Master of Construction Management

2025 Deakin University Handbook

Year	2025 course information
Award granted	Master of Construction Management
Deakin course code	S791
Faculty	Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment
Campus	*This course is an exit option only
Online	No
Duration	1.5 years full-time or part-time equivalent
Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) recognition	The award conferred upon completion is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework at Level 9
* The course is available at Waterfront (Geelong) campus to those who have completed a Graduate Diploma of Construction Management and are seeking to upskill, or as an early exit option from the Master of Construction Management (Professional).

Course sub-headings

Course overview

The Master of Construction Management can only be completed as an exit option from the Master of Construction Management (Professional). This course provides you with specialised skills related to the theoretical, evaluative and research frameworks that underpin the construction professions. You will work in a multi-disciplinary context to explore topics at the forefront of the built environment industry.

Expand your knowledge of managing projects and work practices while gaining an introduction to research in the construction industry. You will develop a comprehensive understanding across a variety of roles relevant to quantity surveying and construction management.

Indicative student workload

You can expect to participate in a range of teaching activities each week. This could include lectures, seminars, site visits and online interaction. You can refer to the individual unit details in the course structure for more information. You will also need to study and complete assessment tasks in your own time.

Professional recognition

The course is professionally accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and the Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (AIQS).

Career opportunities

You will be equipped with the skills to succeed in areas such as quantity surveying and construction management-ranging from positions in construction companies to roles in quantity surveying, project management and construction consultancy. In addition, you will also be eligible for relevant positions in the property development arms of government departments and commercial companies such as banks, retailers and manufacturers.

Graduates who wish to do so will be able to pursue their careers overseas in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and North America.

Participation requirements

Reasonable adjustments to participation and other course requirements will be made for students with a disability. More information available at Disability support services.

Mandatory student checks

Any unit which contains work integrated learning, a community placement or interaction with the community may require a police check, Working with Children Check or other check.

Course Learning Outcomes

Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes	Course Learning Outcomes
Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities	Apply an integrated specialised and evidence-based scholarly knowledge of ever-changing construction industry practices in order to improve construction economics and construction life cycle management. Develop and demonstrate a complex body of knowledge of construction management and practices, cost planning and control, legal and risk management in order to manage construction companies and projects.
Communication	Communicate clearly, professionally and responsibly with specialist and non-specialist audiences in a variety of contexts using oral, written, graphical and interpersonal skills to inform, negotiate, lead and motivate a project team. Engage with a variety of participants and contributing influences including legal, economic and environmental impacts in construction projects to mediate, negotiate and collaboratively resolve issues and conflicts.
Digital literacy	Apply knowledge of relevant technical tools and methodologies to locate, collect, analyse and synthesise complex information from a variety of sources to prepare cost benefit plans and legal, risk and environment implication analyses for construction projects. Use digital technologies, including information systems to evaluate and assess modelling and scenario building.
Critical thinking	Use expert reasoning and analysis skills, drawing on knowledge and information from a range of professional or scholarly sources to reflect on, analyse and synthesise complex legal, economic and environmental influences and impacts for collaboratively and independently planning and making decisions in construction.
Problem solving	Apply specialized technical skills and judgment to identify potential legal, environmental and economic risks and problems and recommend appropriate solutions for effective risk management in construction. Demonstrate autonomy and well-developed judgement to independently and collaborative generate strategies and solutions to manage construction projects at various stages including planning, implementing, construction and evaluation of the built environment.
Self-management	Apply critical reflection and use frameworks of self and peer evaluation to develop independent judgment, adaptability and responsibility for expert professional practice and / or scholarship.
Teamwork	Apply interpersonal skills to interact, contribute, collaborate and develop leadership skills through teamwork activities, and enhance project potential through shared individual and collective knowledge and creative capacity to optimise complex problem resolution.
Global citizenship	Engage ethically and professionally when working in a variety of construction management situations through concern for legal, economic, environmental and social risks both nationally and globally.

Approved by Faculty Board 27 June 2019

Course rules

To complete the Master of Construction Management, students must pass 12 credit points and meet the following course rules to be eligible to graduate:

DAI001 Academic Integrity and Respect at Deakin (0-credit-point compulsory unit)
SRA710 Safety Induction Program (0-credit-point compulsory unit)
STP710 Career Tools for Employability (0-credit-point compulsory unit)
10 credit points of core units
2 credit points of level 7 open electives units.

Students are required to meet the University's academic progress and conduct requirements. See the enrolment codes and terminology to help make sense of the University’s vocabulary.

Course structure

Core

Year 1 - Trimester 1

DAI001

Academic Integrity and Respect at Deakin (0 credit points)

SRA710

Safety Induction Program (0 credit points)

SRM776

Introduction to Construction Management ~

SRQ780

Strategic Construction Procurement

SRQ774

Construction Measurement and Estimating

SRM751

Principles of Building Information Modelling

Year 1 - Trimester 2

SRT757

Building Systems and Environment

SRQ762

Cost Planning

SRQ764

Building Project Evaluation

Plus 1 Level 7 open elective (one credit point)

Year 2 - Trimester 1

SRQ763

Project Risk Management

SRM777

Construction Management Practice

SRR720

Construction Research Frontiers

Plus 1 level 7 open elective (one credit point)

~ Completion of STP710 Career Tools for Employability (0-credit point compulsory unit) as a co-requisite

Work experience

You may have the opportunity to complete a Work Integrated Learning experience.

Course duration

Course duration may be affected by delays in completing course requirements, such as failing of units or accessing or completing placements.

Further information

Student Central can help you with course planning, choosing the right units and explaining course rules and requirements.

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Research and research-related study

Research within the discipline is introduced to students through the completion of SRR720 Construction Research Frontiers.

In SRR720 Construction Research Frontiers students are provided with an introduction to research methodology that is specifically suited to research for current issues in the construction industry. By the end of the unit students will have a critical understanding of appropriate research methodology and have developed a research proposal for progression to SRR721 Construction Research Project should the student continue on to S792 Master of Construction Management (Professional).

Fees and charges

Fees and charges vary depending on the type of fee place you hold, your course, your commencement year, the units you choose to study, and their study discipline or your study load.

Tuition fees increase at the beginning of each calendar year and all fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD). Tuition fees do not include textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment or costs such as mandatory checks, travel and stationery.

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