BSc Construction Management / BSc Quantity Surveying

Compact Learning (Distance Learning)

Application

Apply online via the UFS website from April when applications open till 30 September of the year preceding your intended year of studies. You may also follow the link below for more information:
www.ufs.ac.za/prospective  

National Benchmark Tests (NBTs)

Students selected for the compact learning programme are exempted from writing NBT’s.

Selection Criteria

Both programmes are selection courses. The minimum requirements are:

• NSC Certificate (Grade 12) with AP-score of 30 / M-score of 30
• Grade 12 Mathematics at performance level 5
• Grade 12 English at performance level 4
• Grade 12 Physical Science OR Accounting OR Economics OR Business at performance level 4
• Minimum age of 23 years
• Proof of full-time employment in the construction industry

Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)

Prospective students who have obtained relevant experience of not less than 10 years in the construction industry, but cannot obtain direct entry into the undergraduate BSc programme, may apply for Recognition of Prior Learning to gain access. This process may only commence on the recommendation of the Academic department Head or the Programme Director of the department.

Prospective students must apply for RPL via the following email address by no later than 31 March in the year preceding the intended year of study. The RPL process is a lengthy process and the department cannot guarantee that the outcome will be made available in time for registration (rploffice@ufs.ac.za).

Duration

The programme is completed over a four-year period.

Registration

Registration is scheduled for January to February online in accordance with the UFS official calendar. Academic advice is available during this period.

Mode of programme delivery

Students have to attend two compulsory five-day workshops/contact sessions in the Bloemfontein campus or Midrand during each year they are registered. One contact session per semester.

Exams are written twice a year in the Bloemfontein campus and at other approved regional exam centres over a maximum three-week period. These include the first semester main exam and end of year main exam. All additional exams are written in the Bloemfontein campus only.

All study material, assessments and learning activities are communicated via an e-platform (online) called Blackboard. It is therefore a compulsory requirement that students ensure that they have their own computer with adequate internet access in order to successfully complete these programmes.

Curriculum

Tuition fees and quotations

The department does not assist prospective students with any fee related enquiries. This is done by the UFS Finance department.

Quotations may be obtained via the UFS website at: https://www.ufs.ac.za/kovsielife/student-finance

Credit recognition and transfer

Recognition of credits for equivalent modules obtained through other professionally accredited relevant BSc programmes is not automatic, but may be approved after an evaluation based on the following criteria:

• Module credits (at least same amount of credits or more)
• NQF level (same NQF level)
• Similarity of module content, and
• Shelve life of the modules (how long ago it was completed)

Recognition of modules cannot be guaranteed prior to registration. It is the responsibility of the student to apply for credit recognition and provide the curriculum/syllabus that indicates the above criteria. The following general rules apply: No more than 50 percent of the credits may be transferred from the completed qualification(s) to another qualification, subject to the provision that; (aa) at least 50 percent of the credits for the new qualification be earned at this University; and (bb) a maximum of 25 percent of the credits accrued at the highest NQF level in the previously completed qualification(s) be acknowledged for another qualification.

With regards to an incomplete qualification, all the applicable credits may be granted for the new qualification, except in respect of a student from another institution of higher education, in which case no more than 50 percent of the credits required to obtain the qualification may be recognised from those modules completed at the other institution. In the latter case, there is a restriction of a maximum of 25 percent of credits aquired and earned at the highest NQF level.

General UFS Rules on period of registration also apply. Note that General Rules are subject to change.

Appeals

All appeals pertaining to the implementation of the General Rules are considered by the relevant Faculty Readmission Appeals Committee, and the decision of this committee will be final. Students who wish to appeal for readmission should contact the relevant Programme Director for guidance.

Enquiries

For further enquiries on the programmes, contact qscmd@ufs.ac.za