BSc (Honours) Construction Project Management
Four years full-time (including one year work placement)
UCAS code • K220
Location • City Campus
Subject area • Construction, building and surveying
Related subjects • Real estate
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At a glance
Prepare for a career in the construction industry on a course with an excellent reputation within the industry. You learn a flexible approach to managing the building process, then gain experience putting it into practice on a one-year placement in industry. This can lead to full-time work even prior to graduation and we offer you the flexibility of completing your studies part time.
Key points
• Prepare for a career working at a high level in the construction industry.
• Benefit from the knowledge of lecturers with real construction experience.
• Benefit from the course’s strong reputation to gain the right placement.
• If you are offered a job after your placement, complete the course part-time.
What is construction project management?
Construction project management is the overall planning, coordination, and control of a project from inception to completion, which meets a client’s requirements, resulting in a functionally and financially viable project.
This course
Prepare for management careers in the construction industry by gaining the technical knowledge, initiative, personal and management skills demanded by industry.
Most of your university-based learning takes place at our City Campus through a series of lectures, seminars and tutorials. You also work in practical classes in well-equipped specialist laboratories and complete a land surveying field trip in the second year.
Group projects are completed in your first and final years, working with students from other disciplines on related courses, such as quantity surveying, building surveying, and real estate.
All of our teaching staff have extensive industry experience across a range of professional disciplines associated with the construction industry. We also invite visiting lecturers from consultancy companies and large contractors to reinforce the practical nature of the course. In recent years we have had speakers from construction companies presenting on health and safety and environmental topics.
You learn to adopt an active and flexible approach to learning and managing the building process. This includes using information technology in our computer suites and learning centre.
You have the opportunity to put your learning into practice in the third year with a paid work placement in industry. You benefit from the course’s good reputation and standing in the industry, and can complete a placement in the UK or overseas.
We designed the course to be flexible, enabling some placement students take up full-time employment and complete their studies part-time.
Key areas of study
Key areas include • domestic and commercial construction technology • project planning • land surveying • site management practice • management theory and practice.
Contact hours
You take part in a minimum of 12 taught hours per week during your first and second year. The normal teaching pattern typically involves one lecture and one seminar per week, per module. You also have additional timetabled hours periodically for other activities such as laboratory work, guest lectures and field trips.
In your final year, taught teaching is supplemented independent research for your dissertation. Throughout your course, you are supported by a personal tutor.
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You apply for this course through UCAS.
2013/14 academic year
For 2013 entry, membership of professional bodies is included in the course fee.
The course fee may be subject to annual inflationary increase. For further information on fees and funding see www.shu.ac.uk/study/ug/fees-and-funding
2013/14 academic year
Typically £10,680 a year
2014/15 academic year
Typically £11,250 a year
The course fee may be subject to annual inflationary increase. For further information on fees, scholarships and bursaries see www.shu.ac.uk/international/fees
• continuous assessment • written assignments • examinations
Find out about work placements and how we can support your placement experience.
Optional year-long work placements are normally gained by competitive interview and are not a guaranteed part of a course.
The course is accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, the Chartered Institute of Building and the Association of Building Engineers.
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Harry Booth
BSc (Hons) Construction Management, 2012 Graduate
I chose the course because I was attracted to the 'sandwich' year. Fortunately, I managed to secure a placement during this period and I have started a job permanently with the same company having finished at Hallam. This just proves how invaluable an industrial placement year is getting your foot in the door for future employment!
The Built Environment placement department were very helpful in encouraging me (and others) to apply for other placement opportunities. I got the placement from a speculative application to the company - a vacancy was not published.
While I was on placement I was part of the site management team - junior site manager. Generally I assisting with the day-to-day running of the site and carried out tasks such as setting out, site inductions, material requisitions, delivery scheduling, plant orders and workforce timesheets. The practical knowledge learnt during this time was fantastic, and I worked with a great team of people.
As well as the placement the best bits of the course have been meeting many new friends, from all from different backgrounds. Many of whom will be friends for life. The practical modules were great, land surveying in particular. Also the staff were excellent, and always had time to answer queries if you had any.
Profiles
Harry Booth
BSc (Hons) Construction Management, 2012 Graduate
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