California Codes, Business and Professions Code - BPC, Division 4 — Real Estate, Part 1 — Licensing of Persons, Chapter 3 — Real Estate Regulations, Article 2 — Licenses, Section 10153.5
As used in Sections 10151 and 10153.2, “an equivalent course of study” consists of courses at a private vocational school that have been found by the commissioner, upon consideration of an application for approval, to be equivalent in quality to the real estate courses offered by the colleges and universities accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.
As used in Sections 10151 and 10153.2, “accredited institution” shall mean a college or university that either:
(a) Is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, or by any other regional accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education.
(b) In the judgment of the commissioner, has a real estate curriculum equivalent in quality to that of the institutions accredited pursuant to subdivision (a).
Notes
Defines an “equivalent course of study” for the referenced provisions as private-vocational-school courses the commissioner approves as equal in quality to real-estate courses at regionally accredited colleges and universities. Defines an “accredited institution” as a qualifying regionally accredited college or university or one whose real-estate curriculum the commissioner judges equivalent in quality.
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