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Construction Management – (M.Sc.)
University of Brighton
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| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 5,030 - ≈ € 14,840 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Brighton / United Kingdom | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | ||
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| Languages: | English | ||
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The Construction Management programme offers a challenging academic route to becoming a qualified construction management professional. It provides an exciting and dynamic learning experience, building on your existing experiences and background. Our cutting edge expertise in engineering, construction and sustainable development enables students to develop their research and analytical capabilities at masters level. The course provides the requisite knowledge for understanding construction management as a profession. You will refer to how people, resources, organisations, built environment and the natural environment interact and take account of the unique needs and characteristics of construction projects in an environmentally sustainable fashion.
Emphasis is given to the knowledge and skills required to manage the operations on site and to report both to the client's representative and the employing organisation. You will explore site management proposals that can be used to efficiently and effectively deliver construction projects in the shortest possible time. You will also develop effective methods of conducting and controlling the execution of work to an agreed quality standard, to accepted safety standards, within budget and acceptable to all strategic stakeholders.
Career and progression opportunities
The course serves as a training and proving ground for the next generation of construction managers and researchers, leading to immediate employment in the construction management profession, or to further study at doctorate level.
Contents
Course structure
Course delivery is divided into two main parts:
(i) taught portion at the university for lectures, seminars, tutorials, workshops, laboratory classes, individual supervision sessions and team working
(ii) the masters project, an individual research programme enabling you to broaden your learning and develop research skills directed at critical appraisal, examine innovative solutions to the problem at hand, and to produce and defend a written thesis on a selected construction engineering, technology or management topic.
The course has been developed using the university's modular structure providing flexibility for student learning and for further evolution of the course to reflect advances in the subject and the demands of the construction management profession.
A typical 20-credit module normally requires a total of 200 hours of study time. The timetabled contact time for these modules is normally a minimum of four hours per week for thirteen teaching weeks. A minimum of eight hours per week per module is used for directed self-study, structured assignments, open-ended assignments and team working. Taught modules are assessed based on their learning objectives using coursework, presentations, oral and/or written examination at the end of the semester.
Areas of study
The programme provides the academic and professional core knowledge, understanding, skills and experience that are necessary to practice professionally as a construction manager. Modern construction is characterised by a complex network of design, component manufacture and assembly systems in which specialised contractors take responsibility for both the design and construction of discrete elements. Significant changes have occurred in the technologies, procurement methods and the skill base of the workforce. The construction management discipline has evolved to reflect this new industrial and commercial environment.
The masters project plays two major roles, firstly to develop your ability to identify, formulate, execute and report upon an individual programme and secondly to develop specialist knowledge and understanding of a topic related to the construction management profession. A series of lectures and seminars develop appropriate research skills and expectations. The project is primarily an independent study, and your progress is monitored through interim scoping study reports and progress presentations.
Syllabus
Core modules
Construction Management
Project Planning and Analysis
Construction Law and Procurement
Management of People and Organisations
Project Risk and Financial Analysis
Masters project
Sustainable Energy of Buildings
Sustainable Construction
Energy Assessment of Buildings
Environmental Impact Assessment
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For non-native speakers of English: 6.5 overall and 6 in writing.
Degree and/or experience: Honours degree; or other degree plus at least two years postgraduate experience in a position of responsibility; or full membership of a relevant chartered professional body.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.5 |
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade C (Score: 60) |
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