HNC Quantity Surveying (Part Time)
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Description
The HNC Quantity Surveying degree at Southampton Solent University is a nationally recognised qualification which will prepare you for a higher technician role within the quantity surveying sector of the construction industry.
Highly regarded by local employers, this vocational qualification will offer you practical experience of the typical business tasks and requirements affecting a construction professional.
You'll be introduced to themes in design principles and health and safety as well as management principles, science and materials. In Year 2 you will focus on the more specialised areas of construction technology, building services and site surveying, which will be complemented by …
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The HNC Quantity Surveying degree at Southampton Solent University is a nationally recognised qualification which will prepare you for a higher technician role within the quantity surveying sector of the construction industry.
Highly regarded by local employers, this vocational qualification will offer you practical experience of the typical business tasks and requirements affecting a construction professional.
You'll be introduced to themes in design principles and health and safety as well as management principles, science and materials. In Year 2 you will focus on the more specialised areas of construction technology, building services and site surveying, which will be complemented by site visits.
Your 'learning by doing' helps to maintain our high success rate for student employability, and you'll be assessed through work-based assignments as well as exams.
We have a long track record of successfully delivering Higher National Built Environment courses. Our approachable, experienced staff strive to ensure that your learning fits in accordance with the rigorous BTEC/Edexel guidelines.
This HNC provides an academic platform to enter a number of post HNC courses, such as full or part time degrees, or the Engineering Council Part II exams.
Professional accreditation
The standard BTEC programme was developed by BTEC in full consultation with all the relevant professional bodies which, for HNC Quantity Surveying, is the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
|Course content
(Under review for 2013)Year 1
- Construction Technology and Surveying
- Management of the Built Environment
- Construction Science and Materials
- Quantitative Analysis
- Construction Economics.
Year 2
- Law
- Industry Applications
- Health and Safety
- Higher Nationals Group Project.
Assessment
The majority of units are assessed using a combination of assignment work and formal end of year examinations.
Special features
The first year of study is broad based and common to all the Higher Nationals. Second year studies include an industrial based group project and focus on the needs of quantity surveyors.
Optional Balancing Studies are used to accommodate students from a variety of backgrounds and entry qualifications.
Attendance
HNC Year 1: Wednesdays 9am to 6/7pmHNC Year 2: Thursdays 9am to 5pm
Special facilities
You'll have access to the Maritime and Technology Faculty's laboratory suite which incorporates two construction specific laboratories and a studio.
You'll also have access to our wide range of IT resource centre equipment, housing over 500 PCs. All are fully networked using Novell Netware and give you free Internet and E-mail access.
Fees
Fees for the 2012/13 academic year are:
£3,710 pa for UK and EU students.
Overseas students please contact the faculty for details of fees.
Students also pay an Edexcel Registration fee, contact the faculty
office for details.
Further information
At the last teaching quality assessment, courses within our Construction suite scored 22/24.
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