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BSc(Hons)
Real Estate (Valuation and Management)
About this course
- Entry year: 2010/11
- Course code: K440
- Applications: UCAS
- Level: Undergraduate
- Tariff points range: 240
- School: Built and Natural Environment
- Campus: Frenchay
- Duration: Three years full-time; four years sandwich
- Delivery: Part-time, full-time, sandwich
- Abroad option: Yes
- Programme leader: Teresa Wood BEd, Dip ToC, MA
Introduction
The BSc(Hons) Real Estate (Valuation and Management) will appeal to you if you have an interest in the practical side in working in commercial or residential property. For example, buying and selling, valuations, resolving landlord and tenant disputes, negotiating compensation and day-to-day management.
Structure
Content
You will develop skills and knowledge in the areas of building construction, law, valuation, planning, business economics, management, and interprofessional skills. In addition, you will develop interpersonal, communication, negotiation, information technology, presentation and business skills. Optional subjects are available in the third year to enable you to follow particular topics of interest, such as quality assurance or a European language.
The School's inter-professional approach includes projects where you will work with students from other disciplines within the built environment. This encourages mutual respect and understanding of the other professionals with which you are likely to be working during your career, and helps you to develop and practise the skills of presentation, negotiation, communication, and teamwork.
Teaching and learning
Teaching methods are varied depending on the module; lectures, project work and tutorials all have a part to play. Assessment is achieved through a balance of coursework and examinations. Examinations are held in either January or May/June. Coursework will be assessed by means of essays, reports, surveys, design projects, teamwork and role plays.
You are encouraged to do 'formative work' to prepare for assessments: this does not count towards your marks but the feedback which you receive will help you to improve your performance. Support is available for students who have difficulties with numeracy, IT, literacy and study skills.
The teaching staff provide a friendly, enabling environment for learning. They are also actively engaged in research or professional practice, ensuring that you learn directly from the latest academic and business developments.
Study time
The course is normally studied full-time. If you study part-time, you can choose how many modules to study each year. Your timetable will be constrained and determined by the teaching pattern for those modules.
Special Features
Placements
If you are doing the full-time course, you may spend your third year in a placement to gain practical experience, and to qualify for a 'sandwich' degree. The integration of a placement into courses is highly favoured by employers.
A placement connects university with work, allowing you to consolidate your knowledge and skills by applying them in a professional situation in the real world. This experience will also enrich and focus your final year studies. We offer support and guidance to help you find a placement, and you will be visited by a tutor who will also be available if you have any problems.
Fieldwork
The course includes two field trips, one in the first year and one in the final year. The first year trip to Brussels enables you to establish friendships early on in your course and learn to about the European Union. The final year field course is based in a major European city.
Recent destinations have included Berlin, Vienna, Leipzig and Prague. The objective of this visit is for you to learn about the European property market. Both trips are subsidised by the School, although students are expected to contribute towards the cost.
Study facilities
A range of specialist facilities are provided by the School. A suite of computer rooms supports software for word processing, data analysis and spatial enquiry. They provide access to e-mail and internet, including School and University websites which enable you to use a vast number of specialist electronic journals and publications, and resources provided by lecturers to support their modules.
A Project Room provides space for students to work on individual and group assignments, together with a range of materials and equipment. An audio-visual group provides support for photography, digital imaging, filming and sound recording.
You may also use the well equipped laboratory for spatial analysis (including mapping and Geographical Information Systems), with a specialist technician supporting both teaching and research.
The School is based in a large modern building, to which a new set of studios and teaching rooms (designed by a member of the School) have recently been added.
Student representatives sit on a wide range of committees from University to course level, where they can influence discussions and decisions which affect your learning experience.
Careers/further study
Careers in property are varied, challenging and exciting. Valuers and surveyors can be involved with many aspects of property: management, valuation, development, taxation, purchase, sales and disposal. Job opportunities are wide, and diverse. Recent graduates are working in private practice, in firms such as GVA Grimley, Moushel Parkman, Persimmon Homes and the Irish National Building Society. Others are working in the public sector, specifically Local Authorities and the Valuation Office.
Previous graduates have worked in residential and commercial property organisations ranging from large national/international companies through to small independent surveying firms, consultancy, and local government.
"The course provided me with the opportunity to enter a profession which I thoroughly enjoy. I have been able to put to good use the subject matter which I learnt at UWE Bristol, particularly in my current role as an Assistant Valuer with Exeter City Council."
Michael, graduate.
This course meets the academic requirements for membership of Institute of Revenues Rating and Valuation (IRRV) which also has links to the European group of Valuers (TEGOVA).
The European Council of Real Estate Professions (CEPI) recognises this degree as it meets their educational requirements for Estate agents and Property Managers.
Students from Cork College of Commerce who complete the Diploma in Property Management and Valuation can join the final year of the BSc(Hons) Real Estate (Valuation and Management) programme.
"Studying at UWE was the best year of my life. It's a brilliant university with great lecturers, who are very committed to their work and are very helpful and polite. I found the atmosphere in the university very relaxed and welcoming. As I am an Irish student, I would recommend this university to other Irish students."
Annie-Marie, who joined the course from Cork College and graduated 2004.
If you are seeking membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) you may achieve this by completing a RICS accredited postgraduate course once you have graduated from the BSc(Hons) Real Estate (Valuation and Management) subject to achievement levels. We currently offer full time and part time RICS accredited postgraduate courses.
Where are they now? Have a look to see what some of our graduates are doing now.
Entry
Typical offers
- Tariff points range: 240
- GCSE: Maths, English
- Specific subjects: None specified
- Access: Achievement of the Access to HE Diploma; achievement of level 2 credits in Maths and English Language
Advice on typical offers
In addition to the 'typical offer' given here, please read the general information about entry requirements.
On the course, you will learn how to undertake property valuations and use business statistics, so you need to be comfortable with using maths and must have at least a grade C in GCSE Maths.
Fees
The generally applicable fee for most full-time Home and EU students at UWE Bristol will be around £3,290. For full-time international students the fees are currently around £9,700.
Part time students generally study between 60 to 80 credits per year. For 2010 the fee for a 20 credit module will be £450.
How to apply
Please see the general information about applications.
Students who successfully complete the Built and Natural Environments foundation course may be permitted to transfer onto the first year of this degree course.
We welcome applications from students without the conventional entrance requirements but have substantial relevant work (or other experience) and whose motivation and skills would enable them to succeed on the course.
Students with disabilities
We welcome applications from people with disabilities.
Following is a list of the types of activities that the course normally involves. We are committed to supporting students with disabilities, and wherever possible we will make reasonable adjustments to these activities to enable students with disabilities to successfully complete the course. We encourage applicants to disclose any disabilities or support needs in their application forms, so that we can offer information, advice and support. There is a Disability Service at UWE Bristol and a Disability Support Co-ordinator in the School.
- Use a computer
- Read and produce drawings, plans and maps
- Visually inspect buildings and locations, including physical movement around and through buildings and locations
- Visually inspect construction sites, including physical movement around and through construction sites
- Participate in field courses or activities away from the University
- Measure distances and sizes of buildings, materials or sites
- Team working and negotiation
- Take part in discussions and presentations
Open days
We run open days throughout the year, when you can meet lecturers and current students, see the facilities and resources that we offer, and visit the student accommodation. Please ask for details. For further information regarding the course, you are welcome to contact: Teresa Wood (Course Leader) Teresa.Wood@uwe.ac.uk or Julian Spicer (Admissions) bne@uwe.ac.uk, +44 (0)117 32 83000
For further information
- Telephone: +44 (0)117 32 83000
- E-mail: bne@uwe.ac.uk
