ASA Education

To accommodate an increasingly knowledgeable and discerning clientele, appraisers need to develop a working mastery of basic and discipline-specific valuation theories and related field practices. Internationally recognized as the leader in multidiscipline education, ASA offers you one of the world's largest selections of conveniently located, affordably priced appraisal training courses and seminars.

ASA's courses prepare you to become and remain competitive and in demand for your professional services. By fulfilling ASA's educational, professional and experience requirements, you can become designated as an Accredited Member (AM) or Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA) in the society. Once accredited, you must maintain steady participation in a continuing education program to meet the society's mandatory reaccreditation requirements and to meet any applicable federal and state mandates for licensure and certification.

To be as flexible as possible in meeting your education needs, ASA offers some courses in distance learning learning formats as well as in the traditional classroom format. More are being developed.

Following are brief descriptions of the society's principal educational formats, namely:

Principles of Valuation Courses
Advanced Courses and Seminars
Continuing Education Seminars and Workshops
Courses Offered with Universities
On-Site Training
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Complete information is published in ASA Professional Magazine, and up to the minute offering schedules are always available here, online, by selecting the class you are interested in.

Principles of Valuation Courses

These courses provide instruction and examination at successive, increasing levels in each appraisal discipline: Appraisal Review and Management, Business Valuation, Gems and Jewelry, Machinery and Technical Specialties, Personal Property and Real Property.

The introductory-level courses (numbered 201) in each of the disciplines provide the basics in general valuation theory and terminology, discipline-specific theory and terminology and aspects of appraising as a profession.

The higher-level courses (numbered 202-204, with Real Property also having a 205) cover research and analysis methodologies, case studies, government regulations, report writing and professional standards.

Each of these courses has a final 3-4 hour objective question exam, with a minimal passing score of 75 percent. Continuing education hours may be awarded for each course completed:

Advanced Courses and Seminars

These programs will help you work successfully in some of the most active areas of valuation today. They are filled with practical and fundamental techniques to help you expand client services and increase revenues.

Continuing Education Seminars and Workshops

Individual disciplines present seminars and workshops on topics of interest. The annual Advanced Business Valuation Conference convenes appraisers and business leaders to examine highly specialized valuation issues.

Supplementing these offerings are local and regional seminars and workshops sponsored by society chapters for their members and professional colleagues.

Continuing education seminars are approved for reaccreditation credit.

Courses Offered with Universities

Certificate programs are offered at the following institutions of higher education:

Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, R.I.

University of California, Irvine, Calif.

University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.

Pratt Institute

University of Georgia

Northwestern University

On-Site Training

Whether your business is domestic or international, we can offer any course in this catalog on site at your place of business. We can present them to your group at a time and location that are convenient for you. Depending on the size of your group, on-site courses may be provided at significant savings over ASA national course prices. For more information e-mail us at info@appraisers.org.