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Corporate Management

Informal specialisationYear: 2023

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Overview

THERE IS NO FURTHER ENTRY INTO THIS SPECIALISTION
THE COURSE STRUCTURE BELOW ONLY APPLIES TO RE-ENROLLING STUDENTS WHO COMMENCED THEIR STUDIES PRIOR TO 2016

The specialisation in corporate management is conceived to give students the ability to analyse and understand the relationship between companies, industry and markets in construction, so as to allow them to assume strategic roles in the corporate structures active in it.

Intended learning outcomes

  • Understand the operations of firms within the construction production process;
  • Analyse management issues relating to contemporary businesses within the construction industry;
  • Evaluate the influence of economics, government policy and regulations, labour, technology and innovation on the construction industry.

Last updated: 30 January 2024

Structure

All students must take:

  • 112.5 points of core specialisation subjects, including the following capstone subjects: ABPL90207 Corporate Construction Management and ABPL90308 Experiences in Industry.
  • 50 points of specialisation electives
  • 37.5 points of multidisciplinary electives which may include any of the following:
  1. Additional specialisation electives.
  2. Any Melbourne School of Design subject(s) provided preprequisites are met.
  3. Any University of Melbourne graduate subject(s) provided prerequisites are met and written approval is obtained from both the faculty through which the subject is offered and the course coordinator. Such approval must be provided to the Environments and Design Student Centre before teaching commences.

Students should choose specialisation and multidisciplinary electives in consultation with the course coordinator.

Subject Options

Corporate Management specialisation subjects

Core specialisation subjects

Students are required to successfully complete all of the following subjects (112.5 points) in order to obtain the Corporate Management specialisation in the Master of Construction Management.

Code Name Study period Credit Points
ABPL90309 Supply Chains in Construction
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ABPL90327 Procurement Methods
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ABPL90329 Construction Policy No longer available
LAWS70469 Construction Law
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ABPL90308 Experiences in Industry No longer available
ABPL90207 Corporate Construction Management Not available in 2023 12.5
ABPL90332 Labour in Construction Not available in 2023 12.5
ABPL90310 Construction Industry and Environment Not available in 2023 12.5
ABPL90330 Economics of Building
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

Elective specialisation subjects

Students are required to successfully complete at least 50 points from the following subjects in order to obtain the Corporate Management specialisation in the Master of Construction Management.

Code Name Study period Credit Points
ABPL90035 Risk in Construction
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ABPL90295 Construction Regulations and Control
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ABPL90129 Advanced Cost Management
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ABPL90030 Project Evaluation
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ABPL90334 Means and Methods in Construction
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ABPL90010 Advanced Construction Technology
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ABPL90331 ICT in Building
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ABPL90370 Design Management
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ABPL90277 Humanitarian Construction Not available in 2023 12.5
ABPL90326 Technological Innovation Not available in 2023 12.5
ABPL90325 Prefabrication in Building Not available in 2023 12.5
ABPL90333 Specialist Contracting No longer available

Multidisciplinary electives

Student complete 37.5 points of multidisciplinary electives which may include any of the following:

  • Additional specialisation electives.
  • Melbourne School of Design graduate subjects provided prerequisites are met.
  • Any University of Melbourne graduate subject provided prerequisites are met and written approval from the home faculty plus the Master of Construction Management course coordinator is submitted to the Environments and Design Student Centre.

Click below for a list of Melbourne School of Design Multidisciplinary elective subjects

Code Name Study period Credit Points
Multidisciplinary elective subject list No longer available

Links

http://msd.unimelb.edu.au/master-construction-management

Last updated: 30 January 2024