BSc (Hons)

Quantity Surveying

3 good reasons to study Quantity Surveying at Salford:

Strong links with industry, business and the wider community
Accredited by professional institutions including Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) and the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (ICES)

Quantity surveyors manage and control financial aspects of the construction process. They also specialise in construction contract law and procurement. They work on behalf of contracting organisations or representatives of the client, aiming to ensure that the project is completed within budget.

This course will educate and train you to the highest standards set by the RICS, developing your knowledge of the economic, legal, technical and management aspects of quantity surveying.

You will learn how use to computing resources to financially manage the development, construction and long-term operation of buildings. As quantity surveyors often act as project managers, you will learn how to select, manage and coordinate the resources needed for the completion of a construction project.

Course details

This course is modular in structure and combines academic study with project work. You will study essential foundation subjects in common with students on other built environment courses as well as subjects specific to the course. You will complete a research dissertation on a built environment subject in your final year.

Structure

Year 1 (Part-time Years 1 and 2)

This course has modules run in common with other related courses within the School (Architectural Design and Technology, Building Surveying, Construction Project Management and Property Management and investment, with which you study essential foundation subjects.

Technology 1

Economics and Management

Introduction to Law and Regulatory Framework

Environmental Science and Services

Discipline Project 1

Multidisciplinary Project 1

Year 2 (Part-time Years 3 and 4)

Introduces a number of subjects which are specific to this course as well as others which are in common with other courses.

Technology 2

Procurement and Administration

Construction Process Management

Construction Economics

Discipline Project 2

Multidisciplinary Project 2

Year 3 (Part-time Years 4 and 5)

Requires you to undertake some core compulsory quantity surveying modules in addition to some which you select each semester. You also undertake a research project on a built environment subject of your choice under the supervision of a member of the academic staff.

Risk and Value Management

Construction Law and Dispute Resolution

Option A - Choose One

Project Management
Introduction to Urban Regeneration
Professional Practice

Option B - Choose One

Civil Engineering Surveying
Production and Human Resource Management
Sustainable Design and Construction
Off-site Construction

Discipline Research Project

Multidisciplinary Project 3

Industrial placement year

If you are studying full-time, you’ll have the option to take an industrial year-out placement between years 2 and 3. If you wish to take a placement year you will be responsible for securing your own work placement. The University will help you to develop their employability skills. An academic member of staff is appointed to be your placement tutor. Your progress within your placement is monitored by the appointed placement tutor with 'telephone visits', visits to your place of employment and the assessment of a written end of placement report which you prepare.

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