Graduate Diploma of Construction Management

The Graduate Diploma of Construction Management forms the second stage in a four-stage nested program consisting of:

Graduate Certificate in Construction Management (GC-CMGT) Graduate Diploma of Construction Management (GD-CMGT) Master of Construction Management (MA-CMGT) Master of Construction and Infrastructure Management (MA-CIMGT) The construction industry has always required efficient technical and financial project administrators, and this need is even greater in today's financial climate.

Projects must run efficiently on all fronts, and managers must be able to plan, execute and supervise jobs with professional skill in areas where each new technological advance creates a need for new techniques, methods and equipment.

The main aim of this program is to prepare graduates for future roles in managing people, equipment, materials, technological processes and funds in the construction, building and maintenance of buildings and assets in the civil infrastructure.

This aim is facilitated by the study of advanced management and engineering techniques in the fields of construction, building and maintenance.

• Graduate Certificate in Construction Management (GC-CMGT)
• Graduate Diploma of Construction Management (GD-CMGT)
• Master of Construction Management (MA-CMGT)
• Master of Construction and Infrastructure Management (MA-CIMGT)

The construction industry has always required efficient technical and financial project administrators, and this need is even greater in today's financial climate. Projects must run efficiently on all fronts, and managers must be able to plan, execute and supervise jobs with professional skill in areas where each new technological advance creates a need for new techniques, methods and equipment.

The main aim of this program is to prepare graduates for future roles in managing people, equipment, materials, technological processes and funds in the construction, building and maintenance of buildings and assets in the civil infrastructure. This aim is facilitated by the study of advanced management and engineering techniques in the fields of construction, building and maintenance.

• 3 Foundation units (37.5 credit points)
• 3 Technical units (37.5 credit points)
• 2 Elective units (25 credit points), selected from Elective, Technical or Foundation unit lists

Units of study

Complete three units (37.5 credit points):

CSM80001 Project Costing CSM80003 Construction Law CSM80006 Engineering Project Management CSM80007 Construction Site Operations RSK80004 Introduction to Risk and Due Diligence

Complete three units (37.5 credit points):

CSM80002 Environmental Sustainability in Construction CSM80004 International Construction CSM80005 Engineering Project Control CSM80008 Location-based Management for Construction CSM80009 Procurement and Risk Management in Projects MME80001 Resource Planning and Management

Choose two units (25 credit points):

CVE80010 Principles of Sustainability MME80003 Maintenance Management of Engineering Assets RSK80003 Risk Perception and Analysis RSK80006 Risk Management

Onshore international students can undertake no more than 25% of their course by online or distance education and may not study exclusively online/distance in any compulsory study period in accordance with government regulation.

The admission requirements for Graduate Diploma of Construction Management consist of :

• A Bachelor qualification in one of the following allied fields: Engineering (Civil); Building; Architecture; Quantity Surveying; Construction Management; Real Estate; other cognate engineering/technology disciplines assessed to be appropriate, or
• A qualification deemed to be equivalent (in the opinion of the selection officer) to any of the above.

At completion of Graduate Diploma of Construction Management course, graduates will be able to:

• Providing career orientated education
• Developing links with industry and knowledge transfer
• Undertaking research which is applied and relevant to the needs of industry
• Developing lifelong learning skills
• Establishing international links including opportunities for collaboration with Swinburne’s other campuses