TO REGISTER FOR SEVERAL OF OUR COURSES, YOU MUST AGREE TO THE FOLLOWING POLICIES

Alpha College of Real Estate has been in business in Virginia for 23 years. and is approved by the Virginia Department of Professional & Occupational Regulation for the purpose of offering the Virginia Pre-licensing Real Estate Principles and Continuing and Post Licensing Education.

HOURS OF OPERATION
Alpha College of Real Estate is open Monday through Friday from 9 am to 5 pm Eastern Standard Time.

HOLIDAYS
Alpha College of Real Estate is closed:

• New Years Day
• Memorial Day
• Independence Day
• Labor Day
• Veterans Day
• Thanksgiving Day
• Day After Thanksgiving
• Christmas Eve
• Christmas Day
• Day After Christmas

NOTICE TO STUDENT
All questions pertaining to registration, refunds, school policy, course content, explanation of state licensing law, final exams (if applicable), and completion certificates should be addressed to the Alpha College of Real Estate 757-427-1740. All education must be pre-approved by the Real Estate Board in order for you to receive pre, post or continuing education credit. When choosing a course make sure it carries the credit you require.

PRE-LICENSING REQUIREMENTS

How to get your salesperson license
To obtain your real estate salesperson license, you must fulfill the current Virginia Real Estate Board (VREB) requirements below.

• Be at least 18 years of age.
• Must have a High School Diploma or equivalent.
• If licensed in another state, be in good standing in any state where licensed.
• Have a good reputation for honesty, truthfulness, and fair dealing and be competent to transact real estate business in such a manner as to safeguard the public interest.
• Not have been found guilty of violating the fair housing laws of any jurisdiction.
• Meet the current educational requirements of the Virginia Real Estate Board by achieving a passing grade in all required courses before sitting for the licensing exam.
• Pass a written license examination approved by the Virginia Real Estate Board.
• Not have had a real estate license revoked or suspended in any state.
• Not have been convicted anywhere for a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, sexual offense, drug distribution, physical injury or any felony.
  

The Virginia Real Estate Board currently requires anyone wishing to obtain a real estate license to complete, with a passing grade, a State approved 60 hour course called "The Principles of Real Estate." This course is to cover the principles and practices of real estate as well as Virginia real estate law.

POST LICENSING (PL) REQUIREMENTS
Within one year from the date you are licensed whether active or inactive, licensees must complete 30 hours of post licensing education.

CONTINUING EDUCATION (CE) REQUIREMENTS
You are required to complete continuing education after your first renewal of your license.  If you hold a real estate salespersons license and require CE to renew your license the current requirements are as follows: eight hours of required topics and 8 hours of real estate related electives. The eight hours of required topics include one hour each of Agency, Contracts and Legal Updates, two hours of Fair Housing, and three hours of Ethics for a total of 16 hours.

If you hold a brokers license you are required to complete 24 hours of continuing education courses consisting of the 16 hours listed above, plus eight additional hours of pre-approved Real Estate Management and Agent Supervision courses.

All students, in addition to the Continuing Education requirements listed above, must complete a one-time 2-Hour Limited Service Agency course.

Example:
4 Hour Course- 200 minutes
5 Hour Course - 250 minutes
6 Hour Course - 300 minutes
15 Hour Course - 750 minutes

How to Check “Seat Time”

• CompuTaught (Virginia Pre-Licensing Course Only) The seat time is set within the course and you are not allowed to complete the course until you have met the required seat time.
• Alpha/Lectlearn Seat time can be viewed on each page of your course.
• Dearborn/RECampus Log onto your online account and go to “My Online Courses”. Next to each course is a “Detail” button. Click on “Detail” and it will give a listing of minutes spent in each unit and exam. Add up all the minutes spent in each unit and exams and this is your current seat time. The online system updates every 12 hours.

COMPLETING THE COURSE

Pre-Licensing
Students must complete each chapter reading assignment, activity and chapter quizzes. The student must be actively engaged in the course for a minimum of 60 hours of “seat time”. Students must pass with a minimum grade of 75% a monitored final exam. Final exams may not be taken online and students must contact Alpha College of Real Estate to schedule the exam. Students must also present to Alpha College of Real Estate a notarized student affidavit prior to or at the time of the final exam.

Pre-Licensing Final Exam
All course work must be complete before taking the final exam. All final exams are monitored and given at Alpha College of Real Estate unless arrangements are made for testing at a different location. Tests are scheduled Monday through Friday. Call Alpha College of Real Estate to your schedule final exam at least ONE WEEK before the desired test date. On the day of testing, bring the notarized Student Affidavit, the Product and Customer Service Evaluation form and a Valid Form of Picture Identification. Calculators may be used if they are silent, battery-operated, and do not have a printout capability or alphabetic keyboard. (The school will not provide a calculator; however, each student may bring their own calculator as long as it meets the requirements, as stated.) Students may not bring any communication devices in the exam area. Students have a maximum of three hours to complete the exam.

All exams must be taken within six months from the date of enrollment. If you fail the first exam you may schedule a second exam no sooner than the next business day, as long as the second exam is scheduled within the six-month period from the date of enrollment. A third attempt at the exam may be purchased for $50 as long as it is taken with in the 6-month period from the date of enrollment.

The course exam requires a score of 75% or better in order to receive credit for the course. Should you fail the third time, you must re-register and repeat the entire course from the beginning before taking the end of course examination again. Please contact Alpha College of Real Estate for details.

After passing the final examination for the Pre-Licensing course, Alpha College of Real Estate will issue an Education Certificate that certifies the student has successfully completed the Principles course. The student is now eligible to take the licensing exam for the state of Virginia. If the student wishes to take the Virginia state licensing exam the student must complete a PSI registration form. This form can be obtained from Alpha College of Real Estate and will be submitted by Alpha to the testing company.

NOTIFYING PSI

Pre-Licensing Courses
Upon passing your exam we will have you complete a PSI application and we will submit electronically that information to PSI. Within approximately 48 hours you will be able to go to the PSI website and schedule to take the state licensing exam. www.psiexams.com

Post or Continuing Education
Students must complete each chapter reading assignment, activity and chapter quizzes. The student must be actively engaged in the course for the amount of hours (seat time) equal to the credit of the course. Students must pass a Final course and or topic exam with a minimum score of 75%.  A notarized student affidavit must be submitted by the student to Alpha College of Real Estate upon completion of the course. You may reenter the course or retake the exam as often as necessary during your purchase period to achieve the required seat time or to achieve a passing grade.

You must meet all of the above requirements before the course is complete and credit is sent to the licensing department of the state.

NOTIFYING DPOR

Post or Continuing Education Courses
We check the online accounts several times a week. Once we determine that you have completed the requirements for the course, we will prepare a certificate of completion and send to you, as well as send an email to the Virginia Real Estate Board that you have completed the course. This can take up to three (3) business days. The date you complete the required continuing education or post licensing course and have paid your renewal fee to the Virginia Real Estate Board is the date you have met the licensing renewal requirement. The Virginia Real Estate Board must post the credit to your record before your license will renew. This can take up to 7 business days.

REGISTRATION CANCELLATION POLICY
If a student is experiencing technical difficulties with the performance of an Alpha College course, they must contact LectLearn technical support at 800-743-8703. Alpha College of Real Estate's policy is that we only cancel registrations if LectLearn technical support determines that the student is experiencing
irresolvable technical difficulties.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

CompuTaught (Virginia Pre-Licensing Course Only)
In order to take this distance education course, your computer must meet the following minimum system requirements:

• PC with 450 MHz Intel Pentium II processor (or equivalent) and later. We do not support the Apple Macintosh platform at this time)
• 256 megabytes (MB) of RAM
• Super VGA (800x600) or higher resolution video adapter and monitor
• Microsoft Windows XP or higher
• Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0 or greater (free download available with course)
• Internet connection (minimum 56Kbps required, although we highly recommend high speed connection such as DSL, cable or TI)
• Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5.5 or greater (free download available with course) (CompuTaught courses do not support any “Beta” versions of Internet Explorer)
• Microsoft standard Arial, Times New Roman, Symbol, and Windings fonts.
• CD-ROM drive (if taking a CD-ROM course)
• 100 MB available hard drive space (CE Course)
• 400 MB available hard drive space (Pre-Licensing Courses)
• Printer (for course documentation and Student Affidavit)
• Flash Player plug-in (free download available with course)

Alpha/LECTLEARN
In order to take this education course, your computer must meet the following minimum system requirements:

• 56K dial-up Internet (DSL/cable/high speed recommended)
• 800x600 screen resolution (1024x768 screen resolution recommended)
• Modern web browser software (for best results, we encourage you to download and install the latest updates for your browser software).
  + Internet Explorer 6.x or 7.x
  + Mozilla Firefox 2.0
  + Apple Safari 1.2 or greater
• Regardless of browser software, cookies and JavaScript must be enabled within your browser software (this is the default setting for most browser software programs and should not be an issue for most students).

In addition, some courses may include video or other elements which require Adobe Flash Player to view.

Dearborn/REcampus
In order to take this education course, your computer must meet the following minimum system requirements:

• Internet connection, 56K modem or greater,
• 800 x 600 screen resolution,
• sufficient memory to run system software and browser,
• Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5.5 or greater, with Java and Cookies to be enabled.

COURSE PURCHASE PERIOD

Pre-Licensing Courses must be completed including review period within six months from the date of enrollment. Course completion includes passing a monitored course final exam within the same six-month period.

Continuing or Post Licensing Courses must be completed with in one year from date of purchase.

COURSE EXPIRATION AND REVIEW

Pre-Licensing All course lessons on the computer must be completed within 180 days from the date of enrollment (unless individual state law specifies otherwise). Access to the computer lessons will expire at midnight on the 180th day after enrollment.

Continuing or Post Licensing All course lessons on the computer must be completed within 360 days from the date of enrollment (unless individual state law specifies otherwise). Access to the computer lessons will expire at midnight on the 360th day after enrollment.

COURSE EXTENSION POLICY

Pre-Licensing Courses If you cannot complete your course within the 180 days, then you may purchase a 60 day extension from Alpha College of Real Estate. The 60-day extension period begins from the date your course originally expires. You may purchase up to three extensions per course. It is your responsibility to contact the Alpha College of Real Estate to find out about purchasing an extension. It is recommended that you purchase the extension immediately after the course has expired in order to be able to have the full 60 days of the extension.

Continuing or Post Licensing Courses If you cannot complete your course within 360 days, then you may purchase a one time 60 day extension from Alpha College of Real Estate. The 60 day extension period begins from the date your course originally expires.  You may purchase one extension. It is your responsibility to contact the school to purchase the extension.  It is recommended that you purchase the extension immediately after the course has expired in order to be able to have the full 60 days of the extension.

CERTIFICATION
Upon completion of a course, each student will receive an Education Certificate. In the event the certificate is lost, a duplicate may be obtained from the Alpha College of Real Estate offices by written request. An administrative fee may be charged for the duplicate.

NON-DISCRIMINATION
Alpha College of Real Estate will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, handicap, or familial status in the establishment of fees, entrance qualifications or standards for successful completion of any course.

TECHNICAL SUPPORT

CompuTaught (Virginia Pre-Licensing Course Only)
For technical assistance, please call Technical Support at 1-800-743-8703 or email them at techsupport@mycoursepage.com. Technical Support is available Monday - Friday from 9 am to 11 pm EST and on weekends from 12 noon to 4 pm EST. (Holidays are an exception to this schedule. On holidays, the Technical Support hours may change.)

The best and quickest way to address tech support issues is to go to www.mycoursepage.com/support. If you call Technical Support, please be prepared to explain your problem in detail and have access to your computer. In order to effectively troubleshoot your issue, our technicians begin the call by asking you a series of questions regarding your operating environment. We will need to know what type of computer youare using, the operating system you are using, the version number of your software, etc. Your call may be documented or monitored to help us maintain quality of service standards.

Alpha/LECTLEARN Courses
Technical Support for the course is available from the following resources:

• By Phone: 866-459-5982
  Hours (central time): Monday - Thursday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm; Friday 8:00 am - 3:30 pm
• By Email: techsupport@lectlearn.com
  Will respond to your email message within one business day

Dearborn/REcampus Courses
Technical Support Hotline at (888) 213-5124 or e-mail REtechsupport@dearborn.com. Technical support is available 24 hours per day, seven days per week.

PROCESSING TIMES
After you have completed all the lessons on the computer, you must allow the following times for processing to complete the course and receive your Course Completion Certificate: These times are all estimates:

• Scheduling the monitored final exam – one week.
• Mailing of exam from monitor to Alpha College of Real Estate - 7 days business days (estimated)
• Grading of Exam and issuing Course Completion Certificate - 3 business days
• Receipt of the Course Completion Certificate by U.S. Mail – 10 business days (estimated)

IMPORTANT NOTES
Issuing a Course Completion Certificate, means that we will place the Certificate in the U.S. Mail. The minimum time you should allow between taking the exam and receiving your course completion certificate is approximately 20 business days (depending on mailing time), so plan your schedule accordingly! Off Site Pre-Licensing Final Exam: The monitor cannot fax or email exams, answer sheets or scores to Alpha College of Real Estate and we cannot fax or email course completion certificates to the student. We must receive your notarized Student Affidavit before we can issue a Course Completion Certificate. In the event the certificate is lost, a duplicate may be obtained from the Alpha College of Real Estate offices by written request. An administrative fee of $5 will be charged for the duplicate and must be included in the written request.

Updated 04 Aug. 2008