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MSc (Eng) International Construction Management and Engineering

Year 1

(Award available for year: Master of Science (Eng))

Learning outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding of:
- management strategies and operational response in construction management environments;
- construction procurement management concepts and approaches in practice;
- evaluating risk and generating value for money in a construction-environment;
- whole life management of the built environment;
- management of international construction;
- management and engineering processes within construction organisation and projects.

Intellectual Skills:
- analyse and solve problems;
- think strategically;
- synthesis complex sets of information;
- understand the changing nature of knowledge and practice in the management of culturally diverse construction environments;
- select and transfer knowledge and methods from other sectors to construction based organisation.

Practical Skills:
- implementation of whole life approaches to construction;
- formulate and solve management problems within and across functional areas of the construction organisations;
- develop engineering skills through the construction process lifecycle;
- show a capability to act decisively in a coordinated way using theory, better practice and harness this to experience;
- use concepts and theories to make judgements in the absence of complete data;
- observe, record and interpret data using appropriate statistical methods and to present results in appropriate forms for the international construction management industry.

Transferable (key) skills

Masters (Taught) and Postgraduate Diploma students will have had the opportunity to acquire the following abilities as defined in the modules specified for the programme:

- the skills necessary to undertake a higher research degree and/or for employment in a higher capacity in industry or area of professional practice;
- evaluating their own achievement and that of others;
- self direction and effective decision making in complex and unpredictable situations;
- independent learning and the ability to work in a way which ensures continuing professional development;
- critical engagement in the development of professional/disciplinary boundaries and norms.

Assessment

Achievement for the degree of Master (taught programme) will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and will involve the achievement of the students in:

- evidencing an ability to conduct independent in-depth enquiry within the discipline;
- demonstrating the ability to apply breadth and/or depth of knowledge to a complex specialist area;
- drawing on a range of perspectives on an area of study;
- evaluating and criticising received opinion;
- making reasoned judgements whilst understanding the limitations on judgements made in the absence of complete data.

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