Awards

Target Award

Award Description:Bachelor of Science with Honours - BSH
Alternative Exit
Recruitable Target
Alternative Exit
Alternative Exit

Accreditation

Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)

Programme Offerings

Full-Time

F2F-JMU-SEP

Sandwich Year Out

F2F-JMU-SEP

Educational Aims of the Course

To provide students with an understanding and appreciation of, and enthusiasm for the Building Surveying discipline. To provide fundamental knowledge in meeting the competency requirements for the RICS Building Surveying pathway, including technical knowledge about building construction and defects; design practice knowledge with regard to refurbishment projects; legal knowledge including contract and property law; and management and professional practice knowledge. To provide students with an appreciation of the impact of changing social, economic, legal, environmental, technological, business and political frameworks so they can make an effective contribution within a global, national and local context. To provide a well-balanced education which allows the student to achieve their full academic potential at first degree level and in doing so to facilitate the development of independent logical thought and judgement. To enable the student to develop their intellectual, critical, analytical and reflective thinking within an evidence and research-based framework associated with the role of a building surveying professional. To produce a basis for general professional experience and to encourage consciousness of the professional, business and commercial environment, considering all regulatory aspects and working in an inclusive environment. For students undertaking a placement year, an additional aim is to provide students with an extended period of work experience with an approved employer that will complement their academic programme of study, and enable students to develop professional skills relevant for a career in building surveying.

Learning Outcomes

1.
Analyse and evaluate the performance requirements of buildings and facilities.
2.
Apply critical understanding and evaluation of the impact of climate change on the management, repair and maintenance of buildings and facilities.
3.
Understand and evaluate the professional and ethical frameworks associated with the development and use of buildings and facilities.
4.
Apply critical understanding and empathy of the principles and processes that deliver an inclusive environment recognising the diversity of user needs by putting people (of all ages and abilities) at the heart of the building surveying process.
5.
Apply critical understanding and evaluation of the interaction between people and buildings, including their health, productivity, sustainability, comfort, and movement.
6.
Effectively use general and specific IT tools and software in building surveying tasks and projects.
7.
Manage resources and apply time management skills in working independently to meet deadlines.
8.
Apply research design knowledge and skills to collect, analyse, evaluate and synthesise information and data as part of a major independent research project.
9.
Work effectively as a member of a collaborative project group.
10.
Communicate effectively via different methods including written reports, portfolios, graphical posters and verbal presentations.
11.
Evaluate the ethical expectations and conduct requirements of a Building Surveyor in professional practice.
12.
Describe and critically evaluate the technical factors affecting the design and construction of buildings.
13.
Recognise and evaluate the impact of differing design options in the construction of buildings.
14.
Describe and evaluate building technologies employed in the construction of domestic, industrial and commercial buildings including modern methods of construction.
15.
Recognise, analyse and evaluate the pathological processes resulting in the degradation and failure of building components and materials.
16.
Apply surveying methods, and synthesise building surveying knowledge and skills in order to systematically detect building defects.
17.
Recognise, evaluate and recommend broad approaches and options for the management, repair and maintenance of buildings and facilities.
18.
Identify and analyse the impact of legal and regulatory requirements for the effective design, construction and occupancy of buildings and facilities.
19.
Describe and analyse the socio-economic factors influencing property development, construction and building use.

Teaching, Learning and Assessment

Teaching sessions include lectures and tutorials; workshop sessions in a classroom or PC-lab; practical property surveying sessions on site using the exemplar houses, or off-site on an organized site visit; participation in a group project; and field work on the optional residential field trip. Assessment methods include examinations; written essays and reports; oral presentations; preparation of posters; visual designs using Revit; work placement reports (if applicable).

Opportunities for work related learning

The programme offers a work placement year, providing a work-based learning opportunity for students studying the programme in sandwich mode. The programme has active links with industry and involves employers in the project-based modules at levels 4, 5 and 6. Real world case studies and project scenarios are used wherever possible. For example Level 4 students typically meet built environment professionals on-site to help contextualise passive design theory with practice. Level 5 students will work on actual buildings with practitioners for the 'Sustainable Buildings Project' to analyse building performance, identify problems and recommend solutions. At Level 6 the programme team will work with the Building Surveying Industrial Liaison Panel to identify appropriate and current Building Surveying scenarios for the 'Professional Project'. The programme and wider School also has active links with the professional body (RICS) and typically students at all Levels will benefit from an organised professional body guest speakers and meetings to help prepare students for professional practice and employment.

Programme Structure

Programme Structure Description

The programme will offer the opportunity of 60 credits of study abroad at Level 5. Students will be enrolled on a 360 credit honours with study abroad programme. A 60 credit Level 5 study abroad module 5300BESABS will normally replace the semester 2 modules on the standard programme. This study … For more content click the Read More button below.

Structure

Level 4
Level 5
Level 6

Entry Requirements

A levels
Alternative qualifications considered
BTECs
International Baccalaureate
NVQ
Other international requirements

HECoS Code(s)

(CAH13-01) architecture, building and planning