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Department: The Department of Built Environment Engineering

Discipline (Major): Construction

Award Title: Higher National Certificate (HNC)                   Award Code: G07515

Total number of credits required for the Award: 12 credits

 

1.  Core -9 Credits from Table 1

            No

Unit Code

Unit Title

Total teaching hours /sem

Academic Value

Prerequisites

SQA credit Value

SQA credit points

1

D5YX04

Construction Technology 1: Domestic Construction

44

1

8

 

2

D5YY04

Construction Technology 2: Substructure and Remedial Works

44

1

8

D5YX04

3

D60004

Construction Technology 3: Industrial/Commercial Superstructure

44

1

8

D5YX04, D60004

4

D60404

Introduction to the Construction Industry

44

1

8

 

5

D60504

Building Materials: Performance Studies

44

1

       8

 

6

D60104

Building Services in Domestic Buildings

44

1

8

 

7

D60204

Construction Site Surveying

66

1.5

12

 

8

D60304

Drawing and Design

66

1.5

12

 

9

D60B04

Introduction to CAD for Construction

44

1

8

 

 

Table 1

 

2. Optional -Minimum  3 credits from Table 2

 

No.

Unit Code

Unit Title

Total teaching hours /sem

Academic Value

Prerequisites

SQA credit Value

SQA credit points

1

D6A204

Building Physics

44

1

8

 

2

D60604

Construction Health and Safety: Practice and Management

44

1

8

 

3

D60704

Quantitative Building Studies: Introduction

66

1.5

12

 

4

D60904

Law 1 for Construction

44

1

8

 

5

D60A04

Mechanics and Structures

44

1

8

 

6

D60804

Basic Economics and the Business Environment

44

1

8

 

7

A75Y04

Mathematics for the Built Environment: Basic Algebra and Trigonometry

44

1

8

 

8

A6AM04

Information Technology Applications 1

44

1

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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