Our graduates are much sought after by the construction industry and other employers seeking management skills. Some students choose to progress to further study, for example, for a higher degree. There is, therefore, the opportunity for students to transfer between these courses at the mid-point of Year One, giving important added flexibility to students who are not totally sure of which course they wish to study, upon entry into the University Commonality with the Quantity Surveying and Building Surveying courses continues throughout the course, but to a lesser extent as undergraduates progress through levels 2 and 3. At level 1 there are core modules in Construction Technology, Materials, Environmental Sciences, Contemporary Issues in the Built Environment, Legal Studies, Documentation and Estimating, Economics and the Built Environment, and Surveying. This involves exercises in land surveying and other related activities.
All students undertake an interdisciplinary project.
On the degree course electives are available in a range of subject areas linked to the built environment. An optional 48 week placement in industry comes between the second and final years of the full-time degree course. Level 3 Core modules cover Inter-professional Studies and involve a Management and Design Project. Electives may be chosen from a wide range, which includes Building Conservation and Refurbishment, Project Management, Building Control, Fire Studies, Financial and Corporate Management, Facilities Management and Negotiated Learning. In the final year of the course students have the opportunity to carry out and in-depth analytical study of a construction related topic of their own choice.