Meeting & Agendas

Senate Bill 497 was passed by the 83rd legislature. Section 61.0515.1 requires that students enrolled at a public institution of higher education not be required to complete more than the minimum number of Semester Credit Hours (SCH) than are required by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, which is 60, to earn an associate degree.

Remove RELE 2331 Brokerage and replace with Add RELE 1321 Real Estate Marketing or MRKG 1311 Principles of Marketing Remove Unrestricted Elective and replace with Restricted Real Estate Elective Remove RELE 2331 Brokerage and replace with Add RELE 1321 Real Estate Marketing or MRKG 1311 Principles of Marketing Remove Unrestricted Elective and replace with Restricted Real Estate Elective At the April 5, 2013 Department Meeting it was recommended that the brokerage course be removed from the certificate. Real Estate Certificate Current Real Estate Certificate Certificate Semester I Credit Hours RELE 1406 Real Estate Principles1 4 RELE 2201 Law of Agency 2 RELE 1211 Law of Contracts 2 RELE 1200 Real Estate Contract Forms and Addenda 2 + RELE 2331 Real Estate Brokerage 3 RELE 1219 Real Estate Finance 2 Unrestricted Elective 3 ___ 18 ___ TOTALS 18 +Prerequisites: See Course Descriptions 1RELE 1201 and RELE 1238 may be substituted ****************************************************************** Revised Real Estate Certificate REAL ESTATE LICENSING Certificate Semester I Credit Hours RELE 1406 Real Estate Principles1 4 RELE 2201 Law of Agency 2 RELE 1211 Law of Contracts 2 RELE 1200 Real Estate Contract Forms and Addenda 2 + RELE 1321 Real Estate Marketing or MRKG 1311 Principles of Marketing RELE 1219 Real Estate Finance 2 Restricted Real Estate Elective 3 ___ 18 ___ TOTALS 18 +Prerequisites: See Course Descriptions 1RELE 1201 and RELE 1238 may be substituted. RELE 2201 Law of Agency 2 RELE 1211 Law of Contracts 2 RELE 1200 Real Estate Contract Forms and Addenda 2 + RELE 1321 Real Estate Marketing or MRKG 1311 Principles of Marketing RELE 1219 Real Estate Finance 2 Restricted Real Estate Elective 3 ___ 18 ___ TOTALS 18 +Prerequisites: See Course Descriptions 1RELE 1201 and RELE 1238 may be substituted. RELE 2201 Law of Agency 2 RELE 1211 Law of Contracts 2 RELE 1200 Real Estate Contract Forms and Addenda 2 + RELE 1321 Real Estate Marketing or MRKG 1311 Principles of Marketing RELE 1219 Real Estate Finance 2 Restricted Real Estate Elective 3 ___ 18 ___ TOTALS 18 +Prerequisites: See Course Descriptions 1RELE 1201 and RELE 1238 may be substituted. The Advisory Committee voted unanimously to the above changes.

At the last Curriculum Committee I attended I was asked for specific information about what other departments in other schools have their course caps at. I contacted the schools where Real Estate is offered and here’s what they said Of course our school keeps the limit of the various workforce courses at a level where the instructors can give the individual attention that the students need to get through this curriculum. Doesn't ACC do that?"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" We can’t afford to turn out people without appropriate habits of thought and competence and we do that with individual attention. Administration needs to rethink increasing the course caps to 36 from 25; the consequences to the program are devastating. Requiring 18 students for a class to make is not in the best interests of workforce programs and the Administration needs to realize this is a complicated issue and be willing to look at different solutions. This change was implemented fall of 2011 and we still have not been able to change the course caps back to a reasonable number. To not address these issues will is beginning to have devastating results for the Real Estate program. Our Advisory Committee had this to say about increased course caps, “it is folly to think that increasing the number of students in a class from 25 to 36 will increase the quality of education and improve student success rates”. Course Cap and Minimum to Make Comparisons for Real Estate courses Urban Community Colleges that offer credit Real Estate courses in Texas. Credit Colleges Austin CC Blinn CC Collin Co. CC Dallas CC El Paso CC Houston CC Tarrant CC Max 36 25 25 25 25 25 27 Min 18 10 15 15 12 16 15 These are the main proprietary schools in Austin that offer non-credit Real Estate courses. Proprietary Schools Austin Institute of Real Estate Champions School Kaplan Professional School Spencer Training Texas Association of Realtors Max 10-20 10-15 15 15 10 Min 6 10 5 varies Varies The Advisory Committee voted unanimously to continue to seek Course Cap reductions

Courses that will be assessed for fall 2014 are as follows: RELE 1406 Principles of Real Estate RELE 1211 Law of contracts

Real Estate seems to be particularly hard hit. No one wants all our classes to make more than we do. We understand your frustration about canceling classes but the numbers have been down college-wide. If you look at Spring enrollments you will see the numbers are beginning to improve. Let’s hope that trend continues Chart Below Real Estate seems to be particularly hard hit. No one wants all our classes to make more than we do. We understand your frustration about canceling classes but the numbers have been down college-wide. If you look at Spring enrollments you will see the numbers are beginning to improve. Let’s hope that trend continues. Chart below -10.18% 2009 – 285 2010 – 330 2011 – 266 2012 – 3285 2013 – 256 Spring 2010-2014 21.38% increase 2010 – 290 2011 – 312 2012 – 258 2013 – 280 2014 – 352 Summer 2009-2013 -8.40% 2009 – 131 2010 – 132 2011 – 154 2012 – 105 2013 – 120 2014 - so far 170

We really want you to “like” us and we want to encourage all Advisory Members and Faculty to “like” us and follow us on Facebook. Facebook pages for Real Estate and Finance https://www.facebook.com/RELEatACC Facebook pages for Marketing and Fashion https://www.facebook.com/MRKGatACC In the fall the URL will become https://www.facebook.com/MKTatACC The Real Estate webpage is in the process of being completely revamped and I think it will be much better. It will have the same look and feel as the Marketing page. We have Facebook and Twitter and the student feedback has been very positive. http://releatacc.com/ Internal Web page for the Department: Our internal web page is located at http://www.austincc.edu/fima/internal and we update the page frequently with assessment results, program reviews and any report we are required to complete. This is a change in URL so be sure to bookmark it. Free Exam Prep Texas Real Estate Exam Prep is provided at no cost to those ACC Real Estate students who are preparing to take the state-mandated exam to become Real Estate Licensees in Texas. It is not an official or TREC sanctioned testing mechanism but is meant to significantly increase your preparedness for taking the Proctored Exam given by PSI (Psychological Services, Inc.) in Texas. This course covers both the state and the national portion of the exam. In order for this testing module to be truly effective you should have completed pre-license educational coursework. Using the test/review process to determine areas of weakness and build a foundation of knowledge, this course includes four separate practice exams. Like the official exam that you will take to gain your license, these exams are comprised of questions dealing with issues applicable nationwide, and with Texas-specific issues. To help you retain the information presented here, these subject areas are presented separately and all questions have feedback to explain the correct answer. Fall dates will be posted soon. New Real Estate Club We have some great news! The Real Estate Department has a new Student Real Estate Club. It is sponsored by James Crane and he can be reached at jcrane@austincc.edu. Everyone is welcome at the meetings. Fall meeting dates will be posted soon. Graduation completers: We need more completers. Please encourage all students to work towards at least a certificate. If you are teaching an advanced class or the last class needed for certification please give the students the information needed. I will say it again we need more completers.