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. 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.

Programme Information

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. 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

• Important information for all prospective students for 2023: The admission requirements below apply to all who apply for admission to the University of Pretoria with a National Senior Certificate (NSC) and Independent Examination Board (IEB) qualifications.
• Minimum requirements:
  • Achievement level: English Home Language or English First Additional Language | Mathematics | Physical Sciences or Accounting | APS
  • NSC/IEB | NSC/IEB | NSC/IEB
  • 5 | 5 | 4 | 30
• The suggested second-choice programme for BSc (Construction Management) is BSc (Real Estate).
• Life Orientation is excluded when calculating the APS.
• You will be considered for final admission to degree studies if space allows, and if you have a National Senior Certificate (NSC) or equivalent qualification with admission to bachelor's degree studies, and comply with the minimum subject requirements as well as the APS requirements of your chosen programme.

Promotion to Next Study Year

• Promotion to the second semester of the first year and to the second year of study:
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
• Promotion to the third year of study:
  1. A student must pass all the prescribed modules at first-year level (level 100) before he or she is admitted to any module at third-year level (level 300).
  2. 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 provided that no first-year module(s) are outstanding.

Pass with Distinction

The degree is conferred with distinction on a student:

1. if no module of the second and third study year was repeated and a weighted average of at least 75% (not rounded) was obtained in one year in all the modules, of the final study year;
2. 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.

Curriculum

The curriculum for the BSc (Construction Management) programme is divided into three years of study.

Year 1

• Fundamental modules:
  • AIM 111: Academic information management 111
  • AIM 121: Academic information management 121
  • ALL 122: Academic literacy for Construction Economics 122
  • UPO 112: Academic orientation 112
• Core modules:
  • BGG 121: Building organisation 121
  • BOU 111: Building drawings 111
  • 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
  • SKE 110: Introduction to structures 110
  • SKE 120: Structures 120
  • WTW 134: Mathematics 134

Year 2

• Core modules:
  • BWT 210: Building science 210
  • BWT 220: Building science 220
  • EOW 222: Property law 222
  • FBS 110: Financial management 110
  • GBD 211: Building services 211
  • GBD 221: Building services 221
  • JCP 201: Community-based project 201
  • KSH 201: Construction quantities 201
  • SKE 220: Civil engineering services 220
  • STK 110: Statistics 110
  • STK 161: Statistics 161
  • TRN 213: Site surveying 213

Year 3

• Core modules:
  • ABR 311: Labour law 311
  • BER 310: Business law 310
  • BHU 320: Housing 320
  • BWT 310: Building science 310
  • BWT 320: Building science 320
  • FBS 210: Financial management 210
  • FBS 361: Financial management 361
  • GBD 311: Building services 311
  • KBS 310: Construction management 310
  • KBS 320: Construction management 320
  • KKR 322: Introduction to construction contract law 322
  • KSH 300: Construction quantities 300
  • VKN 320: Sustainable construction 320

Regulations and Rules

The regulations and rules for the degrees published here are subject to change and may be amended after the publication of this information. The General Academic Regulations (G Regulations) and General Student Rules apply to all faculties and registered students of the University, as well as all prospective students who have accepted an offer of a place at the University of Pretoria. On registering for a programme, the student bears the responsibility of ensuring that they familiarise themselves with the General Academic Regulations applicable to their registration, as well as the relevant faculty-specific and programme-specific regulations and information as stipulated in the relevant yearbook. Ignorance concerning these regulations will not be accepted as an excuse for any transgression, or basis for an exception to any of the aforementioned regulations.