BSc (Hns) Real Estate Curse cntent Year One Year One mdules Prfessinal, Academic and Business Skills (20 credits) This mdule prvides yu with an intrductin t academic study and t the built envirnment prfessins and the nature f the wrk carried ut by surveyrs. The mdule will include the fllwing: Intrductin t the University facilities, supprt and sftware Study and ICT skills self-study, research and analysis, numeracy skills, intrductin t financial methds Persnal develpment planning Intrductin t the prfessins and their ethics and cdes f cnduct Intrductin t client and crprate issues UK city related prject with presentatin f grup-based analysis This mdule will use a wide range f teaching methds. These include lectures, seminars, tutrials, wrkshps, surgeries, field trips and labs. Recent field trips and guest speakers n this mdule include Sheffield: visit hsted by Sheffield Cunty Cuncil and Suth Yrkshire Frest Partnerships. Students gained an insight int reginal develpment activities visiting several regeneratin sites in the city RICS Nttingham guest lecture by RICS Nttingham abut RICS matrics Innes England guest lecture n prperty develpment Nttingham Regeneratin Ltd guest lecture n regeneratin prjects arund Nttingham Train statin Assessment is 100% cursewrk. Surveying Skills (20 credits) This mdule will prvide yu with an intrductin t practice and surveying skills which will be develped thrughut the curse f yur degree and in the wrkplace. The mdule will intrduce: A range f surveying and related skills The surveying prfessin A variety f survey types and techniques The inspectin f land and buildings RICS Cde f Measuring Practice and ther prfessinal requirements Desk tp studies including mining, flding, envirnmental, energy rating, structural engineering, damp, arbrist and service engineering The cncept and purpse f valuatin Mapping and the interpretatin f plans and drawings The applicatin f trignmetry and gemetry in measurement Created: August 2012 1
The range f methds used t deliver this mdule include lectures, seminars, tutrials, wrkshps, surgeries, field trips and labs Assessment is 100% cursewrk. Cnstructin (20 credits) The Cnstructin mdule intrduces yu t a range f technical, practical and envirnmental principles invlved in the cnstructin f a range f traditinal and nn-traditinal buildings. It prvides a framewrk fr understanding the envirnmental impact f buildings and intrduces the cncept f building pathlgy which examines why buildings fail. The fllwing areas will be explred: Excavatins, fundatins and cnstructin belw grund Grund flr cnstructin Externals walls and penings Upper flr cnstructin Internal walls and partitins Rfs, rf cverings and rain water gds Stairs, ramps and disabled access Fixtures, fittings and finishes Traditinal lad bearing masnry buildings Framed buildings High-rise buildings Mdern methds f cnstructin (MMC) Services and sanitary prvisins in buildings Sustainable technlgies in the built envirnment This mdule will be delivered thrugh a range f methds including lectures, seminars, tutrials, wrkshps, surgeries, field trips and labs. 30% f yur mark fr this mdule will be assessed by an exam. The remaining 70% f yur mark will be assessed by a cursewrk submissin. Ecnmics and Valuatin (20 credits) This mdule intrduces prperty ecnmics, the links between the ecnmy and the prperty market as well as giving yu a verview f prperty valuatin. By the end f the mdule yu will be able t use ecnmic cncepts and the thery f supply and demand t explain activities in the cnstructin and prperty market. The mdule is delivered thrugh a range f methds including lectures, seminars, tutrials, wrkshps, surgeries, field trips and labs. 30% f yur mark fr this mdule will be assessed by an exam. The remaining 70% f yur mark will be assessed by a cursewrk submissin. Created: August 2012 2
Law (20 credits) This mdule intrduces yu t the English legal system and its relatinship with Eurpean Unin law. Yu will gain an understanding f hw law is made, applied and develped, and hw it impacts n prfessinal activities within the develpment and prperty prfessins. It addresses the fllwing areas f the law: English legal systems Cntract Law Trt Health and Safety The mdule is delivered thrugh a range f methds including lectures, seminars, tutrials, wrkshps, surgeries, field trips and labs. Yu may have the pprtunity t visit Lndn with a tur f the Huses f Parliament and the High Curt. 30% f yur mark fr this mdule will be assessed by an exam. The remaining 70% f yur mark will be assessed by a cursewrk submissin. Planning and Land Use (20 credits) This mdule intrduces the cncepts and principles f the planning system. The cntent f the mdule is underpinned by the cncept f sustainable develpment and it cnsiders the impact f climate change n hw cities will evlve and adapt in the future. The fllwing area are intrduced: The nature and evlutin f planning principles and values Planning prcess and legislative framewrk Sustainable develpment and climate change Spatial planning Transprtatin and land use Regeneratin Heritage and cnservatin Land use and urban design Gvernment and gvernance; institutins and stakehlders Private sectr influence ver land use The mdule is delivered thrugh a range f methds including lectures, seminars, tutrials, wrkshps, surgeries, field trips and labs. 30% f yur mark fr this mdule will be assessed by an exam. The remaining 70% f yur mark will be assessed by a cursewrk submissin. Created: August 2012 3
Year Tw Year Tw mdules Valuatin (20 credits) In this mdule yu will develp knwledge and understanding f the different appraches t the valuatin f prperty and examines the applicatin f different techniques emplyed in the valuatin prcess. Yu will cver: Principles and methds f prperty valuatin fr different purpses Different interests in prperty and prperty types and characteristics and hw these are taken int accunt in the valuatin prcess Valuatin methds relating t develpment and investment prperty. The use f cmmercial valuatin sftware packages The purpse, nature and applicatin f natinal and internatinal prperty valuatin standards t prperty valuatin practice The mdule will be delivered thrugh a range f lectures, seminars, tutrials, wrkshps, surgeries, field trips and labs. Assessment is 100% cursewrk. Real Estate Ecnmics (20 credits) The mdule is t develps an understanding f the links between the wider ecnmy and the prperty industry. Yu will use ecnmic mdels t understand prperty market behaviur. The prperty market will be brken dwn int its varius cmpnents and different prperty use types will be studied. Yu ll cver the fllwing areas: Micrecnmics and prperty Macrecnmics and the prperty market Ecnmic and prperty cycles Different prperty use types such as ffices and industrial Ecnmic and prperty market research and analysis Gvernment interventin and its relevance t the prperty market Institutinal/plitical framewrks f reginal ecnmic plicy and plicy makers The mdule will be delivered thrugh a range f lectures, seminars, tutrials, wrkshps, surgeries, field trips and labs. Assessment is 100% cursewrk. Prperty Management and Agency (40 credits) This mdule prvides an intrductin t the principles, prcedures and practices f cmmercial estate management, prperty agency and Landlrd & Tenant law. Yu will develp an awareness f the interrelatinship between prperty agents, asset managers and their varius clients and the implicatins and applicatin f marketing within the prperty industry. Yu will cver: Created: August 2012 4
Prperty inspectin fr agency and prperty management purpses Cdes f cnduct and regulatry cntrls Principles f estate management with particular emphasis n cmmercial prperty Structures and prcedures in real estate management practice in the public and private sectrs Cmparisn f residential and cmmercial agency Acquisitins and dispsals by private treaty and cmpetitive methds Sales and lettings prcedures and practice, types f agency, particulars f sale Tenant selectin, tenant mix and the imprtance f cvenant strength Traditinal mdern UK and Eurpean leases, frm, cntent, enfrcement, management, ntices and alienatin Operatin and interpretatin f lease clauses Dilapidatins and meaning f repair, schedules f cnditin and yielding up Operatin f service charges, prcedures, best practice, apprtinment, cllectin, recrds and accunts, law, dispute reslutin, rent reviews, prcedures, negtiatin and dispute reslutin. The mdule will be delivered thrugh a range f lectures, seminars, tutrials, wrkshps, surgeries, field trips and labs. Assessment is 50% cursewrk and 50% exam. Prperty Develpment: Principles and Practice (20 credits) This mdule intrduces yu t the develpment prcess and the cmmercial drivers behind it.. Yu will examine the rles f varius participants in the develpment prcess and hw they affect its end prduct. Yu will lk at hw cmmercial, financial, ecnmic, legal, planning, design and physical develpment cnsideratins cntribute twards develpment schemes. There will als be the pprtunity t investigate hw develpment prpsals are brught frm initiatin thugh t delivery n site. A range f methds will be used t deliver this mdule. These will include lectures, seminars, wrkshps, field trips, site visits and skills wrkshps. 70% f yur mark fr this mdule is assessed by cursewrk. The remaining 30% f yur mark will be assessed by an exam. Emplyability and Cmmercial Awareness (20 credits) This mdule prvides guidance fr gaining and preparing fr emplyment within the prperty sectr. Yu will be intrduced t the requirements fr the RICS Assessment f Prfessinal practice and the principles f Emplyment Law, Health and Safety at Wrk Regulatins and related prcedures. The mdule cntains the fllwing principle cmpnents: University prcedures fr administering placements and graduate emplyment CV preparatin Cver letters and applicatin frms Created: August 2012 5
Interview preparatin and techniques Psychmetric testing Presentatin skills and bdy language Business rganisatin and structures Reading cmpany financial reprts SWOT and cmpetitr analysis Wrkplace dynamics Market research Marketing strategies fr surveyrs Requirements f the RICS Assessment f Prfessinal Cmpetence Emplyment law The mdule als incrprates a Eurpean field trip (r alternative internatinal case study) t enable yu t analyse cntemprary issues in prperty markets beynd the UK. The trip allws yu t put thery in practice, develp yur prfessinal skills, learn abut wrking in different cultures and gain insight int glbal aspects f the real estate industry. The mdule is delivered thrugh a series f lectures, seminars, tutrials, wrkshps, surgeries, studis, field trips and labs. Assessment is 100% cursewrk. Created: August 2012 6
Final year Investment Appraisal and Valuatin (20 credits) This mdule will enable yu t develp detailed and critical understanding f principles, theries, techniques and practices relating t the appraisal and valuatin f capital investments, with particular emphasis n real estate investments. Yu will develp and apply understanding and skills necessary t prduce investment and market valuatins, and undertake cmprehensive appraisal, evaluatin and interpretatin f real estate investment perfrmance, at single asset and prtfli levels. Yu will cver the fllwing tpics: The nature, rle, and impact f valuatin standards n real estate valuatin practice; this will include cnsideratin f prfessinal bdy and internatinal valuatin standards Traditinal and cntemprary methds fr the determinatin f investment, market and develpment value f freehld and leasehld real estate investments Methds and techniques fr the appraisal and evaluatin f single real estate assets and real estate develpments, as well as investment prtflis The effect f financial gearing and tax n investment perfrmance The mdule will be delivered thrugh a range f methds including lectures, seminars, tutrials, wrkshps, surgeries, field trips and labs. Assessment is 100% cursewrk. Prtfli and Fund Management (40 credits) This mdules prvides yu with a brad understanding f the key principles f investment prtfli management thery and practice in the cntext f direct and indirect prperty investment vehicles. Yu will develp an understanding f hw prtflis are cnstructed and hw perfrmance is btained, measured and imprved thrugh strategic stck selectin and asset management techniques. The mdule will encurage yu t appreciate direct prperty as an asset class alngside ther classes, principally equities (including indirect prperty vehicles) and gilts. Yu will gain practical knwledge and experience f prtfli management thrugh fund management simulatin exercises which will als include fund frmatin, branding, strategic psitining and marketing t the prspective capital investr market. Yu will learn hw t apply mdern prtfli thery and the Capital Asset Pricing Mdel t a prperty prtfli. This mdule will be delivered thrugh a range f lectures, seminars, tutrials, wrkshps, surgeries, field trips and labs: Off-campus activities will be undertaken t strengthen yur practical knwledge f the prperty investment market Cntributins frm guest lecturers will be incrprated A number f seminars will be delivered in tech rms, prviding yu with access t cmputers, websites and relevant sftware packages Created: August 2012 7
Yu are expected t undertake independent learning and reading in supprt f the direct teaching cntent Assessment is 50% cursewrk and 50% exam. Crprate Real Estate (40 credits) Real Estate is ne f the majr resurces emplyed by businesses and its strategic management is f vital imprtance. The mdule prvides yu with the knwledge f hw best t manage crprate real estate assets t maximise a cmpany s return. Yu will cver: Business strategy and real estate strategies Strategic and tactic management f crprate real estate asset Perfrmance measurement f crprate real estate Sustainability Crprate finance fundamentals Mrtgage and interest rate management Leasing finance The range f methds used t deliver this mdule include lectures, seminars, tutrials, wrkshps, surgeries, field trips and labs. Assessment is 100% cursewrk. Research Prject (20 credits) This mdule requires yu t investigate a tpic f yur chice in an extended prject. Yu will critically analyse existing literature, recmmend and apply suitable research methds, analyse data, and prduce cnclusins and recmmendatins. Assessment and delivery Lectures will cver key cncepts and tutrials will be used t supprt this wrk and enable yu t develp yur prject. Assessment is 100% cursewrk. Created: August 2012 8