Bachelor of Construction Management (Honours)

In our honours construction-management degree, you'll learn all the skills needed to manage residential, commercial and industrial projects. You'll gain valuable expertise in the various areas of large-scale building and civil-engineering projects.

Your expertise will let you undertake roles overseeing the building process, from design to development, construction and operation.

You'll graduate with skills in:

• project planning
• cost and quality management
• construction techniques and materials
• building law
• building codes
• industrial relations
• personnel management.

Our industry contacts and our focus on real-world experience ensure you're job-ready when you graduate.

Construction management is a growing profession, and your qualifications will be highly useful and in-demand.

On completing Bachelor of Construction Management (Honours), possible job opportunities include:

• construction manager
• project manager
• quantity surveyor
• building technician
• building surveyor
• building contractor
• estimator
• contract administrator
• facilities manager
• property developer.

Graduates have a wide range of employment opportunities in the private and public sectors, working for:

• building proprietors
• contractors
• developers
• government bodies
• consultancy practices
• self-employed entrepreneurs.

You'll also have skills and knowledge that can be applied in other industries such as mining, petrochemicals and infrastructure development.

Check the government job-date site, Labour Market Insights, for the average salary and employment prospects for construction managers.

To attain the Bachelor of Construction Management (Honours) students will be required to complete 384 credit points consisting of:

• 96 credit points First Year Core studies;
• 240 credit points Professional Core studies, and;
• 48 credit points from the Building Compliance Minor OR Quantity Surveying Minor

First Class Honours:
To be eligible for completion with First Class Honours student must achieve:

• A minimum weighted average of 60% over year levels 1 to 3;
• A minimum weighted average of 80% in year level 4;
• A HD grade for the final year NEF4201 Research Project 2.

Use our credit calculator to find out how much credit you could get towards your course, based on your previous study.

If you have completed study with another university or institution and believe you are eligible to receive credit for skills and past study, you can apply for advanced standing.

Applications for advanced standing can be made after a discussion with your course chair or academic adviser.

Before applying, you should consider whether you also want to apply for:

• Special admission programs: Depending on your life circumstances you may be eligible for special consideration of your application.
• Advanced standing: If you have significant experience or studies elsewhere you may be eligible for credit for some units of your course and not have to undertake them.

Find out more about applying for our courses.