COURSE: BSC IN QUANTITY SURVEYING

Quantity surveying is the science that delivers specialised financial and contractual services and advice to clients in the building and construction industry, as well as in related industries. The quantity surveyor is an independent and professional consultant Built Environment 2008 who works with architects, consulting engineers, and the building contractor, in order to protect the interests of the client, while at the same time also looking after the interests of the contractor and subcontractors.

Type: Undergraduate degree

Duration: 3 years full time

Compulsory Subjects

First year subjects:

• Building Drawings


• Building Science


• Building Services


• Quantities


• Introduction to Structures


• Psychology


• Statistics


• Computer literacy


• Academic literacy


• Industrial and Organisational Psychology


• Building Organisation


• Information literacy


• History of the Environment


• Structures

Second year subjects:

• Building Science


• Economics


• Financial Accounting


• Building Services


• Quantities


• Reinforced Concrete Structures


• Site Surveying


• Informatics


• History of the Environment


• Civil Engineering Services

Third year subjects:

• Business Law


• Quantity Surveying Practice


• Building Science


• Building Services


• Quantities


• Community-based Project


• Construction Information Technology


• Housing


• Quantity Surveying Practice


• Introduction to Property Law

Careers: Quantity Surveyor.

Source: www.up.ac.za

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