13May
UndergraduateCourse summary
Our Quantity Surveying HND programme offers a blend of intellectual stimulation and practical application to prepare you for a rewarding career in this field. As a Quantity Surveyor, you will play a crucial role in managing construction projects, ensuring they run smoothly from start to finish. Our course is designed to develop your skills and knowledge, making you a competent graduate ready for the professional world. The construction industry is evolving rapidly, with technology and integrated delivery becoming increasingly important. Our programme is developed in collaboration with industry experts and professional bodies including the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) and Construction Wales Innovation Centre (CWIC). These partnerships ensure that our curriculum meets the current demands and needs of the industry. The course is also accredited by the Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE), providing you with professional recognition and enhancing your employability. Throughout the course, you will engage in modules that focus on creative problem-solving and collaborative working. Our curriculum covers a wide range of topics, including cost management, procurement, measurement and quantification, risk management, and design economics. You will also gain expertise in areas such as contracts, cost planning, and estimating. The course emphasizes the importance of financial skills, legal skills, managerial skills, and communicative skills, which are crucial for managing construction projects from project inception to completion. In addition to classroom learning, the course offers practical experiences, including work placements that allow you to apply your knowledge in real-world settings. This industry experience is invaluable, providing you with insights into professional practice and helping you build a network of industry contacts. Progress onto our Quantity Surveying BSc course.
Modules
Year One - You will learn the fundamentals of construction technology, procurement processes, gain digital surveying skills, and understand health, safety, and welfare in construction. You will also explore construction materials, building services, law for the built environment, and measurement and estimating techniques. Fundamentals of Construction Technology (20 credits) Construction Materials (10 credits) Skills for Professional Practice (10 Credits) Digital Surveying and Highway Design (10 Credits) Digital Technology BIM (10 Credits) Health, Safety and Welfare (10 credits) Building Services 1 – Building Comfort (10 credits) Law for the Built Environment (10 credits) Procurement Process (10 credits) Measurement and Estimating (20 credits) Year Two - You will deepen your knowledge with modules including building information modelling, advanced estimating and tendering, and sustainable development. You will also undertake a research project design, learn about contract administration, and study construction technology in greater detail, alongside business management for construction and project control. Construction Technology 2 (20 credits) Research Project Design (20 credits ) Contract Administration (10 credits) Building Information Modelling (20 credits) Advanced Estimating and Tendering (20 credits) Sustainable Development (10 credits) Business Management for Construction (10 credits) Project Control (10 credits)
Assessment method
Assessments used within these Programmes are normally formative or summative. In the former assessment is designed to ensure students become aware of their strengths and weaknesses. Typically, such assessment will take the form of practical exercises where a more hands-on approach shows student’s ability on a range of activities. Traditional formal time-constrained assessment is by means of tests and examinations, normally of two-hour duration. Examinations are a traditional method of verifying that the work produced is the students’ own work. To help authenticate student coursework, some modules require that the student and lecturer negotiate the topic for assessment on an individual basis, allowing the lecturer to monitor progress. Some modules where the assessment is research-based require students to verbally/visually present the research results to the lecturer and peers, followed by a question and answer session. Such assessment strategies are in accord with the learning and teaching strategies employed by the team, that is, where the aim is to generate work that is mainly student-driven, individual, reflective and where appropriate, vocationally-orientated. Feedback to students will occur early in the study period and continue over the whole study session thereby allowing for greater value added to the student’s learning.
How to apply
29Jan
This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application codes
Please select a course option – you will then see the application code you need to use to apply for the course.
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
International applicants
If you are not from the UK and you do not already have residency here, you may need to apply for a visa. For courses of more than six months’ duration you will require a Student visa. International students who require a Student visa should apply for our full-time courses as these qualify for Student visa sponsorship. For full information read our visa application and guides. Please note students receiving US Federal Aid are only able to apply for in-person, on-campus programmes which will have no elements of online study.
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
UCAS Tariff - 48 points
Additional entry requirements
Interview
English language requirements
If English is not your first language or you have not previously studied in English, our usual requirement is the equivalent of an International English Language Testing System (IELTS Academic Test) score of 6.0, with not less than 5.5 in each of the sub-tests. We also accept other English language tests.
Acceptable Evidence of English
https://www.uwtsd.ac.uk/apply/international-applications/english-language-requirements
Student Outcomes
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There is no data available for this course. For further information visit the Discover Uni website.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| England | £9535 | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £9535 | Year 1 |
| Scotland | £9535 | Year 1 |
| Wales | £9535 | Year 1 |
| Channel Islands | £9535 | Year 1 |
| Republic of Ireland | £9535 | Year 1 |
| EU | £15525 | Year 1 |
| International | £15525 | Year 1 |
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
It is possible to complete this programme of study without any additional costs.
Students may wish to purchase materials for modules, such as major project but this is not a requirement and will have no bearing on the final grade.
Provider information
University of Wales Trinity Saint David
College Road
Carmarthen
SA31 3EP