Course summary

This is a part time/day release course over 3 years of study. To gain the qualification 15 units need to be completed and 240 credits need to be achieved. This Degree is designed for those students with level 3 qualifications (such as BTEC or A level) and mature Learners (25+). The aims of the Foundation Degree awards in the Construction area are: • To provide students with language, knowledge and practical skills demanded by their mode of employment and seek to make interconnections between the academic and industrial worlds. • To develop students' ability to select and use appropriate procedures, systems and techniques within the Built Environment. • To enable students to solve technical, economic and organisational problems in the context of the Built Environment. • To encourage students to communicate effectively in spoken, written and graphical forms and be able to present complex concepts to clients and other groups of people, connected with the construction industry. • To encourage students to show high levels of motivation, initiative, flexibility, self-reliance and the ability to establish priorities so that objectives can be realised in diverse and rapidly changing construction related environments. • To stimulate a sense of enquiry and reflective self-analysis to serve as a basis for continuing professional development. On successful completion of the course you will be awarded a FdSc. Year 1 Elements of Construction Design (15 credits) IT and Communication (15 credits) Elementary Survey Skills (15 credits) Building Technology (15 credits) Year 2 The Built Environment Work Sector (15 credits) Introduction to Civil Law and Legislation (15 credits) Work Based Learning A in the built environment (15 credits) Construction Economics (15 credits) Work Related Learning and the Built Environment (15 credits) Site Management and Safety (15 credits)

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