MSc (Eng) International Construction Management and Engineering

Year 1

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

Learning outcomes

1. Critical understanding of key project management concepts, their evaluation and application to construction engineering projects.
2. Critically evaluate the bi-directional link between projects and sustainability agenda for the project organization.
3. Understanding of the critical role of project management tools and techniques for the effective delivery of work on construction and engineering projects and the rationale for their use.
4. Evaluating and differentiating a wide range of operations, models, practice methodologies (processes, heuristics, tools, techniques) and their application in construction/engineering project management today.
5. Develop knowledge and understanding of the principles of risk management, resilience and crises as applied to engineering and construction projects.
6. Critically evaluate sources of risk, causes of risks and mitigation measures.
7. Critically evaluate the effectiveness of teamworking and leadership approaches, taking into account the complexities of the project setting and develop strategies for improvement.
8. Critically evaluate the effectiveness of stakeholder engagement approaches, taking into account the complexities of the project setting and develop strategies for improvement.
9. Appraise current problems by critically engaging with other people’s work and diverse sources of information, including key theories of the academic discipline.
10. Evaluate critically current research and advanced scholarship in the discipline.
11. Critically analyse the effective management of the construction process and the environmental, economic and social impacts within a global context.
12. Appraise the collaboration of professional disciplines in the built environment and the construction industry in a national and international environment.
13. Understand the process of whole life asset management.
14. Appreciate the relationship between construction and the wider economy in national and international contexts.
15. Understand the processes and tools of strategic management decision making.
16. Critically analyse the effective management of the construction process and the technical, environmental, economic and social (TEES) impacts within an international context.
17. Examine the legal (local and international) context of the construction and property industries.

Skills Learning Outcomes

Academic
1. Critical thinking - the ability to weigh up different arguments and perspectives, using supporting evidence to form opinions, arguments, theories and ideas.
2. Ethics - The ability to understand the moral principles that govern a person's behaviour or the conducting of an activity in any given context.

Digital
1. Information, data and media literacies - The ability to find, evaluate, organise and share information across a variety of formats and media, ensuring the reliability and integrity both of the sources that you use and of the ideas that they help you to generate.

2. The ability to communicate and collaborate constructively and professionally with peers using digital tools and networks in order to share ideas, to produce research, materials and resources, and to engage in online dialogue and debate

Sustainability
1. Systems thinking - Recognises and understands relationships; analyses complex systems (environmental, economic and social systems and interdependencies across these); considers how systems are embedded within different domains and scales; deals with uncertainty; uses analytical thinking.

Work Ready
1. The ability to work and learn independently without close supervision.
2. The ability to use a range of skills to work effectively in a team.
3. The ability to apply knowledge of project management tools and techniques to project management challenges and work scenarios.
4. The ability to manage time well, prioritise work efficiently and productively; being able to juggle conflicting priorities to meet deadlines.

Assessment

Assessment for the MSc will involve a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and may include written examinations, in-class and online tests, assignments and coursework In the form of projects, reports, presentations and posters.