law	3	F2

The CTE at Mission entered this new program on behalf of WVC because they currently don't have a CTE Dean.

WVC has consulted with San Jose City College and DeAnza regarding their similar programs.