Faculty of Engineering

School of Project Management

Bachelor of Project Management (Construction major (Table A)) (2022)


Note: This course version applies only to students first enrolling in 2022.
WARNING: This course version is currently under review and is subject to change.


1. Overview

Course: Bachelor of Project Management (Construction major (Table A)) (2022)
CP Required: 144
Min FT Duration: 3.00 Years
Min PT Duration: N/A
Faculty/School: School of Project Management
Years Offered: 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019

2. Requirements

Summary

To qualify for the award of the pass degree, a candidate must successfully complete 144 credit points, including:

(a) 84 credit points of degree core units and

(b) A major (48 credit points) from Table A or Table S;

(c) Optionally, a Table A minor (36 credit points), noting that specified core units may be cross counted in Table A minors; and

(d) additional electives from Table A as may be necessary to gain credit to complete the requirements of the degree

Faculty Resolutions

Details of relevant Faculty resolutions are available via the university handbook site at: http://sydney.edu.au/handbooks/

3. Semesters

Year 0 - Planning your degree

Type CP CP From

Note: From 2024, ENGGXXXX units will be re-coded to PMGT.

Students in the Bachelor of Project Management are required to complete a major, and may select from Built Environment, Construction, or a Table S major.

Please choose your major carefully, as changing this later on will result in a degree overload and extending your enrolment.

Year 1 - Semester 1

Type CP CP From
6 Select from CIVL1900: Introduction to Civil Engineering
6 Select from ENGG1860: Project Initiation & Scope
6 Select from ENGG1863: Effective Project Communication
6 Select from ENGG1850: Introduction to Project Management

Year 1 - Semester 2

Type CP CP From
6 Select from CIVL1810: Engineering Construction and Surveying
6 Select from PMGT1711: Systems Thinking in Projects
6 Select from PMGT1852: Facilitation and Stakeholder Engagement
6 Select from ENGG1865: Project Time, Cost and Resources

Year 2 - Semester 1

Type CP CP From
6 Select from Unit Block:
BPM Electives
6 Select from PMGT2711: Critical Thinking for Projects
6 Select from ENGG2851: Project Analytics
6 Select from ENGG2855: Project Acceptance

Year 2 - Semester 2

Type CP CP From
6 Select from CIVL2812: Project Appraisal
6 Select from PMGT2822: Reframing Projects
6 Select from PMGT2821: Project Conflict Management
6 Select from PMGT2854: Executing Projects

Year 3 - Semester 1

Type CP CP From
6 Select from PMGT3850: Project Management Capstone Project A
6 Select from Unit Block:
BPM Electives
6 Select from Unit Block:
BPM Electives
6 Select from PMGT3858: Adapting to Project Context

Note: Capstone Project A and Project B

PMGT3850 and PMGT3851 are a year-long project that must be split over two semesters (PMGT3850 in Semester 1 before PMGT3851 in Semester 2).

Mid-year commencing students who began their degree in Semester 2 (July-August) should take PMGT3850 in the second semester of their second year (which will be Semester 1) and take PMGT3851 in the first semester of their third year (which will be Semester 2).

Year 3 - Semester 2

Type CP CP From
6 Select from CIVL3811: Engineering Design and Construction
6 Select from PMGT3623: Scheduling
6 Select from ENGG3854: Legal Aspects of Projects
6 Select from PMGT3851: Project Management Capstone Project B

4. Pathways

No streams/majors defined for this course version.

5. Unit Blocks

Block 1 - BPM Core (Min CP: 84,Max CP: 84)

Unit Code Unit Name CP Sessions Offered
ENGG1850 Introduction to Project Management 6 Semester 1
ENGG1860 Project Initiation & Scope 6 Semester 1
ENGG1863 Effective Project Communication 6 Semester 1
ENGG1865 Project Time, Cost and Resources 6 Semester 2
ENGG2851 Project Analytics 6 Semester 1
ENGG2855 Project Acceptance 6 Semester 1
ENGG3854 Legal Aspects of Projects 6 Semester 1
Semester 2
PMGT1711 Systems Thinking in Projects 6 Semester 2
PMGT1852 Facilitation and Stakeholder Engagement 6 Semester 2
PMGT2711 Critical Thinking for Projects 6 Semester 1
PMGT2821 Project Conflict Management 6 Semester 2
PMGT2822 Reframing Projects 6 Semester 2
PMGT2854 Executing Projects 6 Semester 2
PMGT3858 Adapting to Project Context 6 Semester 1

Note: In 2024, ENGG units will be re-coded to PMGT.

Block 2 - BPM Electives (Min CP: 18,Max CP: 18)

Unit Code Unit Name CP Sessions Offered
ENGG2850 Project Cost and Finance 6 Semester 1
PMGT2800 Project Placement A 6 Semester 1
PMGT2801 Project Placement B 6 Semester 2
PMGT3611 Projects in Controlled Environment 6 Int June
PMGT3612 Agile Project Management 6 Int July
PMGT3623 Scheduling 6 Semester 2
PMGT3624 Change & Transformation 6 Semester 2
PMGT3856 Sustainability and Knowledge Management 6 Semester 1
PMGT3857 International Project Management 6 Semester 2

Note: In 2024, ENGG units will be re-coded to PMGT.

Block 3 - Construction Major (Min CP: 42,Max CP: 48)

Unit Code Unit Name CP Sessions Offered
CIVL1810 Engineering Construction and Surveying 6 Semester 2
CIVL1900 Introduction to Civil Engineering 6 Semester 1
CIVL2812 Project Appraisal 6 Semester 2
CIVL3811 Engineering Design and Construction 6 Semester 2
ENGG2855 Project Acceptance 6 Semester 1
PMGT3623 Scheduling 6 Semester 2
PMGT3850 Project Management Capstone Project A 6 Semester 1
PMGT3851 Project Management Capstone Project B 6 Semester 2

Note: ENGG2855 taken from core but counting towards Construction Major, requires completion of an extra 6cp of BPM Electives