Birmingham City University - REAL ESTATE - BSC (HONS)

Birmingham City University

REAL ESTATE - BSC (HONS)

Discover our BSc (Hons) Real Estate course. This degree is for you if you are interested in the study of the built environment and the acquisition, disposal, management, and valuation of land and buildings.

This real estate course has been developed in the UK by the requirements of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), the leading international professional body for surveying, our course meets the needs of potential employers in the public, private, and third sectors. You will complete your undergraduate degree with the most current and relevant insights.

WHAT'S COVERED IN THIS COURSE?

You will gain a detailed understanding of real estate, alongside learning to make an expert analysis of the processes of its ownership, development, occupation, valuation, and management. You’ll also examine economics and finance, property valuation and management, development, construction, urban planning, and law, ensuring you are equipped with the attributes you’ll need for a successful career.

The course integrates technological, financial, legal, and management issues, and you will connect the theories and practices of real estate to a range of real-life case studies, helping you understand the complex world of property.

 

We will prepare you for a career in real estate, developing your collaborative skills and ensuring you are not only able to practice effectively within the global real estate industry but that you are also sensitive to the needs of the diverse cultures that you come into contact with in your work.

Especially relevant for the would-be chartered surveyor, this course offers a detailed study of the built environment alongside an expert analysis of the acquisition, disposal, management, and valuation of land and buildings.

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enefiting from our staff's close links with industry, the course thoroughly prepares you for the enormously varied work of a general practice surveyor.

Entry Requirements

Essential Requirements: 

  • 112 UCAS tariff points from A/AS Level

GCSE: 

  • GCSE English language and mathematics at grade C/4 or above
  • Equivalent level 2 qualifications can be accepted
  • Must have been achieved at the point of enrolment

 IELTS: 

  • 6.0 overall with a 5.5 minimum in all bands

Career Prospects

We are committed to practice-led learning and teaching, ensuring that you get vital experience of the world of work through relevant activities. These could include voluntary work, live projects, problem solving, case studies, site visits and opportunities to interact with visiting professionals.

The University also has its Graduate+ programme, which is an extracurricular awards framework that will enhance the subject-based skills you’ll develop on the course with broader employability skills. Graduate+ will help you with CV writing, crafting personal statements and interview techniques, as well as helping you to source jobs.

Course Details

The course integrates technological, financial, legal and management issues, and you will connect the theories and practice of real estate to a range of real-life case studies, helping you understand the complex world of property.

 We will prepare you for a career in real estate, developing your collaborative skills and ensuring you are not only able to practise effectively within the global real estate industry, but that you are also sensitive to the needs of the diverse cultures that you come into contact with in your work. Especially relevant for the would-be chartered surveyor, this course offers a detailed study of the built environment alongside an expert analysis of the acquisition, disposal, management and valuation of land and buildings.

Year One

Introduction to the Built Environment 20 credits
Introduction to Valuation 20 credits
Law 20 credits
Introduction to Property Markets 20 credits
Built Environment Technology 1 20 credits
Professional Environmental and Materials Science 20 credits

Year Two

Property Asset Management 20 credits
Advanced Valuation Methods 20 credits
Data and Decision Making 20 credits
Design and Development in the Built and Natural Environment 20 credits
Building Pathology 20 credits
Property Law 20 credits

Final Year

Property Marketing 20 credits
Applied Valuation 20 credits
Property Fund Management 20 credits
Professionalism and Citizenship 20 credits
Individual Honours Project 40 credits

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