RELE 1300 Contract Forms and Addenda

Presents Promulgated Contract Forms, which include, but are 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.

Semester Hours 3 (3 lec)

RELE 1301 Principles of Real Estate I

Special Fee: $10.00

Presents a beginning overview of licensing as a real estate broker or salesperson. Includes 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. Covers at least three hours of classroom instruction of federal, state, and local laws relating to housing discrimination, housing credit discrimination, and community reinvestment. Fulfills at least 30 of 60 hours of required instruction for salesperson license.

Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC) requires this course before sitting for the salesperson and broker licensure exam.

Semester Hours 3 (3 lec)

BUSI 1301 Business Principles

This course provides a survey of economic systems, forms of business ownership, and considerations for running a business. Students will learn various aspects of business, management, and leadership functions; organizational considerations; and decision-making processes. Financial topics are introduced, including accounting, money and banking, and securities markets. Also included are discussions of business challenges in the legal and regulatory environment, business ethics, social responsibility, and international business. Emphasized is the dynamic role of business in everyday life.

Semester Hours 3 (3 lec)

POFT 1301 Business English

Lab Fee: $10.00

Introduces the practical application of basic language usage skills with emphasis on fundamentals of writing and editing for business.

Students will apply the basic rules of grammar, spelling, capitalization, number usage, and punctuation; utilize terminology applicable to technical and business writing; develop proofreading and editing skills; and teaches how to write effective sentences and paragraphs for business applications.

Semester Hours 3 (3 lec)

ENGL 1301 Composition I

Intensive study of and practice in writing processes, from invention and researching to drafting, revising, and editing, both individually and collaboratively.

Emphasis is on effective rhetorical choices, including audience, purpose, arrangement, and style. Focus is on writing the academic essay as a vehicle for learning, communication, and critical analysis.

Note: ENGL 1301 is a pre-requisite for all 2000-level literature courses.

Prerequisite: TSI complete in Writing or the equivalent. Semester Hours 3 (3 lec)

ENGL 2311 Technical & Business Writing

Intensive study of and practice in professional settings. Focus on the types of documents necessary to make decisions and take action on the job, such as proposals, reports, instructions, policies and procedures, e-mail messages, letters, and descriptions of products and services.

Practice of individual and collaborative processes involved in the creation of ethical and efficient documents.

Prerequisite: TSI complete in Writing or the equivalent.

Semester Hours 3 (3 lec)

RELE 1311 Law of Contracts Real Estate Contracts

Introduces a study of the 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.

Semester Hours 3 (3 lec)

BCIS 1305 Business Computer Applications

Lab Fee: $15.00

Introduces and develops foundational skills in applying essential and emerging business productivity information technology tools. The focus of this course is on business productivity software applications, including word processing, spreadsheets, databases, presentation graphics, data analytics, and business-oriented utilization of the internet. (BCIS 1305 is included in the Business Field of Study.) Semester Hours 3 (2 lec/2 lab)

RELE 1319 Real Estate Finance

Overviews of monetary system, 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, Community Reinvestment Act, and the state housing agency.

Prerequisite: RELE 1301, concurrent enrollment in RELE 1301, or consent of program director. Semester Hours 3 (3 lec)

RELE 2301 Law of Agency

Provides a study in 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 the disclosure of an agency.

Texas Real Estate Commission requires this course before sitting for the salesman licensure exam.

Semester Hours 3 (3 lec)

RELE 1338 Principles of Real Estate II

Provides an overview of licensing as a real estate broker and salesman, ethics of practice as a license holder, titles to and conveyancing of real estate, legal descriptions, law of agency, deeds, encumbrances and liens, distinctions between personal and real property, contracts, appraisal, finance and regulations, closing procedures, and real estate mathematics. Covers at least three hours of classroom instruction on federal, state, and local laws relating to housing discrimination, housing credit discrimination, and community reinvestment. Fulfills at least 30 of 60 hours of required instruction for salesperson license.

Prerequisite: RELE 1301. Semester Hours 3 (3 lec)

MRKG 1311 Principles of Marketing

Introduction to the marketing mix functions and process. Includes identification of consumer and organizational needs and explanation of environmental issues.

Semester Hours 3 (3 lec)