Anybody know of an RA school offering a program via DL for Bachelor's in Real Estate? Marylhurt U. just started on but you have to have like 60 credits to get started in the program. It's for my wife (already holds a real estate license) but she's way short on the xfer credits needed to admit to the program. i thought if anybody would know of a similar program without the xfer credit requirement, it would be someone on here. It has to be a Bach in RE, can't be BS Bus w/RE concentration (PA state law...) thanks in advance!
No, it's required to get a broker's license. She can bypass the experience requirement as a r.e. agent to get her broker's license, IF she has a bachelor's degree in Real Estate.... Now without the degree, she's have to put x number of time in and sell x number of houses. She's interested in getting her brokerage license prior to that time...i.e. if she takes time off for us to have a child or something, it would take her longer to sell enough real estate vs. just getting the degree.
There has to be more to that degree requirement than simply "Bachelor of Real Estate vs BSBA in Real Estate" I say this because there exists no standardized Bachelor of Real Estate curriculum. what I found is this: But this isn't the only way, it's just an option. Now, (i) above is specifically a Bachelor's degree. That would include a BA, BS, BBA, BSBA, BAS, etc... and it specifically asks for a major in real estate. The major requirements aren't specified so any school that offers "a bachelor's degree with a major in real estate" should meet this requirement. An Excelsior College Bachelor of Science in Liberal Studies, if properly designed to include the equivalent of a major in real estate, should meet the requirements of (ii). TESC offers a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a major in real estate read over the requirements specified for the license in PA at the PA Board's site. It's possible that a bachelor's degree is not the only available option. I only studied the specific requirement related to degrees, I did not study about experience and background requirements or state specific non-degree course requirements.
CLEP the rest of the credits 1) I think the Marylhurst University program is the only and best out there and they are RA and IACBE accredited. http://realestate.marylhurst.edu/ Your wife can try to CLEP or test out the rest of her credits http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/clep/about.html I completed two college courses with two exams to finish my bachelor's a couple of years ago. 2) I did find that FSU has an MBA (not bachelor's) with a concentration in Real Estate Finance & Analysis in case she wants to further the bachelor's later http://www.cob.fsu.edu/grad/ Florida Atlantic University has a great Bachelor's and MBA program in Real Estate but they're not online (sorry).
You may want to consider Granite State. They have an option to self-design your Bachelors program. I discussed the Real Estate design option with them and they had no problem with it at all. They will assist you in designing the necessary study options (classes, tests, portfolio credit, etc.). Pug
Thanks all for the replies. I'll have her specifically examine the PA requirements to see what they say. Anybody know how to interpret TESC's tuition structure? Looks like it's about $5K per year for 30 credits...what if you take less...say 18 credits / year or something? Thanks
I believe that TESC has a BS/BA in Real Estate. However, I have never heard of a Bachelors requirement to obtain a Brokers license.
It's not a requirement...it's to bypass the experience requirement. PA state law requires you to accumulate a certain number of points, (from sales activity) but will waive that requirement if you possess "equivalent experience" or "equivalent education". Although it's not specific in the law, my wife was always told that a Bachelor's degree in RE would qualify for the waiver. But the law is really vaguely written, so who knows.
It's not a requirement...it's to bypass the experience requirement Ahhhhhhhhhhhh, I see said the blind man, but he Didn’t see at all.... My bad!
