1329 Syllabus
Course Syllabus
FUNDAMENTALS OF ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
Distance Ed - RELE 1329 – CRN 20528
Fall II - 2005
INSTRUCTOR: Joe Goeters,
713-718-5281; 409-737-9442, 713-927-9596
E-Mail goeters@houston.rr.com
Office hours: Thursday,
This course gives three semester hours of college credit and forty five classroom hours of credit as a core real estate course toward licensure.
HCCS Real Estate Department Website: http://swc2.edu.rele
TEXT: Environmental Issues in Real Estate, Joseph E Goeters; Thompson/Southwestern
Textbooks may be purchased at any HCCS bookstore. NOTE: text books can now be ordered online at http://hccs.bkstore.com
CALENDAR: Be sure and check the calendar early in the course to get the dates of the review sessions, the tests, and other important events.
COURSE MATERIAL: The course material should be accessed as soon as possible. Log onto the course by following these steps:
Go to the Distance Ed. Home page http://distance.hccs.edu
Click on Access DE Course/Orientation
Click on Enter Online Classroom
Enter CRN of desired class Click on “Go”
Click on Go to Class
Click on Logon to My WebCT
Enter Username and Password
When you are accessing a narrated slide presentation, please be patient while the slide
show is loading. It may take awhile but it is worth the wait. Also, from time to time you
may need to advance the slide manually if it seems as though it is not going to advance
on its own.
NEW !! – You now have a “virtual librarian” available to you. This is a tremendous resource so please take advantage if it by going to the icon “Discussions” on your student homepage.
RECOMMENDED: HCCS has produced a multimedia CD ROM that is an excellent learning tool to enhance the student’s understanding of the real estate profession. The following interactive CD-ROMs are available from Thompson/Southwestern:
The Residential Transaction ISBN 0-324-14380-X
The Commercial Transaction ISBN 0-324-14378-8
To order by phone – call 800-354-9706, select option 4
To order online – visit www.thompsonlearning.com
Click on “Our Catalogs”
Select “Customer Catalog”
Enter ISBN in Keyword Search
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AUDIENCE: Individuals who need hours as part of the requirements to acquire a Real Estate license, or need hours toward a degree or certificate of achievement, or to understand the basics of the real estate profession.
COURSE OBJECTIVES: This course was designed to give accurate and authoritative information in regard to real estate environmental issues. There will be heavy emphasis on the environmental concerns that affect buying, selling, financing, appraising, inspecting, brokering, developing or in any way dealing with real estate.
The people involved in the real estate business - brokers, salespeople, owners, managers, investors, students and others - all need a great deal of specialized knowledge. Basically they need to know the ways in which real estate can be affected by environmental problems and the many ways that
the problems can be remediated.
EVALUATING STUDENTS: All students will receive a letter grade at the end of the course. The numerical equivalents are as follows:
A 90 - 100 D 60 - 69
B 80 - 89 F Below 60
C 70 - 79
DISABILITY ACCOMODATION POLICY: Any Student with a disability (e.g. physical, learning, psychiatric, vision, hearing, etc.) who needs to arrange reasonable accommodations must contact the appropriate Disability Support Service Counselor, Angela Foote at 713-718-7014 or angela.foote@hccs.edu in order to be referred to the appropriate Disability Support Service Counselor. Students who require testing accommodations need to schedule an appointment for testing to ensure that staff will be available for proctoring and to arrange for any adaptive equipment that may be required.
Withdrawal: Per the HCCS Student Handbook – if withdrawal is necessary, it is the student’s responsibility to officially withdraw from the course. If the student fails to withdraw and does not complete the required projects then the student is in jeopardy of receiving an “F” in the course.
Exploration of Career Opportunities and Supplemental Instruction – Be sure to take advantage of the “Additional Resources” available to you. This can be done by exploring the Icon on your homepage.
The grades will be based on the following criteria:
Test One 30% Covers Chap 1 thru 5
Test Two 30% Covers Chap 6 thru 10
Case studies 40%
CASE STUDIES: Please note that the case study is a significant part of the grade and is required for satisfactory completion of the course.
In addition to the two required tests, students are required to complete and hand in a “Case Study”. At the end of each chapter in the text book are “Questions and Projects for Additional Consideration” and “Problems for Critical Analysis”, for each of chapters 2 through 10. For each of those chapters, students are required to complete either two “Questions and Projects for Additional Consideration” or one “Problem for Critical Analysis”.
Hence, the completed “Case Study” could consist of nine “Problem for Critical Analysis” or 18 “Questions and Projects for Additional Consideration” or any combination of selections from each of the nine chapters. Please note that if any of the “Questions and Projects for Additional Consideration” could be answered with a yes or no, these would not be considered acceptable answers. There must be an explanation for the choice of the yes or no.
The case studies should be turned in no later than the time of the second (and final) test.
They can be handed in or sent to:
Joe Goeters
Real Estate Department
The Real Estate Department is in the basement. They can be emailed to the email address shown above. Be sure and put your name, social security number, and CRN on the materials handed in.
In the past we have had numerous problems with lost or misplaced case studies. Please follow up to make sure that I have received your case study. I will email those students after the weekend of the final exam if I do not have their case study so please continue to check your email even after the course is over.
Major Events:
There will be two online review sessions before each test. The online review sessions can be accessed by going to the “Audio Room” on your homepage.
Be sure and check the calendar early in the course to get the dates of the review sessions and the tests.
There will be two tests. The first will be online and the second will be proctored.
Note – Posting of Grades: The mid term grades will be posted on the web site by the Thursday following the testing weekend.
Make-up Policy: Make-ups must be scheduled through your instructor.
