Program Overview

Programme: BSc in Quantity Surveying

The BSc in Quantity Surveying is a three-year degree programme that delivers specialised financial and contractual services and advice to clients in the building and construction industry.

Programme Information

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 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.

Admission Requirements

• Achievement level: English Home Language or English First Additional Language: 5, Mathematics: 5, Physical Sciences or Accounting: 4
• APS: 30
• Life Orientation is excluded when calculating the APS.
• Applicants currently in Grade 12 must apply with their final Grade 11 (or equivalent) results.
• Applicants who have completed Grade 12 must apply with their final NSC or equivalent qualification results.

Programme Structure

The programme consists of three years of study, with a minimum of 371 credits required for completion.

Core Modules

Year 1

• AIM 111: Academic information management 111
• AIM 121: Academic information management 121
• ALL 122: Academic literacy for Construction Economics 122
• UPO 112: Academic orientation 112
• BGG 121: Building organisation 121
• BOU 111: Building drawings 111
• BWT 110: Building science 110
• BWT 120: Building science 120
• EKN 110: Economics 110
• EKN 120: Economics 120
• GBD 112: Building services 112
• GBD 122: Building services 122
• HVH 101: Quantities 101
• SKE 110: Introduction to structures 110
• SKE 120: Structures 120
• WTW 134: Mathematics 134

Year 2

• BWT 210: Building science 210
• BWT 220: Building science 220
• EOW 222: Property law 222
• FBS 110: Financial management 110
• GBD 211: Building services 211
• GBD 221: Building services 221
• HVH 200: Quantities 200
• JCP 201: Community-based project 201
• SKE 220: Civil engineering services 220
• STC 152: Statistics 152
• STK 120: Statistics 120
• TRN 213: Site surveying 213

Year 3

• BER 310: Business law 310
• BHU 320: Housing 320
• BRK 300: Quantity surveying practice 300
• BWT 310: Building science 310
• BWT 320: Building science 320
• FBS 210: Financial management 210
• FBS 361: Financial management 361
• GBD 311: Building services 311
• HVH 300: Quantities 300
• KKR 322: Introduction to construction contract law 322
• VKN 320: Sustainable construction 320

Pass with Distinction

The degree is conferred with distinction on a student who meets the following requirements:

1. No module of the second and third study year was repeated and a weighted average of at least 75% (not rounded) was obtained in one year in all the modules of the final study year.
2. The degree programme was completed within the prescribed three study years, and the final study year modules were passed on first registration without any supplementary or special examinations.

Minimum Credits

• Minimum credits for Year 1: 126
• Minimum credits for Year 2: 121
• Minimum credits for Year 3: 124

General Academic Regulations and Student Rules

The General Academic Regulations (G Regulations) and General Student Rules apply to all faculties and registered students of the University, as well as all prospective students who have accepted an offer of a place at the University of Pretoria. On registering for a programme, the student bears the responsibility of ensuring that they familiarise themselves with the General Academic Regulations applicable to their registration, as well as the relevant faculty-specific and programme-specific regulations and information as stipulated in the relevant yearbook. Ignorance concerning these regulations will not be accepted as an excuse for any transgression, or basis for an exception to any of the aforementioned regulations. The G Regulations are updated annually and may be amended after the publication of this information.