Program Overview

Programme Overview

The BSc Quantity Surveying programme is a three-year degree that delivers specialised financial and contractual services and advice to clients in the building and construction industry. The programme is designed to equip students with the knowledge and skills required to become professional quantity surveyors.

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

The following persons will be considered for admission:

• A candidate who is in possession of a certificate that is deemed by the University to be equivalent to the required Grade 12 certificate with university endorsement.
• A candidate who is a graduate from another tertiary institution or has been granted the status of a graduate of such an institution.
• A candidate who is a graduate of another faculty at the University of Pretoria. Life Orientation is excluded when calculating the APS. Grade 11 results are used in the provisional admission of prospective students. A valid qualification with admission to degree studies is required. Minimum subject and achievement requirements are required.

Minimum Requirements

• Achievement level: NSC/IEB: 5 (Afrikaans or English), 5 (Mathematics), 4 (Physical Science)
• APS: 30

Programme Structure

The programme consists of three years of study, with a total of 414 credits.

• Year 1: 141 credits
• Year 2: 123 credits
• Year 3: 150 credits

Core Modules

The programme includes the following core modules:

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

Year 2 Modules

• BWT 210: Building science
• BWT 220: Building science
• FBS 110: Financial management
• FBS 120: Financial management
• GBD 211: Building services
• GBD 221: Building services
• HVH 200: Quantities
• SKE 210: Reinforced concrete structures
• SKE 220: Civil engineering services
• STK 110: Statistics
• STK 161: Statistics
• TRN 213: Site surveying

Year 3 Modules

• BER 310: Business law
• BHU 320: Housing
• BRK 300: Quantity surveying practice
• BWT 310: Building science
• BWT 320: Building science
• EOW 320: Introduction to property law
• FBS 210: Financial management
• FBS 320: Financial management
• HVH 300: Quantities
• JCP 201: Community-based project
• GBD 311: Building services
• VKN 320: Sustainable construction
• NNM 320: Research methodology

Promotion to Next Study Year

• Promotion to the second semester of the first year and to the second year of study:
  • A newly registered first-year student who failed all the prescribed modules for the programme at the end of the first semester shall not be readmitted to the School for the Built Environment in the second semester.
  • A student who complies with all the requirements of the first year of study, or has at least obtained 110 credits, is promoted to the second year of study.
• Promotion to the third year of study:
  • A student who complies with all the requirements of the second year of study, or has at least obtained 230 credits, is promoted to the third year of study.

Pass with Distinction

The degree is conferred with distinction on a student:

• If no module of the second and third study year was repeated and a weighted average of at least 75% was obtained in one year in all the modules (excluding JCP 201), of the final study year.
• 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.