UNDERGRADUATE REGULATIONS & SYLLABUSES 2013 - 2014 THE FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
LEVEL 2 SEMESTER 2 Course Code ECON 2020 GEOM 2000 GEOM 2045 GEOM 2048 LMGV 2002 LMGV 2003 MGMT 3051
(18 CREDITS) Course Title Caribbean Economy Health and Safety Seminars Land Law Introduction to Planning Valuation Methods II Valuation Project II Taxation I
LEVEL 3 YEAR-LONG PROJECT (6 CREDITS) Course Code Course Title LMGV 3050 Land Management Research Project LEVEL 3 SEMESTER 1 Course Code GEOM 3010 LMGV 3000 LMGV 3005 MENG 3000 LEVEL 3 SEMESTER 2 Course Code GEOM 3015 IENG 2006 LMGV 3002 LMGV 3060
Course Descriptions
LEVEL: 1 SEMESTER: 1 COURSE CODE: LMGV 1000 COURSE TITLE: LAND ECONOMY NUMBER OF CREDITS: 3 PREREQUISITES: NONE COURSE DESCRIPTION: Property in land resources. Theories of land. Basic land economics; Land economy of the Caribbean. Land use and the availability of land for economic use. Economic returns to land. Land resource values and the real estate market. The role of the State in land economy and property taxation. The impact of planning and statutes on property values. The real estate industry and the finance sector. Land and property speculation. Formal and informal land economy. Welfare economics, land and the environment.
Credits E0 E3 E3 E3 C3 E3
Credits C6
LEVEL: 1 SEMESTER: 1 COURSE CODE: LMGV 1003 COURSE TITLE: SURVEYING PRACTICAL NUMBER OF CREDITS: 1 PREREQUISITES: NONE COURSE DESCRIPTION: Practical application of the use of theodolites, total stations, chains, levels, GPS equipment.
(12 CREDITS) Course Title Credits Cadastral Systems E3 Applied Valuation E3 Introduction to Quantity Surveying E3 Engineering Management I C3 (12 CREDITS) Course Title Credits Professional Practice E3 Engineering Economics, Accounting, & Financial Management E4 Estate and Land Management E3 Introduction to Land Administration E3
LEVEL: 1 SEMESTER: 2 COURSE CODE: LMGV 1004 COURSE TITLE: VALUATION METHODS I NUMBER OF CREDITS: 3 PREREQUISITES: NONE COURSE DESCRIPTION: Role of the Valuer. Property markets. Demand & Supply of Landed Property. Landed property as an Investment Method of Valuations. Mathematics of the Valuation Tables. Comparison, investment, residual and profit approaches to valuation. LEVEL: 1 SEMESTER: 2 COURSE CODE: LMGV 1005 COURSE TITLE: VALUATION PROJECT I NUMBER OF CREDITS: 3 PREREQUISITE: LMGV 1000 COURSE DESCRIPTION: Conduct of valuations. The practical application is provided by actual case studies and field trips to ensure students can apply the theoretical concepts taught to property valuations in the field.
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