Assessment: 100% Continuous Assessment.
The Practicum is a year-long course which begins in Semester 1 and terminates at the end of Semester 2. Please note the recommendation provided above for this course.
This course allows participants to study the FM range, offering the latest thinking in the profession. It confronts head on the practical problems encountered on the ground and offers real solutions. Various issues are explored to benefit those new to FM or those looking to broaden their understanding of professional FM practice.
This course allows participants to study the maintenance range allowing them insight to acquire knowledge and skills to improve the maintenance function within a cross section of different organizations.
This course shall provide an understanding of the concepts associated with sustainability, and its relevance to FM with a particular focus on energy management and environmental management in practice.
In FM, change can include major office and departmental moves, the introduction of new systems, change of contractors, staffing and other resource shifts. This course seeks to present students with the knowledge and understanding of change and how to manage this process effectively.
This is a cross-disciplinary course. It is designed to provide a firm base for Communication courses and for courses in English for Special Purposes linked with specific disciplines. It helps students to achieve the level of competence in written language that is required of the university student in undergraduate programmes. Course content includes Language in the Caribbean, Summarizing, the Formal Essay and Methods of Organising Information.
This course is designed to develop an awareness of the main process of cultural development in Caribbean societies, highlighting the factors, the problematic and the creative output that have fed the emergence of Caribbean identities. It also develops a perception of the Caribbean as wider than island nations or linguistic blocs and stimulates students’ interest in, and commitment to Caribbean civilization and to further their self-determination.