Criteria for course approval

The commission may approve education provided by a course sponsor, such as the commission, a public or private school, organization, association, person, corporation, society, or similar organization. The commission, when acting on an application for approval of a course, will consider the following criteria: 1. Courses will be eligible for approval only if the total instruction time is two hours or more. 2. A course sponsor shall certify to the best of its knowledge the attendance of each student at the offering. The course sponsor's criteria for measuring attendance shall be submitted in the application for course approval. 3. The course sponsor shall maintain, for a minimum of three years, records of students successfully completing any course. 4. Credit is earned based on in-person or virtual attendance or completion of online-only asynchronous courses. 5. Each course shall have a coordinator supervising the program. 6. All instructors in a real estate course shall complete and submit an instructor application for each course before teaching the course. Instructors must meet at least one of the following qualifications: a. A bachelor's degree in the field in which the person is to teach. b. A valid teaching credential or certificate from North Dakota or another state authorizing the holder to teach in the field of instruction being offered. c. Five years' full-time experience in a profession, trade, or technical occupation in the applicable field. d. Any combination of at least five years of full-time applicable field and college level education.