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Department: The Department of Built Environment Engineering

Discipline (Major): Quantity Surveying

Award Title: Higher National Diploma (HND)                      Award Code: G6GM16

Total number of credits required for the Award: 30 credits

1.Core - 26   credits from Table 1

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

D5YX04

Construction Technology 1: Domestic Construction

44

1

8

 

3

D5YY04

Construction Technology 2: Substructure and Remedial Works

44

1

8

D5YX04

4

D60004

Construction Technology 3: Industrial/Commercial Superstructure

44

1

8

D5YX04, D5YY04

5

D60404

Introduction to the Construction Industry

44

1

8

 

6

D60504

Building Materials: Performance Studies

44

1

8

 

7

D6A504

Building Services in Large Buildings

44

1

8

D60104

8

D60104

Building Services in Domestic Buildings

44

1

8

 

9

D60204

Construction Site Surveying

66

1.5

12

 

10

D60704

Quantitative Building Studies: Introduction

66

1.5

12

 

11

D6AC04

Estimating

44

1

8

 

12

D6AL04

Quantitative Building Studies: Floors and Roofs

44

1

8

D60704

13

D6AN04

Quantitative Building Studies: Substructures and Drainage

44

1

8

D60704, D6AL04

14

D6AP04

Quantitative Building Studies: Project

88

2

16

D60704, D6AL04, D6AN04

15

D6AR04

Site Administration

44

1

8

 

16

D6AS04

Standard Forms of Construction Contracts

44

1

8

 

17

D60304

Drawing and Design

66

1.5

12

 

18

D60A04

Mechanics and Structures

44

1

8

 

19

D60804

Basic Economics and the Business Environment

44

1

8

 

20

D6AE04

Financial Studies for the Construction Industry

44

1

8

 

21

A5NL04

Statistics for Engineering (Descriptive)

22

0.5

4

 

22

A75Y04

Mathematics for the Built Environment: Basic Algebra and Trigonometry

44

1

8

 

23

A6AM04

Information Technology Applications 1

44

1

8

 

24

D60B04

Introduction to CAD for Construction

44

1

8

 

Table 1

 

 

Department: The Department of Built Environment Engineering

Discipline (Major): Quantity Surveying

Award Title: Higher National Diploma (HND)                      Award Code: G6GM16

 

2. Optional - Minimum 4 credits from Table 2

 

No.

Unit Code

Unit Title

Total teaching hours /sem

Academic Value

Prerequisites

SQA credit Value

SQA credit points

1

D5TV04

Quality Assurance in Construction

44

1

8

 

2

D60604

Construction Health and Safety: Practice and Management

44

1

8

 

3

D60904

Law 1 for Construction

44

1

8

 

4

D6A104

Building Materials: Selection and Deterioration

44

1

8

D60504

5

D6A704

Construction Planning

66

1.5

12

 

6

D6AJ04

Law 2 for Construction

44

1

8

D60904

7

D6AG04

Human Resource Management in Construction

44

1

8

 

8

D5P304

Communication: Presenting Complex Communication for Vocational Purposes

44

1

8

 

Table 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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