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Faculty of Built Environment > Undergraduate Prospectus > iiTable of ContentsWelcoming Message from the DeaniTable of ContentsiiBackground 1Vision, Mission and Objectives 2Administrative Management Chart 3Academic Calendar 2011/12 Session 7Administration Members 8University Courses 11General Information 18Architecture 24Programme Structure: Bachelor of Science in Architecture 32Programme Structure: Bachelor of Architecture 47Building Surveying 58Programme Structure : Bachelor of Building Surveying 64Estate Management 78Programme Structure : Bachelor of Estate Management 85Quantity Surveying 99Programme Structure : Bachelor of Quantity Surveying 104Urban and Regional Planning 120Programme Structure : Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning 125
Faculty of Built Environment > Undergraduate Prospectus > 1BackgroundIntroductionThe Faculty of Built Environment (FBE) offers six undergraduate professional programmes tailored to meet thenation‘s construction and real estate sectors‘ manpower needs. All these programmes are accredited at thenational and international levels. For example, its Bachelor of Science in Architecture has been accredited withPart I recognition by the Board of Architects Malaysia (LAM) while its 2-year Bachelor of Architecture programleads to Part II recognition by the Board. The same programmes have also been accredited by the RoyalInstitute of British Architecture (RIBA, UK), leading to Part I and Part II accreditation respectively. RIBA‘srecognition is considered an achievement as it is the first programme in Malaysia recognised by RIBA and one ofonly five universities in East Asia.The faculty‘s Bachelor of Building Surveying, Bachelor of Estate Management and Bachelor of QuantitySurveying have all earned their respective accreditations from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors(RICS, UK). The same programmes have been recognised by the respective local professional Bodies. WhileBachelor of Urban and Regional Planning is newly introduced in Academic Session 2011/12 which is in line with therequirement of the Board of Town Planners Malaysia.Despite the fact that the faculty is quite ‗young‘ as compared to other established schools in the country,nonetheless, it has managed to attract the best achievers from high schools and matriculation centres. This iswell reflected by the high entry point requirements needed for candidates to be considered for intake. Some ofour students have shown their achievements and competitiveness by winning numerous awards and medalsboth locally and internationally.Some of the faculty‘s graduates are employed in different parts of the world such as the United Kingdom,Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong and Indonesia. Thus, the faculty is at the forefront of training students with ahigh degree of international recognition in tandem with national aspirations of creating ‗Globalised Malaysians‘.The FBE offers postgraduate programmes by research as follows: the Master of Science (Architecture), Masterof Science (Building) and Master of Science (Estate Management). The Master of Real Estate and MSc. inProject Management programme is offered by coursework. The faculty intends to offer other new postgraduateprogrammes by coursework. Following it would be 2 other MSc. Programmes namely MSc. in ArchitecturalStudies and MSc. in Facilities and Maintenance Management, which would be made available from the end of2012.The challenges faced by the faculty in the oldest and most prestigious university in the nation have inspired it tobe regarded as a centre of excellence in the development and dissemination of knowledge and professionalism inthe field of the built environment, both nationally and regionally.
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