BH114 - Bachelor of Construction Management (Honours)

Plan: BH114P24 - Bachelor of Construction Management (Honours)
Campus: City Campus

Program delivery and structure

Approach to learning and assessment
Work integrated learning
Program structure
Program transition plan

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Approach to learning and assessment

This program employs a diverse range of teaching and learning approaches to ensure a distinctive and quality learning environment in which students are recognised as active participants in the learning process. Courses provide for interaction amongst students as a central activity, so that you will have opportunities to collaborate in your learning. You will be engaged in interactive seminars and workshops, lectures, online discussions, field trips, industry site visits, industry placements and applied research projects. Current research and industry and consultancy experiences are incorporated into content and teaching approaches and you will be encouraged and supported to see the relevance of research to current practice and to pursue your own areas of intellectual interest. 

The learning and teaching approaches employed in this program recognise the diverse ways students learn, the need for students to be actively engaged in learning and the need to actively foster preparation for your future professional practice. Students in this program are recognised as individuals, with different abilities and aspirations, and are provided with regular opportunities to consult individually with teaching staff. 

Courses in this program will use blended delivery, which is a mixture of face-to-face and online delivery to enable meaningful, flexible and inclusive learning experiences. A range of blended learning teaching strategies will be used to enhance the effectiveness of delivery and tailor your learning experience. Course materials such as learning activities, resources and assessment are provided through RMIT’s Learning Management System, Canvas. 

This program includes a range of embedded Career Development Learning and assessment activities aimed at enhancing students’ knowledge, capabilities and career awareness to prepare for and manage their careers throughout their lives.

Assessment forms part of a structured framework designed to give you the opportunity to demonstrate your capabilities and learn from feedback as you progress.  Various forms of assessment will be used throughout the program, including assessment where you will perform real-world tasks and demonstrate knowledge, skills and attitudes that you need to apply to problems and situations in contemporary work and life. Assessment may include individual essays, individual and group projects, written or verbal presentations, online discussions, case studies and exams. These assessment tasks have been developed to maximise the opportunity for you to work both individually and collaboratively, and to apply your knowledge and understandings by linking theory to practice.

This program provides frequent opportunities for you to gain informed and constructive feedback from teachers and your peers. Teacher to student feedback is tailored to your individual student's performance and focused on your development.  

The assessment in this program conforms with RMIT University’s Assessment and Assessment Flexibility Policy. 

The graduate capabilities you will develop in this program have been aligned with the accreditation requirements of the accrediting professional bodies. This strengthens the relevance of this program to your future professional practice, particularly through the Work Integrated Learning (WIL) experiences and activities that this program provides. 

Please note that if you have a disability, long-term medical condition and/ or mental health condition ELS can support you to create reasonable adjustments to ensure you can participate in your studies. You can contact the Equitable Learning Services (ELS) unit if you would like to find out more. Information about ELS can be found at: www.rmit.edu.au/students/support-services/equitable-learning.

If you have already developed areas of skill and knowledge included in this program (for example, through prior studies or work experience) you can apply for credit once you have enrolled in this program. There is information on the RMIT University website about how to apply for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) http://www.rmit.edu.au/students/enrolment/credit/he

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Work integrated learning

RMIT is committed to providing students with an education that strongly links formal learning with workplace experience. As a student enrolled in an RMIT program you will:

• undertake and be assessed on a structured activity that allows you to learn, apply and demonstrate your professional or vocational practice
• interact with industry and community when undertaking this activity
• complete an activity in a work context or situation that may include teamwork with other students from different disciplines.
• underpin your learning with feedback from interactions and contexts distinctive to workplace experiences

In this program, you will be doing specific courses that focus on work integrated learning (WIL). You will be assessed on WIL in a simulated workplace environment and receive feedback from those involved in your industry. Any or all of these aspects of a WIL experience may be in a simulated workplace learning environment.

The WIL courses in this program are: 

BUIL1237 Building Measurement and Estimating
BUIL1262 Construction Capstone Project

In BUIL1237 Building Measurement and Estimating you will have direct consultation with industry to support you to formulate and develop your specialised construction management knowledge. Input and guidance from representatives from industry will provide feedback on your use of estimating techniques. 

In BUIL1262 Construction Capstone Project you will engage in industry-based problems and explore construction planning and design principles and practices within the global context. You will respond to a brief from industry and produce a report and presentation. Industry representatives are invited to the presentation and will provide feedback. 

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Program Structure

Please note that some courses listed in this structure will have their course marks count toward your program's weighted average mark. Your weighted average mark will determine the honours level of your award once you have completed the program. If a course counts toward your weighted average mark, that fact will be stated in its course guide. In Enrolment Online, after you completed your course enrolment, you will be notified which of the enrolled courses will count toward the weighted average mark.
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Year One of Program
Complete the following Eight (8) Courses:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus Introduction to Buildings 12 BUIL1226 City Campus Introduction to Property 12 OMGT2214 City Campus Project Management Concepts 12 BUSM3307 City Campus Communications for Built Environment Professionals 12 BUIL1230 City Campus Introduction to Construction Processes 12 BUIL1227 City Campus Property and Capital Markets 12 BUIL1228 City Campus Techniques for Project Planning and Management 12 BUSM3308 City Campus Managing for Sustainability 12 BUIL1229 City Campus
AND
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Year Two of Program
Complete the following Five (5) Courses:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus Building Measurement and Estimating 12 BUIL1237 City Campus Building Science 12 BUIL1239 City Campus Construction Technology 1 12 BUIL1325 City Campus Production Planning and Management 12 BUIL1243 City Campus Introduction to Built Environment Law 12 BUIL1247 City Campus
AND
Complete Thirty-six (36) credit points from your selected combination or University Electives:
AND
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Year Three of Program
Complete the following Seven (7) Courses:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus Building Services 12 BUIL1128 City Campus Construction Contract Law 12 BUIL1252 City Campus Cost Planning and Tendering 12 BUIL1142 City Campus Integrated Building Information Modelling 12 BUIL1256 City Campus Construction Contract Administration 12 BUIL1260 City Campus Construction Technology 2 12 BUIL1258 City Campus Research Methods for the Built Environment 12 BUIL1305 City Campus
AND
Complete Twelve (12) credit points from your selected combination or University Elective:
AND
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Year Four of Program
Complete the following Seven (7) Courses:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus Construction and Business Enterprise 12 BUIL1249 City Campus Industrial Environment 12 BUIL1266 City Campus Management and Leadership in Construction 12 BUIL1308 City Campus Research Practice 1 12 BUIL1306 City Campus Construction Capstone Project 12 BUIL1262 City Campus Construction Specialisation 12 BUIL1264 City Campus Research Practice 2 12 BUIL1307 City Campus
AND
Complete Twelve (12) credit points from your selected combination or University Elective:
AND
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Minor List
List of Minor(s):
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Minor: Smart Construction
Complete the following Four (4) Courses:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus Building Information Modelling 12 OENG1191 City Campus Structural Optimization and 3D Printing 12 OENG1189 City Campus Digital Transformation for Sustainable Construction 12 OENG1254 City Campus Introduction to Modular Design and Construction 12 OENG1255 City Campus
OR
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Minor: Urban Strategy and Sustainable Planning
Complete the following Three (3) Courses:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus Strategic Urban Planning 12 ARCH1204 City Campus Planning and Environmental Regulation 12 ARCH1059 City Campus Integrated Transport Planning 12 ARCH1313 City Campus
AND
Select and complete One (1) of the following Courses:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus Urban Design and Planning 12 ARCH1061 City Campus Climate Change Responses 12 ENVI1212 City Campus
OR
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Minor: Further Project Skills
Complete the following Four (4) Courses:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus Quality Management 12 BUSM3132 City Campus Project Administration 12 BUIL1156 City Campus Project Risk Management 12 BUSM4303 City Campus Project Planning and Communications 12 BUSM4301 City Campus
OR
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Minor: Project Management Practice
Complete the following Four (4) Courses:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus Management Fundamentals 12 BUSM4169 City Campus Project Management Domains 12 BUSM4300 City Campus Leadership in Project Management 12 BUSM4304 City Campus Professional Practice in Project Management 12 BUSM4305 City Campus
OR
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Minor: Property Investment Strategies
Complete the following Four (4) Courses:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus Property Law Advanced 12 OMGT2242 City Campus Property Data Analysis 12 OMGT1117 City Campus Investments: Concepts and Applications to Property 12 MKTG1319 City Campus Securitised Property 12 OMGT2252 City Campus
OR
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Minor: Property Technology and Management
Complete the following Four (4) Courses:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus Property Planning and Public Policy 12 OMGT2240 City Campus Property Law Advanced 12 OMGT2242 City Campus Property Technology 12 OMGT2237 City Campus Property Asset Management 12 OMGT1156 City Campus
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Program transition plan

This plan replaces BH114 Bachelor of Applied Science (Construction Management) (Honours). The first intake into this plan will be semester 1, 2024. 

All students who will be continuing their studies in 2024 will be transferred to this plan and will be provided with a study plan and a transition map of the same or equivalent courses to enable enrolment into this plan. 

Transition map of courses from the old to new program plans

Current program structure (BH114)	Replacement course in new program structure (BH114P24)
Year 1		Change
BUIL1226	Introduction to Buildings	12	BUIL1226	Introduction to Buildings	12	No change
OMGT2214	Valuations and Property Principles	12	OMGT2214	Introduction to Property	12	Existing course – new title
BUSM3307	Project Management Concepts	12	BUSM3307	Project Management Concepts	12	No change
BUIL1230	Communications for Built Environment Professionals	12	BUIL1230	Communications for Built Environment Professionals;	12	No change
BUIL1227	Introduction to Construction Processes	12	BUIL1227	Introduction to Construction Processes	12	No change
BUIL1228	Property & Capital Markets	12	BUIL1228	Property & Capital Markets	12	No change
BUSM3308	Techniques for Project Planning and Management	12	BUSM3308	Techniques for Project Planning and Management	12	No change
BUIL1229	Managing for Sustainability	12	BUIL1229	Managing for Sustainability	12	No change
Year 2
BUIL1245	Construction, Planning and Design 1	12		Minor course or University elective	12	Replacement course
BUIL1149	Property Economics	12		Minor course or University elective	12	Replacement course
BUIL1237	Building Measurement and Estimating	12	BUIL1237	Building Measurement and Estimating	12	No change
BUIL1239	Building Science	12	BUIL1239	Building Science	12	No change
BUIL1241	Structure and Materials 1	12	BUIL1325	Construction Technology 1	12	Replacement course
BUIL1243	Production Planning and Management	12	BUIL1243	Production Planning and Management	12	No change
BUIL1247	Introduction to Built Environment Law	12	BUIL1247	Introduction to Built Environment Law	12	No change
	University elective	12		Minor course or University elective	12	No change
Year 3
BUIL1128	Building Services	12	BUIL1128	Building Services	12	No change
BUIL1252	Construction Contract Law	12	BUIL1252	Construction Contract Law	12	No change
BUIL1142	Cost Planning and Tendering	12	BUIL1142	Cost Planning and Tendering	12	No change
BUIL1256	Construction, Planning and Design 2	12	BUIL1256	Integrated Building Information Modelling	12	Existing course – new title
BUIL1260	Construction Contract Administration	12	BUIL1260	Construction Contract Administration	12	No change
BUIL1258	Structure and Materials 2	12	BUIL1258	Construction Technology 2	12	Existing course – new title
BUIL1305	Research Methods for the Built Environment	12	BUIL1305	Research Methods for the Built Environment	12	No change
	University elective	12		Minor course or University elective	12	No change
Year 4
BUIL1249	Construction and Business Enterprise	12	BUIL1249	Construction and Business Enterprise	12	No change
BUIL1266	Industrial Environment	12	BUIL1266	Industrial Environment	12	No change
BUIL1308	Management and Leadership in Construction	12	BUIL1308	Management and Leadership in Construction	12	No change
BUIL1306	Research Practice 1	12	BUIL1306	Research Practice 1	12	No change
BUIL1262	Construction, Planning and Design 3	12	BUIL1262	Construction Capstone Project	12	Existing course – new title
BUIL1264	Construction Specialisation	12	BUIL1264	Construction Specialisation	12	No change
BUIL1307	Research Practice 2	12	BUIL1307	Research Practice 2	12	No change
	University elective	12		University elective	12	No change

 

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