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Construction Management (Top Up)

BSc (Hons)

Study mode Part time
Location Moulton
Level Level 6
Start date Sept 2025
Duration 2 years
Awarding body University of Northampton

If your ambition is to gain a senior site management role within the construction industry, our Construction Management BSc will set you on the right path.

This level 6 Top-Up course is ideal for people who want to combine employment with continued learning and professional development.

There is a shortage of suitably qualified professional at this level and graduates from the BSc (Hons) in construction management top-up programme would be well qualified to meet this need.

This course aims to provide sound knowledge, both core and applied, and skills for students aspiring for a management career in construction thus enabling them to manage projects, people and business success.

In the UK, the construction industry employs over two million people and our Construction Management course matches the needs of the industry. We will prepare you to be able to manage a construction project from inception and design through to occupation.

Learning in our state-of-the-art workshops under the guidance of our expert tutors you will gain theoretical and practical knowledge to take you learning further. Our strong industry links also provide the opportunity for site visits and guest lectures so you are exposed to exciting industry advancements.

Studying 2 years part-time, this course is designed to top up your HND/FdSc in Construction Management to an Honours degree. The course concentrates on developing your ability to evaluate the major technological and management issues facing the industry in the 21st Century.

The course offers a mix of tutorial support and in-College learning. You will be expected to attend College approximately sixteen full-day sessions over the first year; this will be a mix of examination dates as well as structured lectures. Year two of the course encourages you to build on your knowledge base in different aspects of the construction management industry.

To extend knowledge you are required to apply theory to practice-led engagement with local construction organisations.

Developing a practice-led theoretical approach provides you with active in-depth insight into your chosen specialist field.

The programme concludes with a dissertation module which allows you to focus on your chosen specialist field linking to your future progression.

For information about course fees please refer to our Fees and Financial Support pages.

Hi-Vis and Work Safety Boots are required to undertake this course. You can find a full equipment list here.

During the programme, you should experience a variety of formative and summative assessment tasks which challenge a broad range of your skills and understanding. The main types of learning through assessment are categorised below:

Practice-led – You are set a brief which asks you to demonstrate your learning through the completion of predominantly skills-based exercises. These often need to be backed up by support work through the use of journals/blogs.

Presentation – Either an individual or a group talk which is specifically structured to communicate relevant information. As well as content, the performance may be assessed (e.g. how effectively you communicated and how well a group worked together)

Project proposal – A formal account of the planning and intended scope of a project, written early in the development cycle. Also known as a ‘brief’.

Report/journal – A write-up of a project using a formal and concisely structured style or the recording of the creative journey in the form of a sketchbook or blog

Essay/dissertation – A piece of writing that explores a topic in detail, including the development of your own ideas. Written in a formal, organised style usually with a minimum and maximum word limit.

Self-assessment – An opportunity to reflect on individual performance and development – often tracked through a notebook/sketchbook log

Peer assessment – Students assessing other students – often used when undertaking summative group projects as a stimulus for thinking about own performance in relation to others. Group criticisms offer a valuable opportunity for formative responses to portfolio work.

Vlog – Either an individual or a group present a video log specifically structured to communicate relevant information. As well as content, the performance may be assessed (e.g. how effectively you communicated and how well a group worked together).

The programme is designed to develop your ability to enter into a wide range of career opportunities that are available in the domestic, industrial and commercial sectors such as Construction Managers, Project Managers, Managers of Off-Site Construction, Contracts Managers and Site Managers/Agents.

On completion of the BSc(Hons) Construction Management, opportunities to apply for chartered status and to continue studies to masters level are available.

Applicants should have completed an HND or a Foundation Degree in a related subject, normally with an overall merit profile in year two. You are expected to hold GCSE English and maths at grade 4/C or equivalent.

We welcome applicants who do not match standard entry requirements but who can demonstrate the ability to study this subject at university level, and who can evidence relevant experience.

Due to the nature of this programme, you may be invited to attend an interview. Where necessary other means of interview (i.e. telephone, web-based) can be arranged.

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