Construction Management - BSc (Honours)
(Level 8)
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Programme Description | | You will be able to manage the construction process and to meet the needs of clients within legal, financial and environmental constraints. Construction Managers require a combination of engineering knowledge, good business and organisation skills and a capacity for leadership in managing the building process. LIT graduates have an in-depth knowledge and understanding of the construction process and the necessary theoretical knowledge to match solutions to construction problems; the management skills to plan, organize and manage construction projects and the ability to contribute to the construction process in a manner that sustains and enhances the natural and the built environments. |
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Entry Requirements: | | Leaving Certificate: A minimum of 2 Honours and 4 Passes in six Leaving Certificate subjects, including Mathematics and English/Irish. |
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Modules:
Year 1: | | Construction Technology, Building Systems 1 & 2, Learning and Research Skills, Economics for Construction & Property Specialists, Built Environment Law, Surveying, Construction Practice, Engineering Mathematics. |
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Year 2:
| | Construction Technology, Building Services (CM), Surveying, Construction Management and Building Information Modelling, Project Cost Management, Project Administration & Law, Measurement Estimating and Tendering, Integrated Project. |
Year 3:
| | Work Placement Year Capstone Project, Active Learning Diary & Professional Competencies, Management, Dissertation Research. (Students who are unable to secure a Work Placement will be required to complete an Academic Year.) |
Year 4:
| | Construction Technology, Services Application and Management, Sustainable Development, Project Management, Construction Management, Dissertation, Electives: Urban Economics & Regional Policy or Financial Management & Tax
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Duration: | | 4 Years including work placement in year 3. Also available part-time over a longer period (ACCS) |
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Top 3 Reasons to Choose:
| | 1. This programme is fully accredited by the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB).
2. The Work Placement Year provides you with an opportunity to use the skills learned at LIT and apply them to real-life situations.
3. LIT has the only specialist School of Built Environment in the Mid-West Region and has been teaching Construction for nearly 40 years! |
What our Students say: | | “I always wanted a career in the Construction Industry, this programme gave me the practical skills for the industry, but also prepared me to take-on a Managerial role within the Construction Industry.”
Jason Mulligan
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Jobs Include: | | Site Engineer
Project Engineer
Assistant Project Manager
Contracts Manager |
Graduates Work For: | | Sisk, Coffey Construction
Healy Kelly Turner & Townsend
Altus Group, Canada |
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