Program Overview

Programme: BSc (Real Estate)

The BSc (Real Estate) programme is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the real estate industry, including property economics, development, management, valuation, financing, investment, and marketing.

Programme Information

Real estate is the study of fixed property and related aspects such as property economics, development, management, valuation, financing, investment, and marketing. Apart from a future in areas such as property investment, property finance, and facilities and property management, further studies to obtain an honours degree in real estate can lead to registration as a professional property valuer. Career opportunities encompass the whole spectrum of the property sector, whether as entrepreneurs in the private sector or as employees in the private, government, or semi-governmental sectors.

Admission Requirements

• The admission requirements apply to students who apply for admission to the University of Pretoria with a National Senior Certificate (NSC) and Independent Examination Board (IEB) qualifications.
• Applicants with qualifications other than the abovementioned should refer to the relevant brochure or website for more information.
• Citizens from countries other than South Africa (applicants who are not South African citizens) should also refer to the relevant brochure or website for more information.

Promotion to Next Study Year

• 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.
• A student who has not obtained at least 70% of the credits of the first year of study after the November examinations must reapply for admission should they intend to continue with their studies.

Curriculum

The curriculum for the BSc (Real Estate) programme is divided into three years, with a range of core and fundamental modules.

Year 1

• Fundamental modules:
  • 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
• Core modules:
  • 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
  • EWS 110: Real estate 110
  • EWS 120: Real estate 120
  • GBD 112: Building services 112
  • GBD 122: Building services 122
  • HVH 101: Quantities 101
  • WTW 134: Mathematics 134

Year 2

• Core modules:
  • BWT 210: Building science 210
  • BWT 220: Building science 220
  • EOW 222: Property law 222
  • EWS 210: Real estate 210
  • EWS 220: Real estate 220
  • FBS 110: Financial management 110
  • GBD 211: Building services 211
  • GBD 221: Building services 221
  • JCP 201: Community-based project 201
  • SKE 220: Civil engineering services 220
  • STK 110: Statistics 110
  • STK 161: Statistics 161
  • TRN 213: Site surveying 213

Year 3

• Core modules:
  • BER 310: Business law 310
  • BHU 320: Housing 320
  • BWT 310: Building science 310
  • BWT 320: Building science 320
  • EDW 300: Property valuation 300
  • EWS 310: Real estate 310
  • EWS 320: Real estate 320
  • FBS 210: Financial management 210
  • GBD 311: Building services 311
  • 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 certain requirements, including obtaining a weighted average of at least 75% in one year in all the modules of the final study year, and completing the degree programme within the prescribed three study years.