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How It Works

Five steps from here
to an audit-ready certificate.

1

Preview

Open any course and review the full material free — before any payment.

2

Enroll

One $135 payment unlocks every course for 24 months. Non-renewing.

3

Study

Self-paced, downloadable, mobile-friendly. Your schedule, not ours.

4

Quiz

A straightforward assessment verifies completion, per NCEES guidelines.

5

Certificate

Issued instantly, stored in your account, retrievable any time a board asks.

PDH Credit

How credit is assigned

Each course is assigned PDH credit under NCEES continuing-education guidelines — the common denominator that state boards reference. Course hours reflect the actual instructional content, assessed and documented at publication.

Your certificates record the course title, PDH value, completion date, and provider details — exactly what a board audit asks for. Records are retained in your account for retrieval long after completion.

The standard most boards and providers use to translate content into hours: one PDH equals fifty minutes of instructional content. A course’s assigned credit reflects the actual depth of the material, not the time a reader happens to spend on it — so credit values stay consistent whether you read quickly or slowly.

  • NCEES-aligned hours. Credit values set to the guidelines boards recognize.
  • Instant documentation. Certificates generated the moment you pass.
  • Retained records. Every completion stored and retrievable for audits.
  • State-rule awareness. Guidance on your state’s requirements alongside the catalog.
Go Deeper

The detail behind each step

Three short guides, if you want more than the overview above.

Step 1 · Preview

How Preview Access Works

What “read it free before you pay” actually includes, and what stays locked until you enroll.

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Step 3 · Study

Understanding Our Study Materials

Why CivilCE courses read like technical references, not slideshows — and how that earns NCEES-aligned credit.

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Step 5 · Certificate

Recordkeeping Policy

How long completion records are retained, and how to retrieve a certificate years later for a board audit.

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