Quantity Surveying – (B.Sc.)

Surveying is about the environment, property, information systems, management skills and techniques. Surveyors develop and manage property and have rewarding careers with wide-ranging opportunities in the UK and overseas.
Quantity surveyors have a range of skills in demand both at home and overseas. They advise on economic feasibility of construction projects and their invaluable expertise is in demand during the whole design and development process. The quantity surveyor manages procurement and advises on legal, contractual and economic matters. Their expertise equips them well for top managerial posts.
We have a partnership with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) which means that our main surveying courses provide exemption from the RICS academic requirements. Many members of our teaching staff are chartered surveyors.
The specific aims of this course are:

* to develop your ability to think critically and independently about surveying problems and to deal effectively with uncertainty in the pursuit of problem solving. To present a significant intellectual challenge designed to motivate you in your studies whether or not the aim is to achieve a career in mainstream surveying.
* to enable you to understand the technical, economic, legal and organisational aspects of the surveying professions and the nature of the boundary relationships that exist;
* to allow you to appreciate the significance of the built environment to the wider environment and the economy and society as a whole;
* to develop your understanding of the requirements of professional practice and to ensure you develop a clear sense of professional identity;
* to enable you to develop a proactive approach to learning and a critically analytical approach to knowledge through the exploration of current surveying issues and problems;
* to encourage you to pursue development of expertise in practising their chosen profession.

Additional course information
The content of each course recognises the distinction between the professional surveying disciplines, but ensures a level of commonality, essential for the modern surveyor working in a rapidly changing environment. To this end, all courses have a common Level 1. The surveyor of the future will increasingly need to provide expertise in a wider field and have the ability to adapt to meet new challenges.
Upon completion of this course you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

* the language, knowledge, theories, principles and practical skills demanded by the discipline of quantity surveying;
* the practices typically undertaken by a quantity surveyor trainee, working under supervision;
* procedures, systems and techniques within quantity surveying;
* the scientific, social, environmental, legal, technical, ethical, economic, health and safety, and political dimensions of the Built Environment to surveying related issues;
* technical, economic, legal and organisational problems in the context of quantity surveying;
* a critical awareness of the roles and applications of developing technologies within the built environment;
* a critical awareness of the relevant current issues at the forefront of theory and practice;
* the influence of construction on the environment and be aware of their ethical and professional responsibilities towards society when satisfying client needs;
* a specialised area relating to Quantity Surveying and the built environment.