COURSE: BSC IN CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT

Construction management is the field of study meant for the person who wishes to become part of the process of infrastructure development, especially the construction of buildings. The construction manager is a professional business person who acts as manager for undertakings in the building, construction and property industry as well as related support services.

Type: Undergraduate degree

Duration: 3 years full time

Compulsory Subjects

First year subjects:

• Building Drawings


• Building Science


• Building Services


• Quantities


• Introduction to Structures


• Psychology


• Statistics


• Computer literacy


• Academic literacy


• Industrial and Organisational Psychology


• Building Organisation


• Information literacy


• History of the Environment


• Structures

Second year subjects:

• Labour law


• Building Science


• Economics


• Financial Accounting


• Building Services


• Construction Quantities


• Reinforced Concrete Structures


• Site Surveying


• Informatics


• History of the Environment


• Civil Engineering Services

Third year subjects:

• Business Law


• Construction management


• Building Science


• Building Services


• Construction information


• Community-based Project


• Construction Information Technology


• Construction Quantities


• Housing


• Introduction to Property Law

Careers: Construction Management.

Source: www.up.ac.za

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