Program Overview

Programme: BSc Construction Management

The BSc Construction Management programme is designed for individuals who wish 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.

Programme Information

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. Career opportunities cover a wide spectrum, and construction managers find employment as main and subcontractors in the building and construction industry, as project managers or investment experts with financial institutions and property developers, as property experts who offer broker services and compile packages, as managers of building and property portfolios for investors, as suppliers of material and equipment to the building and construction industry, as consultants for financial services in the construction and related sectors, or as private entrepreneurs working in these fields.

Admission Requirements

The following persons will be considered for admission:

• A candidate who is in possession of a certificate that is deemed by the University to be equivalent to the required Grade 12 certificate with university endorsement.
• A candidate who is a graduate from another tertiary institution or has been granted the status of a graduate of such an institution.
• A candidate who is a graduate of another faculty at the University of Pretoria. Life Orientation is excluded when calculating the APS. Grade 11 results are used in the provisional admission of prospective students. A valid qualification with admission to degree studies is required. Minimum subject and achievement requirements are required.

Minimum Requirements

The minimum requirements for admission are as follows:

• Achievement level: Afrikaans or English: 5, Mathematics: 5, Physical Science: 5
• APS: 30

Promotion to Next Study Year

To be promoted to the next study year, students must meet the following requirements:

1. Promotion to the second semester of the first year and to the second year of study
   • A newly registered first-year student who failed all the prescribed modules for the programme at the end of the first semester shall not be readmitted to the School for the Built Environment in the second semester.
   • A student who complies with all the requirements of the first year of study, or has at least obtained 110 credits, is promoted to the second year of study.
   • A student who has not obtained at least 70% of the credits of the first year of study after the November examinations must reapply for admission should he/she intend to continue with his/her studies.
2. Promotion to the third year of study
   • A student who complies with all the requirements of the second year of study, or has at least obtained 230 credits, is promoted to the third year of study.
   • The Dean may, on the recommendation of the Head of Department, allow a student, who qualifies for promotion to a subsequent year of study, but who has not passed all the modules of that year, to carry over those modules to the next or a later year.

Pass with Distinction

The degree is conferred with distinction on a student who meets the following requirements:

• If no module of the second and third study year was repeated and a weighted average of at least 75% was obtained in one year in all the modules (excluding JCP 201), of the final study year.
• The degree programme was completed within the prescribed three study years, and the final study year modules were passed on first registration without any supplementary or special examinations.

Fundamental Modules

The fundamental modules for the programme are:

• AIM 101: Academic information management 101
• ALL 122: Academic literacy for Construction Economics 122
• UPO 112: Academic orientation 112

Core Modules

The core modules for the programme are:

Year 1

• BGG 121: Building organisation 121
• BOU 111: Building drawings 111
• BOU 121: Building drawings 121
• BWT 110: Building science 110
• BWT 120: Building science 120
• EKN 110: Economics 110
• EKN 120: Economics 120
• GBD 112: Building services 112
• GBD 122: Building services 122
• HVH 101: Quantities 101
• OMG 122: History of the environment 122
• SKE 110: Introduction to structures 110
• SKE 120: Structures 120
• WTW 134: Mathematics 134

Year 2

• ABR 311: Labour law 311
• BWT 210: Building science 210
• BWT 220: Building science 220
• FBS 110: Financial management 110
• FBS 120: Financial management 120
• GBD 211: Building services 211
• KSH 201: Construction quantities 201
• SKE 210: Reinforced concrete structures 210
• SKE 220: Civil engineering services 220
• STK 110: Statistics 110
• STK 161: Statistics 161
• TRN 213: Site surveying 213
• GBD 221: Building services 221

Year 3

• BER 310: Business law 310
• BHU 320: Housing 320
• BWT 310: Building science 310
• BWT 320: Building science 320
• EOW 320: Introduction to property law 320
• FBS 210: Financial management 210
• FBS 320: Financial management 320
• JCP 201: Community-based project 201
• KBS 310: Construction management 310
• KBS 320: Construction management 320
• KSH 300: Construction quantities 300
• GBD 311: Building services 311
• VKN 320: Sustainable construction 320
• NNM 320: Research methodology 320