Bachelor of Urban Development (Honours) (Construction Management)

In your first year you'll complete units that will lay the foundations for the remainder of your course. You'll explore design thinking for the built environment and receive an introduction to construction management structures and residential construction urban development economics construction business and integrated construction.

Moving into a focus on your major you'll complete units in commercial construction construction-related law building services and contracts administration. You'll learn about building measurement and estimating and develop your design and building skills.

In your final year you'll explore programming and scheduling and gain an understanding of strategic construction management.

Throughout your studies you'll apply what you learn to real-world projects and address real-world challenges with your lecturers and peers. You'll be taught and mentored by some of the best in the business and make valuable connections that'll give you a head start on your future career. You'll also have access to exclusive work placements and cadetships with some students receiving their first job offer before they finish their studies.

You are required to undertake 30 days of approved construction management work experience as part of your Work Integrated Learning core unit.

*QTAC First Preferences 2022
**Source: LMIP

Construction management can be a challenging meaningful and interesting career with the prospects of extremely high job satisfaction and financial rewards. You may choose to work in private organisations such as large construction and development companies or in government departments.

As a construction manager you'll supervise construction; coordinate subcontractors' plans materials and equipment; estimate costs and quantities of materials needed; and plan construction methods and procedures. You'll also help ensure that the requisite standards of building performance quality cost schedules and safety are achieved in accordance with the building contract documents and that building projects under your supervision are completed - on time to budget and of the required standard of quality.

Additionally the Queensland Building and Construction Commission (QBCC) considers the Bachelor of Urban Development (Honours) (Construction Management) as equivalent to the current technical qualifications prescribed for the Builder Low Rise Medium Rise and Open Licence classes.

• Construction manager
• Construction project manager
• Contract administrator

Your QUT Bachelor of Urban Development (Honours) (Construction Management) degree consists of 384 credit points (32 units) arranged as follows:

a) 72 credit points (6 units) of urban development core units which includes a Professional Practice unit that requires completion of workplace learning

b) 216 credit points (18 units) of construction management discipline units

c) 96 credit points of complementary studies comprising of either a second major (8 unit set) or two minors (4 unit set each).

These units will engage you in understanding urban development from a range of disciplinary and multidisciplinary perspectives expose you to the various outcomes available for pursuing studies in this field and introduce the fundamental basis for policy and practice. Later core units together with the discipline specific units will progress your learning development through experiential and enquiry based learning in collaborative environments.

These units give you discipline level knowledge skills and application competencies from introductory through intermediate culminating with advanced graduate level units. They focus on developing your knowledge practice and higher-order thinking to an advanced level.

Complementary studies may be taken as a second major of 96 credit points or two minors of 48 credit points each. Experiential minors in work integrated learning as well as student exchange are also available.

A second major provides the opportunity for you to undertake significant studies in a second urban development discipline such as Property Economics Urban and Regional Planning Architectural Studies Accountancy or Applied Economics and Finance. Second majors are also designed to provide diverse professional skills and knowledge beyond the traditional reaches of the built environment curriculum and can offer a range of study options in other fields.

Minors will allow you undertake studies in a companion discipline. They are designed to provide you with introductory to intermediate level knowlege and skills in areas complementary to your studies. You can choose a minor from other built environment disciplines. There are also minors designed to distinguish students in the employment marketplace with complementary non-discipline skills and competencies that you can choose from a range of inter- and intra-faculty disciplines.

The (UD01) Bachelor of Urban Development (Honours) is located at Level 8 of the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF). Graduates may be eligible for discipline relevant masters and/or doctoral level programs.

Your QUT Bachelor of Urban Development (Honours) (Construction Management) degree consists of 384 credit points (32 units) arranged as follows:

a) 72 credit points (6 units) of urban development core units which includes a Professional Practice unit that requires completion of workplace learning

b) 216 credit points (18 units) of construction management discipline units

c) 96 credit points of complementary studies comprising of either a second major (8 unit set) or two minors (4 unit set each).

These units will engage you in understanding urban development from a range of disciplinary and multidisciplinary perspectives expose you to the various outcomes available for pursuing studies in this field and introduce the fundamental basis for policy and practice. Later core units together with the discipline specific units will progress your learning development through experiential and enquiry based learning in collaborative environments.

These units give you discipline level knowledge skills and application competencies from introductory through intermediate culminating with advanced graduate level units. They focus on developing your knowledge practice and higher order thinking to an advanced level.

Complementary studies may be taken as a second major of 96 credit points or two minors of 48 credit points each. Experiential minors in work integrated learning as well as student exchange are also available.

A second major provides the opportunity for you to undertake significant studies in a second urban development discipline such as Property Economics Urban and Regional Planning Architectural Studies Accountancy or Applied Economics and Finance. Second majors are also designed to provide diverse professional skills and knowledge beyond the traditional reaches of the built environment curriculum and can offer a range of study options in other fields.

Minors will allow you undertake studies in a companion discipline. They are designed to provide you with introductory to intermediate level knowlege and skills in areas complementary to your studies. You can choose a minor from other built environment disciplines. There are also minors designed to distinguish students in the employment marketplace with complementary non-discipline skills and competencies that you can choose from a range of inter- and intra-faculty disciplines.

The (UD01) Bachelor of Urban Development (Honours) is located at Level 8 of the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF). Graduates may be eligible for discipline relevant masters and/or doctoral level programs.