General Information
CALIFORNIA STATE REQUIREMENT DETAILS FOR REAL ESTATE PRE-LICENSING EDUCATION
Hours Required by the State: 135 hours
Licensing Exam: The licensing exam is administered by the California Department of Real Estate. Registration for the state licensing exam is an entirely separate process from proctoring for your course final exam. For instructions to register for your state licensing exam and further information, please click here.
Course Completions: A student may enroll in any number of courses with the following guidelines:
Schools may not offer a single correspondence course that is to be completed* in less than 2½ weeks. This rule applies regardless of the number of schools the student is taking courses from (see example below.)
This course must be completed within six months of registration.
No more than two courses may be completed in a five-week period.
Number of Courses & Minimum Completion Time*
1 - 2.5 weeks
2 - 5 weeks
3 - 7.5 weeks
4 - 10 weeks
5 - 12.5 weeks
6 - 15 weeks
7 - 17.5 weeks
*The time from the date the student receives access to the course material to the date the final exam is successfully passed.
Provider Approval Number: TBD
Premier Courses’ Offering: 135 hours
Reporting: The state does not require schools to report course completions.
Premier Courses Fees & Deliverables:
The total cost of the online course is stated at the time of purchase. Students have two options to purchase. The Professional Track package has a cost of $160.00 and the Agent Accelerator package has a cost of $295.00. There are optional add-ons available at point of sale but are not required to complete the course. Real Estate Practice, Real Estate Principles, and Legal Aspects of Real Estate are included in all packages. There are no additional fees related to the pre licensing courses.
California Real Estate Practice (45 Hours) - #XXX-XX
Become successful in your field by understanding key topics such as time management, the listing and selling process, property valuation, closing the sale, escrow procedure, taxes, financing, and more. Topics include: Ethical Real Estate Practices, Property Condition and Disclosure, Listing and Buyer Representation Agreements, Real Estate Valuation, California Leasing and Property Management, Contract Law Principles and Purchase Contracts.
This course includes the SB 1495 requirements pertaining to fair housing, explicit bias, and implicit bias.
California Real Estate Principles (45 Hours) - #XXXX-XX
Become successful in your field by understanding key topics such as time management, the listing and selling process, property valuation, closing the sale, escrow procedure, taxes, financing, and more. Topics include: Land Descriptions and Subdivisions, Acquisition and Transfer of Real Property, Liens and Encumbrances, Leases, Contracts, Unlawful Discrimination, Agency and Business Principles, and Ethics.
California Legal Aspects of Real Estate (45 Hours) - #XXXX-XX
Become successful in your field by understanding key topics such as time management, the listing and selling process, property valuation, closing the sale, escrow procedure, taxes, financing, and more. Topics include: California Brokerages, Fair Housing, Predatory Lending, Contract Law, Escrow and Title Transfer and Law of Agency.
General Course Completion Information:
You will know you have completed your course when all components on your Dashboard page under Required for Completion have the check-mark icon appearing and are no longer grayed out. If the check mark does not appear or any of the icons are gray in color, you have not completed the course. Please be sure to provide an evaluation at the completion of the course content via the Feedback node (if available) in the course.
Expiration Date of Course: Premier Courses’ Pre-Licensing courses expire six months after the date of purchase. In the event the pre licensing courses are not completed during the initial 6 month window extensions can be issued at an additional cost.
Certificates: Immediately upon course completions, Premier Courses will provide students with an electronic copy of the course certificate of completion. Certificates will remain in your account for a minimum of five years, should you need additional copies at a later time. Please refer to your application to determine if you need to submit your certificate(s) of completion. Course completion dates are recorded using Pacific Standard Time. Please note that the date on your certificate of completion will reflect this.
Seat Time Enforcement & Attendance Policy
All courses are provided online only. To comply with California Department of Real Estate seat time requirements please be aware that if you are inactive in an online component of the course for 10 minutes, the course will time out and you will need to log back in.
About The Final Exam
This course final will have 100 multiple choice questions and be open book. You will have 150 minutes to complete the exam. You will lose access to your exam when you reach the time limit and the exam will be scored. Any unanswered questions will be marked incorrect. You must score a 70% to pass the exam.
Final Exam: Final exams must be passed with a minimum of 70% and may be taken a maximum of 2 times in any single 12 month period. After failing the 2nd final the student will need to retake the course. If the student fails on their first attempt, they may take the exam again immediately or whenever they would like after the first exam attempt time has elapsed. The final exam is auto proctored by our partner Kaplan.
Online Course Identification Statement
Students shall present one of the following forms of identification immediately before the administration of the final examination:
- A current California driver’s license.
- A current identification card described in Section 13000 of the California Vehicle Code.
- Any identification of the participant issued by a governmental agency or a recognized real estate related trade organization within the immediately preceding five years which bears a photograph, signature and identification number of the participant.
During enrollment, the student will be required to provide a valid government-issued photo identification number. This identification number is stored within the student's account profile in the LMS.
Prior to accessing the final examination, the LMS presents a prompt requesting the student to enter the same photo identification number that was provided during enrollment. The system automatically compares the entered number with the identification number stored in the student's account record.
Access to the final examination is granted only when the entered identification number matches the number on file. If the numbers do not match, the student will be prevented from proceeding to the examination.
This procedure helps ensure that the individual accessing the examination is the same individual who enrolled in the course.
Examination Delivery
Final examinations are administered directly within the LMS. Students access the examination through their secure account after meeting course completion requirements.
The LMS presents examination questions electronically and records all student responses within the system. Examination results are automatically calculated and stored within the LMS database.
This standardized electronic administration ensures consistent examination delivery and secure record retention.
Examination Time Limits
Each final examination has a maximum allotted completion time of 150 minutes.
If the examination is not completed within this time period, the LMS automatically ends the examination session and records the attempt as “Timed Out.”
The examination interface will display a message indicating that the session has expired due to exceeding the maximum time allowed.
Inactivity Monitoring
The LMS includes an inactivity monitoring feature designed to ensure that students remain actively engaged during the examination session.
If a student is inactive for 20 consecutive minutes, the system automatically terminates the examination session and records the attempt as “Timed Out.”
When this occurs, the examination interface displays a message indicating that the session has expired due to inactivity.
Handling of Timed-Out Examinations
If an examination session times out for any reason, the LMS calculates the student’s score in the background based on the responses submitted prior to the timeout.
However, the student’s examination interface will only display a “Timed Out” status and will not display a pass or fail result.
If the timeout occurs due to inactivity, the attempt will not be counted as a passing examination, even if the calculated score would otherwise meet the passing threshold. In such cases, the student must retake the final examination.
Accept Your Affidavit
All students are required to accept an electronic affidavit as part of the completion of this course stating you have completed each assigned module of instruction. All students will need to complete this step before your course is considered complete.
Access Your Course Completion Certificate
Once the student completes all course content and accept their affidavit, they may access their completion certificate by clicking the “View Certificate” link on the Education page.
Examination Record Retention
All examination results, affidavit confirmations, and student completion records are stored within the LMS database.
These records are maintained as part of the student's permanent course file and can be accessed for audit or regulatory review as required.
Other Important Information, Refund/Cancellation Policy, and Additional Policies and Procedures
Premier Courses refund policy and additional policies and procedures are available here - https://www.premiercourses.co/terms-and-conditions/
Refund Policy: Premier Course's courses are fully refundable if the student has not started or completed the course AND if the refund request is made within 30 days of purchase. “Completion of a course” occurs when you have completed all levels in a course, regardless if you have taken or passed the final exam. If you had previously purchased a course extension due to an expiring course completion date, the course extension purchase is not refundable.
Cancellation Policy: A full refund for the course will be made to any student who cancels the enrollment contract before midnight of the thirtieth day after the enrollment contract is signed by the student, unless the student has begun the course, completed the course, or received a failing grade on the course examination. A student failing the personal or course validation is considered to have completed the course but failed.
DRE Disclaimer Statement
This course is approved for pre-license education credit by the California Department of Real Estate. However, this approval does not constitute an endorsement of the views or opinions which are expressed by the course sponsor, instructors, authors, or lecturers.
Online Evaluation Statement
A course and instructor evaluation is available on the California Department of Real Estate (DRE) website at www.dre.ca.gov. Access this form by typing in “RE 318A” in the search box located in the upper right corner of the home page. This form can be found here.
Course Provider Complaint Statement
A course provider complaint form is available on the California Department of Real Estate (DRE) website at www.dre.ca.gov. Access this form by typing in “RE 340” in the search box located in the upper right corner of the home page. An informational form regarding course provider complaints, “RE 340A” is also available. The form can be found here.
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Premier Courses Contact Information
Street Address: 4730 Palm Ave, Ste 206B, La Mesa, CA 91941
Telephone: 619.292.8773
California Department Of Real Estate Contact Information
Street Address: 1651 Exposition Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95815
Mailing Address: PO Box 137003, Sacramento, CA 95813-7003
Telephone: 877.373.4542
Fax: 916.263.8943
Additional Resources:
California Department of Real Estate Website
California Department of Real Estate License Exam Information
California Department of Real Estate Frequently Asked Questions
Contact the California Department of Real Estate
Premier Courses approved pre license courses - search for "Premier Courses" where prompted to “Enter Course Provider Name” field, or “XXXX” where prompted to enter “Course Provider Number”)
