Quantity Surveying

Why Choose This Course:
This Quantity Surveying course prepares you for a career in one of the largest employment sectors in the United Kingdom. The construction industry requires a constant supply of quantity surveyors to measure, quantify and cost financial aspects associated with the design, construction, use and disposal of buildings and infrastructure.

This course:
Sets you up for a career in Quantity Surveying which is part of one of the largest employment sectors in the United Kingdom.
Will extend your knowledge and reinforce your understanding of how financial cost is measured, controlled, authorised and accounted for in the management of building and infrastructure projects.
Equips you with knowledge of the financial management of heritage and refurbishment projects; often sensitive in nature because of historical or architectural significance, or the traditional quality of the existing fabric.

Key Course Features:
Opportunities to directly engage with industry through conferences, guest lectures and visits to live construction projects.
Access to a wide-ranging industry-standard digital resources for use on- and off-campus.
Lectures are delivered in consecutive blocks as far as possible, to ensure flexible study time away from University.
A variety of teaching and learning methods are used to ensure that technical content is applied to typical building surveying scenarios.
The Built Environment subject area is part of the Faculty of Art, Computing and Engineering (FACE) and therefore content benefits from association with arts, computing, engineering and renewable energy subject disciplines.

Year 1 (Level 4)
The first year of the Quantity Surveying course comprises seven core modules and one optional module that combine to provide an informed introduction to the financial management of building and infrastructure projects.

MODULES
Quantity Surveying 1
Digital Technologies in Drawing and Modelling
Digital Technologies in Surveying
Legal Principles, Compliance and Liability
Science and Materials
Construction Technology
Professional Practice 1
Architectural Design Technology 1*
Building Surveying 1*
Construction Management 1*
Civil Engineering Design*

*One to be selected

Year 2 (Level 5)
The second year of the Programme builds upon the first through modules that explore important technical and procedural considerations in the practice of quantity surveying. Commercial Management considers the importance of financial management throughout the various phases of the development process including evaluating real property as a financial asset, and Procurement and Contract Practice addresses the ways in which building projects are commissioned and implemented towards completion and use.

MODULES
Quantity Surveying 2
Modern Methods of Construction
Building Services
Procurement and Contract Practice
Commercial Management
Professional Practice 2

Year 3 (Level 6)
Project Management
Design for Climate Resilience
Individual Research Project
Professional Practice 3
Major Project

Part-time study will comprise combinations of these modules over a five year period, though a Higher National Certificate or Higher National Diploma in a construction-related subject may carry exemptions at Levels 4 and/or 5, subject to approval by the University.

The information listed in this section is an overview of the academic content of the programme that will take the form of either core or option modules. Modules are designated as core or option in accordance with professional body requirements and internal academic framework review, so may be subject to change.

Modules are delivered using a variety of teaching and learning techniques, including traditional lectures, practical ‘hands-on’ activities, tutorials and group discussions, laboratory work, construction site-based observation and peer appraisal. The main priority is to ensure that you feel comfortable within the academic learning environment and feel able to contribute to the discussion of subject matter within any class, tutorial or other learning activity that forms part of their studies – teaching and learning is fundamentally a two-way process within which your opinion is vitally important.

A range of assessment methods are used within the programme to simulate the sorts of written, practical, visual and oral communication skills that are expected of quantity surveyors; written reports, the practical use of technical equipment, visual presentations, laboratory analyses, in-class tests, examinations, coursework and oral presentations are all important ways in which you can demonstrate your understanding. The types of assessment selected for each module have been chosen to best-suit the nature of the technical content in each subject, and collectively provide a range of opportunities for you to demonstrate your interest, enthusiasm and interpretation of content during their studies.

In terms of particular assessment needs, the University’s Inclusion Services department can provide appropriate guidance and support should any students require reasonable adjustments to be made to assessment processes because of a recognised prevailing disability, medical condition, or specific learning difference.