RELE-1011 Law of Contracts (0 Credits)
Elements of a contract, offer and acceptance, statute of frauds, specific performance and remedies for breach, unauthorized practice of law, commission rules relating to use of adopted forms, and owner disclosure requirements.

RELE-1025 Real Estate Math (0 Credits)
Basic arithmetic skills. Includes mathematical logic, percentages, interest, time value of money, depreciation, amortization, proration, and estimation of closing statements.

RELE-1200 Contract Forms and Addenda (2 Credits)
This course covers promulgated contract forms, which shall include but is not limited to unauthorized practice of law, broker-lawyer committee, current promulgated forms, commission rules governing use forms and case studies involving use of forms.

RELE-1203 Real Estate Appraisal (2 Credits)
This course is a study of the central purposes and functions of an appraisal, social and economic determinants of value, appraisal case studies, cost, market data and income approaches to value estimates, final correlations, and reporting.

RELE-1207 Real Estate Investments (2 Credits)
This course covers characteristics of real estate investments. It includes techniques of investment analysis, time-valued money discounted and non-discounted investment criteria, leverage, tax shelters, depreciation and applications to property tax.

RELE-1209 Real Estate Law (2 Credits)
This course provides a study of the legal concepts of real estate, land description, real property rights, estates in land, contracts, conveyances, encumbrances, foreclosures, recording procedures, and evidence of title.

RELE-1211 Law of Contracts (2 Credits)
This course covers elements of a contract, offer and acceptance, statute of frauds, specific performance and remedies for breach, unauthorized practice of law, commission rules relating to use of adopted forms, and owner disclosure requirements.

RELE-1215 Property Management (2 Credits)
This course is the study of the role of the property manager, landlord policies, operational guidelines, leases, lease negotiations, tenant relations, maintenance, reports, habitability laws, and Fair Housing Act.

RELE-1219 Real Estate Finance (2 Credits)
This course is an overview of monetary systems, primary and secondary money markets, sources of mortgage loans, federal government programs, loan applications, processes and procedures, closing costs, alternative financial instruments, equal credit opportunity laws affecting mortgage lending, and the state housing agency.

RELE-1221 Real Estate Marketing (2 Credits)
This course is a study of real estate professionalism and ethics, characteristics of successful salespersons, time management and psychology of marketing, listing procedures, advertising, negotiating, and closing financing, and the Deceptive Trade Practice Act.

RELE-1225 Real Estate Mathematics (2 Credits)
This course covers basic arithmetic skills. It also covers mathematical logic, percentages, interest, time value of money, depreciation, and amortization, proration, and estimation of closing statements.

RELE-1229 Environmental Issues (2 Credits)
This course is a study of environmental issues affecting the real estate industry, including hazardous substances, underground storage tanks, and wetlands.

RELE-1235 Real Estate Construction (2 Credits)
This course is a study of the basic principles of design and construction of real estate properties.

RELE-1278 Real Estate Exam Review (2 Credits)
This course is a review of updated information preparing students for the real estate examination.

RELE-1335 Real Estate Construction (3 Credits)
This course is a study of basic principles of design and construction of real estate properties including cost estimates and permitting requirements.

RELE-1406 Real Estate Principles (4 Credits)
This course is an overview of licensing as a broker or salesperson. Topics include ethics of practice as a license holder, titles to and conveyance of real estate, legal descriptions, deeds, encumbrances and liens, distinctions between personal and real property, appraisal, finance and regulations, closing procedures, and real estate mathematics. This class covers at least three hours of classroom instruction on federal, state, and local laws relating to housing, discrimination, housing credit discrimination, and community reinvestment.

RELE-2000 Pro Dev: Real Estate (1.8 CEUs)
Intensive training in an identified area(s) to meet continuing education and/or review/update requirements associated with professional licensure or certification. This course was designed to be repeated multiple times to improve student proficiency.

RELE-2001 Law of Agency (0 Credits)
Law of agency including principal-agent and master-servant relationships, the authority of an agent, the termination of an agent's authority, the fiduciary and other duties of an agent, employment law, deceptive trade practices, listing or buying representation procedures, and the disclosure of an agency.

RELE-2003 Real Estate McE (1.6 CEUs)
Provides mandatory continuing education as required by the Texas Real Estate Commission. Includes updates on the profession, as well as legal and ethics topics.

RELE-2201 Law of Agency (2 Credits)
This course is a study of law of agency, including principal-agent and master-servant relationships, the authority of an agent, the termination of an agent’s authority, the fiduciary and other duties of an agent, employment law, deceptive trade practices, listing or buying procedures, and disclosure of an agency.

RELE-2231 Real Estate Brokerage (2 Credits)
This course is a study of law of agency, planning, and organization, operational policies and procedures, recruiting, selection and training of personnel, records and control, and real estate firm analysis and expansion criteria.

ACNT 1303 - Introduction to Accounting I
(3:3:0) This course is a study of analyzing, classifying and recording business transactions in a manual and computerized environment. Understanding the complete accounting cycle and preparing financial statements, bank reconciliation and payroll are emphasized.
Semester Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0

BCIS 1305 - Business Computer Applications
(3:2:4) Students will study computer terminology, hardware, and software related to the business environment.  The focus of this course is on business productivity software applications and professional behavior in computing, including word processing (as needed), spreadsheets, databases, presentation graphics, and business-oriented utilization of the Internet.
Semester Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 4
Note: This course satisfies a 090 institutional option core curriculum requirement.

BUSI 1301 - Business Principles
(3:3:0) This course is an introduction to the role of business in modern society. It includes an overview of business operations, analysis of the specialized fields within the business organization, and development of a business vocabulary.
Semester Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0

ENGL 1301 - Composition I
(3:3:0) Students must be TSI-complete or TSI-waived in both reading and writing areas to be eligible for the course. This course is an intensive study and practice of the composition process from invention and researching to drafting, revising, and editing, both individually and collaboratively. The curriculum includes the teaching of effective rhetorical modes as well as audience, purpose, arrangement, style, and collateral readings. The instructional focus is on writing the academic essay as a vehicle for learning, communicating, and critical analysis.
Semester Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Note: This course partially satisfies a 010 Communications Core Curriculum requirement.

HRPO 1311 - Human Relations
(3:3:0) This course is a study of practical application of the principles and concepts of the behavioral sciences to interpersonal relationships in the business and industrial environment.
Semester Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 1

PSYC 2301 - General Psychology
(3:3:0) Survey of major topics in psychology.  Introduces the study of behavior and the factors that determine and affect behavior.
Semester Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0

SPCH 1315 - Public Speaking
(3:3:0) Research, composition, organization, and delivery of speeches for various purposes and occasions with emphasis on listener analysis and informative and persuasive techniques.
Semester Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0

SPCH 1321 - Business and Professional Communication
(3:3:0) This course includes the basic principles of speech applied to communications in business and professional settings. The course emphasizes practice in the construction and delivery of various types of speaking situations and the application of interpersonal skills that occur in a business, organizational, or professional setting.
Semester Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Note:
This course satisfies a 090 Institutional Option Core Curriculum requirement for Oral Communication

 

APPROVED ELECTIVE CHOICES
020 Mathematics

MATH 1314 College Algebra

MATH 1316 Plane Trigonometry

MATH 1324 Mathematics for Business and Social Sciences

MATH 1332 Contemporary Mathematics

MATH 1342 Elementary Statistical Methods

MATH 1350 Fundamentals of Mathematics I

MATH 2412 Pre-Calculus Math

MATH 2413 Calculus I

 

030 Life and Physical Sciences

AGRI 1307 Agronomy

AGRI 1415 Horticulture

AGRI 1419 Introductory Animal Science

ASTR 1403 Stars and Galaxies

ASTR 1404 Solar System

BIOL 1406 Biology for Science Majors I

BIOL 1407 Biology for Science Majors II

BIOL 1408 Biology for Non-Science Majors I

BIOL 1409 Biology for Non-Science Majors II

BIOL 1411 General Botany

BIOL 1413 General Zoology

BIOL 2401 Anatomy & Physiology I

BIOL 2402 Anatomy & Physiology II

CHEM 1406 Introductory Chemistry I

CHEM 1411 General Chemistry I

CHEM 1412 General Chemistry II

GEOG 1301 Physical Geography

GEOL 1401 Earth Sciences for Non-Science Majors I

GEOL 1402 Earth Sciences for Non-Science Majors II

GEOL 1403 Physical Geology

GEOL 1404 Historical Geology

HECO 1322 Personal Nutrition

PHYS 1401 College Physics I

PHYS 1402 College Physics II

PHYS 1410 Elementary Physics

PHYS 2425 University Physics I

PHYS 2426 University Physics II

 

040 Language, Philosophy and Culture

COMM 1307 Introduction to Mass Communications

ENGL 2321 British Literature

ENGL 2326 American Literature I

ENGL 2328 American Literature II

ENGL 2331 World Literature for Educators

ENGL 2332 World Literature I

ENGL 2333 World Literature II

ENGL 2341 Forms of Literature

HIST 2311 Western Civilization I

HIST 2312 Western Civilization II

HUMA 1301 Introduction to Humanities

HUMA 1305 Introduction to Mexican American Studies

HUMA 1315 Fine Arts Appreciation

HUMA 2319 American Minority Studies

HUME 2323 World Cultures

PHIL 1301 Introduction to Philosophy

PHIL 1304 Introduction of World Religions

PHIL 2306 Introduction to Ethics

SPAN 2311 Intermediate Spanish I

 

050 Creative Arts

ARTS 1301 Art Appreciation

ARTS 1303 Art History

ARTS 1313 Foundations of Arts

COMM 2366 Introduction to Cinema

DRAM 1310 Introduction to Theater

DRAM 2366 Introduction to Cinema

MUSI  1306 Music Appreciation

MUSI  1310 American Music

 

080 Social and Behavioral Sciences

AGRI 2317 Introduction to Agricultural Economics

ANTH 2351 Cultural Anthropology

ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics

ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics

ENGR 2308 Engineering Economics

GEOG 1302 Human Geography

GEOG 1303 World Regional Geography

PSYC 2301 General Psychology

PSYC 2306 Human Sexuality

PSYC 2308 Child Psychology

PSYC 2314 Lifespan Growth & Development

SOCI 1301 Introduction to Sociology

SOCI 2306 Human Sexuality

SOCI 2336 Criminology

SOCI 2340 Drug Use & Abuse