Quantity Surveying (with Foundation Year)

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.

Course Modules

Year 1 (Foundation Year)

• Study Skills for Success (Core): Develop the essential academic, digital, and organisational skills you will need to thrive at university. From managing your time and structuring assignments to researching and referencing, you will build the confidence to study independently and successfully.

• Collaborative Practice (Core): Work with students from other subject areas to explore cross-disciplinary challenges. You will develop key skills in teamwork, communication, and research while tackling relevant themes across different fields.

• A Day in the Life (Core): Explore the range of career paths linked to your chosen degree. You will gain insight into professional roles in your field and start creating a portfolio to support your development as a future graduate.

• Engineering Principles (Optional): Build your understanding of core topics in physics, mechanics, and electrical circuits. The module also introduces sustainable energy technologies and their role in modern engineering.

• Engineering Practice (Optional): Take a practical approach to engineering by working on a design and prototyping project. You will also explore the ethical, social, and environmental responsibilities of engineers in today’s world.

Year 2 (Level 4)

The second 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 3 (Level 5)

The third 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 4 (Level 6)

• Project Management

• Design for Climate Resilience

• Individual Research Project

• Professional Practice 3

• Major Project

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.