Construction Management (Full-time) (BSc Hons)
With particular emphasis on preparing, you for a dynamic professional career in construction management, consultation and collaboration with the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), Construction Wales Innovation Centre (CWIC) and Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), has helped us develop a programme that is as close as possible to the construction industry’s skills demand focus, to pioneer innovative and dynamic projects that will support and enrich communities into the next century.
Today’s construction industry is facing the challenges of globalisation, climate change, demanding clients and a complex regulatory framework. Technology and integrated delivery play an increasingly important role in the industry. This course equips you with the skills to deal with these challenges in areas such as the legal, technical, managerial, economic, social and environmental aspects of a construction project while providing you with the knowledge and understanding to make informed choices, ensuring efficiency, quality and risk aversion for the project. Core modules in Construction Management allow students to learn through creative problem-solving and collaborative working.
The course also embraces the intellectual and practical competencies required by professional bodies such as the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB). You will develop expertise in construction technology and project planning, project management and digital competencies.
Course details
- On-campus
- Full-time
- English
Tuition Fees 2023/24 and 24/25
Home (Full-time): £9,000 per year
Overseas (Full-time): £13,500 per year
This programme is subject to validation.
Why choose this course?
What you will learn
The Construction Industry continues to offer rewarding and sustained employment within the UK and overseas, from house building to major infrastructure and capital projects, all being undertaken with the support of sustainable approaches, and an ethos of community and environmental care.
Taken as a whole, it is a major contributor to UK GDP (directly around 9% in 2020, rising to around 10% overall, when the entire value chain is considered). It is, without doubt, a driver of historical GDP growth within the UK.
The industry value chain is made up of around 300,000 firms, including many small- and medium-sized family and local businesses. These employ over 3 million people in a multitude of roles representing 8% of all UK employment. Employment opportunity is diverse in nature, from the management of projects, design and costing, to on-site investigation in feasibility, operations logistics, planning and the installation of plant and building services.
The Construction Management course at UWTSD offers students an understanding of the design techniques, methodology and implementation of projects from inception to Client handover, drawing upon UK and worldwide case studies to build knowledge in practical application and professional skills for employment.
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We listen to student feedback and insights from industry and from professionals to ensure that course content is high-quality and up-to-date, and that it offers the best possible preparation for your future career or study goals.
For this reason, there might be modifications to the content of your course over time, to keep up to date with changes in the subject area or in the sector. If a module is no longer running, we’ll make sure to keep you informed, and work with you to choose a different suitable module.
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Staff
Our People
You will be taught and supported by a wide range of professional staff and teams here to help you get the university experience you are looking for. Our teaching staff were ranked 2nd in Wales for assessments and feedback (NSS 2023) meaning the comments you get back from your work will help you learn. Our commitment to your learning has seen our students place us as Top 10 in the UK for Lecturers and Teaching Quality. Find out more about our academic staff who teach across our courses.
Accommodation
Swansea Accommodation
Swansea has a huge student population, and the variety of accommodation available will leave you feeling spoilt for choice. Various purpose-built student accommodation providers provide accommodation in Swansea, and the accommodation team can guide you through your options. It will offer ongoing support throughout your time as a UWTSD student.
Further information
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Construction Management (BSc)
You will need 96 UCAS Tariff points from A levels or their equivalent (previously 240 UCAS tariff points). -
Assessments used within these Programmes are normally formative or summative. In the former assessment is designed to ensure students become aware of their strengths and weaknesses.
Typically, such assessment will take the form of practical exercises where a more hands-on approach shows student’s ability on a range of activities. Traditional formal time-constrained assessment is by means of tests and examinations, normally of two-hour duration.
Examinations are a traditional method of verifying that the work produced is the students’ own work. To help authenticate student coursework, some modules require that the student and lecturer negotiate the topic for assessment on an individual basis, allowing the lecturer to monitor progress.
Some modules where the assessment is research-based require students to verbally/visually present the research results to the lecturer and peers, followed by a question and answer session.
Such assessment strategies are in accord with the learning and teaching strategies employed by the team, that is, where the aim is to generate work that is mainly student-driven, individual, reflective and where appropriate, vocationally-orientated.
Feedback to students will occur early in the study period and continue over the whole study session thereby allowing for greater value added to the student’s learning.
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It is possible to complete this programme of study without any additional costs.
Students may wish to purchase materials for modules, such as a major project but this is not a requirement and will have no bearing on the final grade.
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You may be eligible for funding to help support your study. To find out about scholarships, bursaries and other funding opportunities that are available, please visit our Bursaries and Scholarships section.
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This programme will meet industry demands, and in doing so provide a sound intellectually demanding vocational learning experience linked to industry and professional bodies, a requirement that satisfies the needs of both students and employers.
Furthermore, the programme team has developed the aims of the course to enhance the development of technical competence and training at a level which is capable of meeting the industry’s current requirements for middle management.
Module outcomes address concerns such as sustainability, energy efficiency, facilities management along with the more familiar outcomes such as management theories, literacy, problem-solving and client needs. Supplementing these is a range of higher level skills which have been designed to integrate with module outcomes.