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| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 7,290 - ≈ € 12,280 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | London / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of Kingston University
Our Building Surveying MSc is ideal if you are interested in the construction and maintenance of buildings and interested in being the equivalent of a 'building doctor'.
The course is designed to allow graduates from a variety of disciplines to obtain the skills and knowledge they need to enter into practice within their field of building surveying. The demand for construction professionals, primarily within the UK but also in Europe and elsewhere, has never been greater, particularly as the sustainability agenda has emerged.
The role of the building surveyor has come very sharply into focus with the increased recognition that buildings themselves are the single largest source of carbon within our economy. The ways in which they are constructed, maintained and used is of crucial significance in the drive towards a low carbon economy.
Those studying on the part-time route will normally be expected to be working within a profession related to the course subject matter.
The course is fully accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).
What will you study?
The course is based on a core body of knowledge of:
* building materials, construction technology and pathology;
* specialist legal and regulatory issues;
* the design of simple structures; and
* the preparation of schemes for the rehabilitation of buildings.
It has been designed to enable you to develop knowledge and skills both through its curriculum and through the teaching and learning approach adopted.
Contents
Please note that this is an indicative list of modules and is not intended as a definitive list. Those listed here may also be a mixture of core and optional modules.
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* Building Design and Specification
* Building Defects and Pathology
* Building Defects and Pathology
The study of building defects and pathology aims to develop in students the ability to recognise causes of obsolescence and dilapidations in buildings and to prepare schedules of condition and dilapidations. It also develops in students an understanding of the need for building management and maintenance together with the skills and knowledge to prepare effective plans.
* Building Control and Contract Administration
* CAD and Building Structures
* European Built Environment Law
* European project
* European project
One of the highlights of the programme is a week long field trip to a major European city. This normally takes place at the end of the Spring term. This module provides the opportunity for students to work in groups and undertake a major task involving various aspects of their study and enabling them to integrate learning from across several modules.
Additionally, students undertake individual work to ensure that they gain the ability to reflect and to deepen their technical knowledge in an aspect of their studies. The module is delivered primarily through the field trip and assessed by reports, both group and individual.
* Strategic Project Management
* Sustainable Construction Technology
Research modules
* Conference Paper
* Conference Paper
This half module provides students with the opportunity to devise and deliver an original piece of research in open forum and thereby helps them to extend the ethos of research culture into their subsequent professional work, and to encourage continuing professional development and life-long learning. The module requires them to develop an aspect of their dissertation or master's project (as applicable) into a short conference paper and presentation and to deliver this. Assessment is of both the written paper and the oral presentation.
* Dissertation Proposal
* Dissertation Proposal
The Dissertation Proposal aims to:
* enhance your critical evaluation of research methodologies and intellectual frameworks appropriate to the study of architecture; and
* provide practice in devising an original primary research strategy for a specific topic.
It is assessed through a 3000 word text.
* Dissertation
* Dissertation
This double module is designed to ensure that students can produce a substantial, original body of authoritative work by engaging in both primary and secondary research at masters level. It enables them to achieve a comprehensive understanding and application of the key issues of the subject selected and aims to develop in students a commitment to research and understanding of its likely role in their future careers. Students are supported by tutorials and assessment is by a written dissertation.
* Research Concepts
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
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The course is essentially for conversion purposes but due to the intensive and technical nature of the curriculum, we anticipate that most graduates who enter the course will have a first degree in a semi-related discipline, or will have experience of working within the industry and can bring some practical experience to bear.
Whilst the course team are not prescriptive in terms of subject matter of students´ educational backgrounds, it is unlikely that those with no practice experience and who come from a non-related field will find that they can cope with the demand and rigours of the course.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade B (Score: 75) |
Accreditation
Many of the courses that we run are accredited and recognised by relevant professional bodies within their respective fields. As part of our commitment to providing quality, relevant courses we seek accreditation and recognition wherever possible. In fact the Higher Education Funding Council of England awarded us a quality rating for 'Excellence in teaching'.
Kingston Business School is also one of an elite number of UK business schools with Association of MBA accreditation of our MBA courses. Plus we have received EPAS accreditation from the European Foundation for Management Development for several of our postgraduate and undergraduate business programmes; only the second UK business school to receive this accreditation.
To view a full list of our accreditations, please visit our website.
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