Land Administration, Valuation and Real Estate Management
Options:- Land Administration and Use Planning (4years, level 8)
- Valuation and Property Management (4years, level 8)
Head of the Department
MANIRAKIZA Richard, PhD Real Estate, Valuation, and Property Management
Phone:+250 782002591/+250727125246
Email: m.richard@ines.ac.rw
COURSE INFORMATION
Land administration concerns the collection, storage, and dissemination of information about ownership, value and use of land while implementing land management policies. Core in land administration is the cadaster, which is an official record of information about land parcels, including details of their boundaries, tenure, value and use of land. Such land information, combined with other geographical information or SDI makes information available to decision-makers and provides the capacity to control and manage land through the four land administration functions: tenure/ownership; value; land use and land development. Such information is also useful in land dispute resolution; stimulating land market and helping decision-makers make better use of land through efficient land use planning.
(Williamson et al; 2010)
Graduates from this programme will be comprehensively equipped in matters related but not restricted to: cadastral surveying, land law, real estate valuation, land registration, land dispute resolution, computer-based mapping among others.
Course Objectives
The overall objective is to eventually strengthen the manpower capacity of institutions engaged in land related activities, environmental management and protection, etc. Specifically, the objectives of the programme are to:
- Produce graduates who are competent in solving land-related problems creatively and analytically based on economically and socially sound facts;
- Produce graduates with adequate knowledge and skills to administer, manage and develop land resources;
- Produce graduates with leadership and professional skills and able to apply the acquired knowledge for land administration, management and development; and
- Equip graduates with the capacity to effectively respond to institutional, operational and organisational challenges in the various land-related fields.
Admission Requirements
As the revised BSc program offers two options of degrees, the general entrance requirements at university level shall apply.
i) Entry Requirement for Students from General Secondary Education Schools
General Secondary Education Students to be admitted, they should have passed at least two of the following subjects: Math, Geography, Physics, Economics, and Major subjects in Construction. The list of combinations where at least the two subjects appear are 8 here under.
S/N | OPTION CODE | COMBINATION NAME |
1. | HEG | HISTORY - ECONOMICS – GEOGRAPHY |
2. | MEG | MATHS - ECONOMICS – GEOGRAPHY |
3. | MPC | MATHS - PHYSICS - COMPUTER SCIENCE |
4. | MPG | MATHS - PHYSICS – GEOGRAPHY |
5. | PCM | PHYSICS - CHEMISTRY – MATHS |
6. | MCE | MATHS - COMPUTER SCIENCE - ECONOMICS |
7. | PEM | PHYSICS - ECONOMICS - MATHEMATICS |
8. | MPB | MATHEMATICS-PHYSICS-BIOLOGY |
ii) Entry requirement for Secondary Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Schools
Secondary TVET Students should have obtained grades not less than D (not less than 50 to 59 per cent) in the principal courses/subjects in their respective program’s options relevant for students to succeed in this program as indicated below. These are new names of programs at TVETs, but those having old program whose names were changed into these current ones will be considered. Current names of TVET options and principal courses/subjects to be admitted in this BSc program are indicated in the following table.
OPTIONS | PRINCIPLE COURSES/SUBJECTS | |
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION (MASONORY) | 1) Apply Mathematical Analysis, 2) Statistics and Probability, 3) Estimate the cost | |
INTERIOR DESIGN | 1) Demonstrate Basic Knowledge of Ecology 2) Apply Mathematical Analysis, 3) Statistics and Probability | |
LAND SURVEYING | 1) Apply Mathematical Analysis, 2) Apply fundamental principles of remote sensing 3) Apply ArcGIS software in land management | |
COMPUTER APPLICATIONS | 1) Apply Fundamental Algebra and Trigonometry 2) Apply General Physics | |
COMPUTER SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY | 1) Apply Fundamental Algebra and Trigonometry 2) Apply general physics |
|
ROAD CONSTRUCTION | 1) Apply Mathematical Analysis, Statistics and Probability 2) Demonstrate Basic Knowledge of Ecology 3) Estimation the Cost |
|
CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL TESTING | 1) Identify Construction Materials 2) Apply Algebra and Trigonometry 3) Apply general physics |
|
FORESTRY | 1) Demonstrate Basic Knowledge of Ecology 2) Apply Mathematical Analysis, 3) Statistics and Probability |
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iii) Entry requirement for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET Higher Education)
Polytechnics TVET Higher Education Students to be admitted, they are counted based on their achieved credits and they are subject to credits transfer after verifying if the student has 2 principle passes from General Secondary Education school or Secondary TVET School in same subjects as indicated under (1) and (ii) above.
SPECIFIC ADMISSION CRITERIA FOR SPECIALIZATION
As indicated above, students from secondary schools should have 2 principles passes in the subjects indicated above under (i) above. While for students coming from Secondary TVETs, subjects indicated above under (ii) should be met and this is subject to having 2 principle passes at their secondary schools. For international students, the same rules apply by considering the equivalence provided in Rwanda.
For specific admission criteria for each specialization, the student should pass the common foundation modules of the first two years of the program. The minimum passing score to advance in options/specializations will follow the general guidelines for students to be promoted, which is an overall pass mark equivalent to 50% provided that the student did not fail courses/modules with credits more or equal to 20. Then the following criteria will apply for each option/specialization to be promoted to:
i) The first criteria for the all students who successfully completed level 6 is to allow them to choose the option/ specialization that they are interested in.
ii) After each student indicating the option selected, the second criteria will be to give priority to best performers for the prerequisite courses for the selected option/specialization under criteria one. The remaining students will be shared among the two options/ specializations accordingly as per number of students set for each class.
To be promoted to 3rd year specialization in Land Administration and Use Planning, priority will be given to the best performers for the following prerequisite courses:
1) Land Administration I,
2) Introduction to Land Surveying,
3) Geographic Information Systems (GIS),
4) Land Administration II,
5) Land Law
To be promoted to 3rd year specialization in Valuation and Property Management, priority will be given to the best performers for the following prerequisite courses:
i) Introduction to Property Valuation,
ii) Introduction to Microeconomic,
iii) Introduction to Macroeconomics,
iv) Introduction to Architectural Drawings and Building Construction,
v) Principles and Methods of Property Valuation, and
vi) Land Law
This program is a revised BSc of the existing program of Land Administration and Management (LAM). The review, which was carried out with active participation of Alumni of the Department and relevant employers of labour, is expected to make graduates of the Department more competitive. This review brought us to the new BSc named “BSc with Honours in Land Administration, Valuation and Real Estate Management with option in (i) Land Administration and Use Planning and (ii) Valuation and Property Management. The revised, updated and changed name programme was packaged to ensure conformity with the minimum standards of the Rwanda Higher Education Council (HEC), the Institute of Real Property Valuers in Rwanda (IRPV), National Land Authority (NLA) and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) as well as the country and entire region needs for specialists who are competent to tackle land administration, property management and valuation matters.
This program has common foundation modules in 1st and 2nd year of the degree program and specialization modules thereafter as indicated below.
TABLE 1: Level 8, Year 1, Semester 1: Bachelor of Science with Honours in Land Management and Valuation (Common foundation modules)
S/N | Code | Module and Units | Level | Semester | Credits | Hours |
1 | LMV 8101 | English for General Purposes | 8 | 1 | 10 | 100 |
2 | LMV 8102 | French for General Purposes I | 8 | 1 | 10 | 100 |
3 | LMV 8103 | Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Skills | 8 | 1 | 15 | 150 |
4 | LMV 8104 | Philosophical Studies | 8 | 1 | 10 | 100 |
5 | LMV 8105 | Basic Mathematics | 8 | 1 | 15 | 150 |
6 | LMV 8106 | Introduction to Microeconomics | 8 | 1 | 10 | 100 |
| Total |
|
|
| 70 | 700 |
TABLE 2: Level 8, Year 1, Semester 2: Bachelor of Science with Honours in Land Management and Valuation (Common foundation modules)
S/N | Code | Module and Units | Level | Semester | Credits | Hours |
7 | LMV 8207 | Land Administration I | 8 | 2 | 10 | 100 |
8 | LMV 8208 | Introduction to Macroeconomics | 8 | 2 | 10 | 100 |
9 | LMV 8209 | Introduction to Architectural Drawings and Building Construction | 8 | 2 | 10 | 100 |
10 | LMV 8210 | Contract Law and Agency | 8 | 2 | 10 | 100 |
11 | LMV 8211 | Introduction to Land Surveying | 8 | 2 | 10 | 100 |
12 | LMV 8212 | Introduction to Property Valuation | 8 | 2 | 10 | 100 |
13 | LMV 8213 | Industrial Attachment I (Campus-Based) | 8 | 2 | 10 | 100 |
| Total |
|
|
| 70 | 700 |
TABLE 3: Level 8, Year 2, Semester 1: Bachelor of Science with Honours in Land Management and Valuation (Common foundation modules)
S/N | Code | Module and Units | Level | Semester | Credits | Hours |
14 | LMV 8114 | Communication Skills and Essay Writing | 8 | 1 | 10 | 100 |
15 | LMV 8115 | Land Law | 8 | 1 | 15 | 150 |
16 | LMV 8116 | Geographic Information Systems | 8 | 1 | 15 | 150 |
17 | LMV 8117 | Land Administration II | 8 | 1 | 10 | 100 |
18 | LMV 8118 | Principles and Methods of Property Valuation | 8 | 1 | 15 | 150 |
| Total |
|
|
| 65 | 650 |
TABLE 4: Level 8, Year 2, Semester 2: Bachelor of Science with Honours in Land Management and Valuation (Common foundation modules)
S/N | Code | Module and Units | Level | Semester | Credits | Hours |
19 | LMV 8219 | French for General Purposes II | 8 | 2 | 10 | 100 |
20 | LMV 8220 | Descriptive Statistics |
|
| 10 | 100 |
21 | LMV 8221 | Access to and Management of Natural Resources | 8 | 2 | 10 | 100 |
22 | LMV 8222 | Inferential Statistics | 8 | 2 | 10 | 100 |
23 | LMV 8223 | Research and Academic Skills | 8 | 2 | 15 | 150 |
24 | LMV 8224 | Industrial Attachment II | 8 | 2 | 15 | 150 |
| Total |
|
|
| 70 | 700 |
TABLE 5: Level 8, Year 3, Semester 1: Bachelor of Science with Honours in Land Management and Valuation (Option of Land Administration and Management)
S/N | Code | Module and Units | Level | Semester | Credits | Hours | |
25 | LAM 8125 | Land and Society | 8 | 1 | 10 | 100 | |
26 | LAM 8126 | Principles of Remote Sensing | 8 | 1 | 15 | 150 | |
27 | LAM 8127 | Land Policy Studies | 8 | 1 | 15 | 150 |
|
28 | LAM 8128 | Real Property Taxation | 8 | 1 | 10 | 100 | |
29 | LAM 8129 | Land Governance Principles | 8 | 1 | 10 | 100 | |
30 | LAM 8130 | Cartography I | 8 | 1 | 15 | 150 | |
| Total |
|
|
| 75 | 750 |
TABLE 6: Level 8, Year 3, Semester 2: Bachelor of Science with Honours in Land Management and Valuation (Option of Land Administration and Management)
S/N | Code | Module and Units | Level | Semester | Credits | Hours |
31 | LAM 8231 | Land Conflict Management | 8 | 2 | 10 | 100 |
32 | LAM 8232 | Introduction to Photogrammetry | 8 | 2 | 15 | 150 |
33 | LAM 8233 | Cadastral Data Acquisition and Handling | 8 | 2 | 15 | 150 |
34 | LAM 8234 | Cartography II | 8 | 2 | 15 | 150 |
35 | LAM 8235 | Land Administration and Management Professional Practice and Ethics | 8 | 2 | 10 | 100 |
| Total |
|
|
| 65 | 650 |
TABLE 7: Level 8, Year 4, Semester 1: Bachelor of Science with Honours in Land Management and Valuation (Option of Land Administration and Management)
S/N | Code | Module and Units | Level | Semester | Credits | Hours |
36 | LAM 8136 | Land Use and Development Strategies | 8 | 1 | 10 | 100 |
37 | LAM 8137 | Urban Economics and Management | 8 | 1 | 15 | 150 |
38 | LAM 8138 | Land Reforms and Economics of Planned Development | 8 | 1 | 15 | 150 |
39 | LAM 8139 | Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) | 8 | 1 | 10 | 100 |
40 | LAM 8140 | Land Information System | 8 | 1 | 15 | 150 |
| Total |
|
|
| 65 | 650 |
TABLE 8: Level 8, Year 4, Semester 2: Bachelor of Science with Honours in Land Management and Valuation (Option of Land Administration and Management)
S/N | Code | Module and Units | Level | Semester | Credits | Hours |
41 | LAM 8241 | Evaluating Land Administration and Land Information Systems | 8 | 2 | 10 | 100 |
42 | LAM 8242 | Entrepreneurship Skills | 8 | 2 | 10 | 100 |
43 | LAM 8243 | Applied Research and Research Proposal Preparation | 8 | 2 | 10 | 100 |
44 | LAM 8244 | Industrial attachment III | 8 | 2 | 15 | 150 |
45 | LAM 8245 | Final Year Research Project | 8 | 2 | 20 | 200 |
| Total |
|
|
| 65 | 650 |
TABLE 9: Level 8, Year 3, Semester 1: Bachelor of Science with Honours in Land Management and Valuation (option of Valuation and Property Management)
S/N | Code | Module and Units | Level | Semester | Credits | Hours |
25 | VPM 8125 | Land and property economics | 8 | 1 | 15 | 150 |
26 | VPM 8126 | Construction Materials | 8 | 1 | 10 | 100 |
27 | VPM 8127 | Building Services | 8 | 1 | 10 | 100 |
28 | VPM 8128 | Real Estate Development and Finance | 8 | 1 | 15 | 150 |
29 | VPM 8129 | Principles of Management and Leadership | 8 | 1 | 10 | 100 |
30 | VPM 8130 | Law of Torts | 8 | 1 | 10 | 100 |
| Total |
|
|
| 70 | 700 |
TABLE 10: Level 8, Year 3, Semester 2: Bachelor of Science with Honours in Land Management and Valuation (option of Valuation and Property Management)
S/N | Code | Module and Units | Level | Semester | Credits | Hours |
31 | VPM 8231 | Building Maintenance | 8 | 2 | 15 | 150 |
32 | VPM 8232 | Applied Property Valuation I | 8 | 2 | 15 | 150 |
33 | VPM 8233 | Housing Economics and Policy | 8 | 2 | 10 | 100 |
34 | VPM 8234 | Real Estate Risk Analysis | 8 | 2 | 10 | 100 |
35 | VPM 8235 | Property Management | 8 | 2 | 15 | 150 |
| Total |
|
|
| 65 | 650 |
TABLE 11: Level 8, Year 4, Semester 1: Bachelor of Science with Honours in Land Management and Valuation (option of Valuation and Property Management)
S/N | Code | Module and Units | Level | Semester | Credits | Hours |
36 | VPM 8136 | Real Estate Marketing | 8 | 1 | 10 | 100 |
37 | VPM 8137 | Real Estate Investment Appraisal | 8 | 1 | 15 | 150 |
38 | VPM 8138 | Assets and Facilities Management | 8 | 1 | 15 | 150 |
39 | VPM 8139 | Corporate Real Estate Management | 8 | 1 | 10 | 100 |
40 | VPM 8140 | Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) | 8 | 1 | 10 | 100 |
41 | VPM 8141 | Applied Property Valuation II | 8 | 1 | 15 | 150 |
| Total |
|
|
| 75 | 750 |
TABLE 12: Level 8, Year 4, SEMESTER 2: Bachelor of Science with Honours in Land Management and Valuation (option of Valuation and Property Management)
S/N | Code | Module and Units | Level | Semester | Credits | Hours |
42 | VPM 8242 | Land Information System | 8 | 2 | 10 | 100 |
43 | VPM 8243 | Applied Research and Research Proposal Preparation | 8 | 2 | 10 | 100 |
44 | VPM 8244 | Valuation and Property Management Professional Practice and Ethics | 8 | 2 | 10 | 100 |
45 | VPM 8245 | Entrepreneurship Skills | 8 | 2 | 10 | 100 |
46 | VPM 8246 | Industrial attachment III | 8 | 2 | 15 | 150 |
47 | VPM 8247 | Final Year Research Project | 8 | 2 | 20 | 200 |
| Total |
|
|
| 75 | 750 |