Property Development (Joint Honours)

UCAS code: Y002

Start date: September

Course length: full time: three years, part time: up to six years. Please contact the Faculty for further information.

Campus: Markeaton Street site, Derby Campus

This course is available to international students

A joint honours degree is the perfect choice for you if you want to study more than one subject. You can combine this course with one or two other joint honours courses that are offered at our Derby Campus to create your own joint honours degree. Most students combine this course with either Architectural Technology or Business Management.

Today's property market is huge, and the need for people to manage increasingly high value and diverse property portfolios continues to grow. Property development covers everything from renovating a small house to multi-million pound development schemes and we've developed this course to reflect this.

A joint honours degree is flexible, so you can tailor your course to your own interests. You'll focus on the knowledge and skills you'll need to get a job in property development in the UK or overseas when you graduate.

You'll be taught by staff with a wide range of professional experience in property development, including surveyors, architects, structural and civil engineers, economists, planners and lawyers. So, you can be sure you'll be learning the most up to date practice from people who really know what they are talking about.

• BA (Hons) in American Studies and Property Development
• BA (Hons) in Architectural Design and Property Development
• BA (Hons) in Business Management and Property Development
• BA (Hons) in Education Studies and Property Development
• BSc (Hons) in Environmental Hazards and Property Development
• BA (Hons) in Film & Television Studies and Property Development
• BA (Hons) in Geography and Property Development
• BSc (Hons) in Geology and Property Development
• BA (Hons) in Human Resource Management and Property Development
• BA (Hons) in Law and Property Development
• BA (Hons) in Marketing and Property Development
• BSc (Hons) in Mathematics and Property Development
• BA (Hons) in Property Development and Third World Development

You can study this course as a minor or joint option within the Joint Honours Scheme.

Stage one

You'll study modules such as:

• Construction CAD and Personal Development
• Construction Organisation and Economics
• Environmental Design and Services
• Technology and Structures 1

Stage two

You'll study modules such as:

• Construction Research Methods and Personal Development
• Procurement, Contracts and Legal Studies
• Property Development and Appraisal
• Technology and Structures 2

Stage three

You'll study modules such as:

• Cost Management and Property Valuation
• Independent Study and Personal Development (Civil Engineering) (double module)
• Professional Practice and Project Management

Our entry requirements are usually 220-300 UCAS points, of which at least 200-240 will be from your core A2s (full A levels) or equivalent qualifications such as BTEC Diploma, International Baccalaureate, Scottish Highers etc.

We'll accept up to 60 points towards the total from level 3 qualifications such as AS levels (where those AS levels are not taken on to A2 level), the Extended Project or Music qualifications.

We don't accept points from Key Skills Level 3. If you have any questions about what is or isn't accepted, please contact our Admissions team.

We also accept the Access to HE Diploma.

Your points at level 3 will be in addition to 5 GCSEs at grade C or equivalent level 2 qualifications.

The UCAS tariff points are a guide - we'll also consider all the information that you've included in your application. We'll also want to see that you're enthusiastic and motivated to take this course and that you have the potential to benefit from coming to university.

General undergraduate entry requirements

Fees for 2013/14

This is a resource intensive course.

UK/EU students

Full time:

• If you combine this subject with a classroom based subject it will cost £7,700 per year.
• If you combine this subject with another resource intensive subject or a specialist subject it will cost £8,250 per year.

We'll be announcing our part time and international fees for 2013/14 later in the year.

*These fees apply if you're starting this course between September 2013 and August 2014. We recommend you check fee details with us though, as they can change. Costs can increase each year.

You'll be taught by staff with a wide range of professional experience in property development, including surveyors, architects, structural and civil engineers, economists, planners and lawyers. So, you can be sure you'll be learning the most up to date practice from people who really know what they are talking about.

Property Development graduates work in a variety of roles in large or small companies, or for themselves.

Depending on the other subjects you take you may follow a variety of career paths. For example, if you study Property Development with Business Management you could look into a career within the domestic property sector, supporting an existing business or starting your own business.

If you study this subject with Marketing, you could consider joining larger property development companies in a marketing or business support role. Or if you combine it with Architectural Studies you could start your own business or work in the practical side of property planning and designing.