Program Code:120103    Duration：4 years 

Educational Objectives:

To meet the needs of future construction talents, compound talents with social responsibility, professional ethics, international vision and humanistic feelings, the knowledge of law, technology, economy and management of civil engineering, basic training of scientific research, comprehensive ability to discover, analyze and solve engineering problems, and innovative spirit and lifelong learning consciousness should be cultivated. After graduation, graduates can not only continue to improve professional degree, but also engage in the whole life cycle activities in the field of civil engineering, including education and scientific research. Graduates can reach the level of civil engineer or builder qualification about five years after graduation and become the backbone and leader in the field of civil engineering management. 

Objective 1: [Foundations] Training students to contain the technology, management, economic, legal and other basic knowledge related to the construction, project management and real estate development, getting the basic training of the engineers, mastering the methods and means of the modern management science, especially emphasizing on BIM/VR and other advanced information technology proficiency.

Objective 2: [Professional Knowledge] Training students to creatively use the methods and means of the construction management theory to solve practical engineering problems.

Objective 3: [Teamwork/Leadership] Training the capabilities of the communication and collaboration of students in the team, and thus students are able to have the skills of the leadership in construction management.

Objective 4: [Engineered Systems] Enable students to recognize that the construction plays an important role in the national economy development, only to master a solid theoretical foundation, broad expertise, strong ability of the engineering practice and innovation in order to better engaging the works of complex high-level project management of the decision making, the planning and management in the whole process of construction projects.

Objective 5: [Societal Impact] Training students to contain the professional knowledge and ability having both first-class levels, but also with the operating mechanism of the international construction management standards.

Objective 6: [Global Awareness] Training students to have a more international perspective, to maintain a clear awareness, competitive and responsible to exercise of their duties in a globalizing environment.

Objective 7: [Lifelong Learning] The graduates can engage the complex high-level work of the construction management in the decision-making, planning and management of the whole process of project management in the medium-sized construction companies, general contracting business, real estate development companies, international economic cooperation companies, engineering consulting and assessment company, the construction units, design companies, construction supervision companies, banks, government construction departments, research and educational institutions, investment and finance units and other units, but also engage the work in civil engineering design and construction, and have the capacity of life-long learning.

Student Outcomes:

№1. Engineering Knowledge: Master the knowledge of construction engineering, project management and real estate development and management and the relative basic knowledge of technology, management, economics, law, professional principles, modern management science theory and methods. Have the ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, engineering fundamentals and engineering specialization to the solution of complex engineering problems.

№2. problem Analysis: An ability to identify, formulate and analyze civil engineering technique and management problems, reaching to substantiated conclusions using basic principles of mathematics, natural science, engineering science and social science.

№3. Design / Development Solutions: An ability to design solutions for complex construction engineering techniques and management problems and innovatively design systems, components or process that meet specific needs with societal, public health, safety, legal, cultural and environmental considerations.

№4. Research: An ability to conduct investigations of complex civil or other engineering problems based on scientific theories and adopt scientific methods including design of survey, experiments, analysis and interpretation of data and synthesis of information to provide valid conclusions.

№5. Applying Modern Tools: An ability to create, select and apply appropriate techniques, resources, and modern civil engineering and IT tools, including prediction and modelling, to complex civil or other engineering activities, with an understanding of the limitations.

№6. Engineering and Society: An ability to apply to reason informed by the contextual knowledge to assess societal, health, safety, legal and cultural issues and the consequent responsibilities relevant to professional engineering practice.

№7. Environment and Sustainable Development: An ability to understand and evaluate the impact of professional engineering solutions in environmental and societal contexts and demonstrate knowledge of and need for sustainable development.

№8. Professional Standards: An understanding of human science and social responsibility, being able to understand and abide by professional ethics and standards responsibly in engineering practice.

№9. Individual and Teams: An ability to function effectively as an individual, and as a member or leader in diverse teams and in multidisciplinary settings.

№10. Communication: An ability to communicate effectively on complex engineering problems with the engineering community and with society at large, such as being able to comprehend and write effective reports and design documentation, make effective presentations, give and receive clear instructions, and communicate in cross-cultural contexts with international perspective.

№11. Project Management: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of engineering management principles and methods of economic decision-making, to function in multidisciplinary environments.

№12. Lifelong Learning: Recognition of the need for, and ability to engage in independent and life-long learning with the ability to learn continuously and adapt to new developments; recognition of optimistic attitude towards challenges and setbacks, and ability to deal with crises and challenges. 

Program Profile：

Since September 2010, the first batch of undergraduate admission, construction management professional has three undergraduate graduates, while graduate students have been recruited since 1978. Founded in April 2013, the Department of Construction Management, formerly known as the Construction Technology Teaching and Research Section in the Department of Civil Engineering of South China Institute of Technology, dating back to 1953), has formed a complete education system that confers the degree of bachelor, master and doctoral. Most of the academic staff hold doctoral degrees, and many academic staffs have nationally registered supervision engineers, constructors, project cost engineers, investment consulting engineers and other professional qualifications. The department attaches great importance to scientific research and teaching work by conducting student practice, scientific research and engineering practice in laboratories including Building Life Cycle Management Virtual Simulation (BIM) Center, and in a cooperative enterprise. The department also pays attention to academic exchanges, by inviting experts all over the world to lecture and supporting exchange programs for students.

Specialty Features:

Including the platform course of civil engineering technology, economy, management and law of the four categories of professional training, this major strengthens BIM and other advanced information technology practice, use workshop and inquiry-based teaching model, emphasizes the training of engineering management informatization talents, attaches importance to practice, innovation and internationalization.

Degree Conferred: Bachelor of Engineering

Core Courses: Civil Construction, Project Management, Engineering Economy, Contract management, Construction and Real Estate Laws and Regulations, IT Technology of Project Management. 

Elective courses for other colleges: real estate development and management, construction and real estate laws, construction supervision 

Featured Courses:

Special Topics: Seminars in construction management, IT Technology of Project Management, RealEstate, Construction Project Planning, Analytic Basics for Engineering Management and Real Estate

Research-based Courses: Design of Various Courses, Development & Management, Construction Project Planning

Courses Taught in English: Principles of Management, Real Estate Valuation, Project Management of Civil Engineering

MOOC: Foundations of Computer

Frontier Courses: Seminars in Civil Engineering and Engineering Management

Interdisciplinary Courses: No less than 2 credits, AI, big data, cloud computing

Cooperative Courses with Enterprises: Seminars in ConstructionManagement, Cognition Practice, Construction Practice, Graduation Practice, Graduation Design Course

Innovation Practice: Workshop of Construction Management-IV, StructuralModel Analysis & Experiments, IT Technology of Project Management, Integrated Project of Construction Management

Entrepreneurship Courses: Entrepreneurship Education Report

1. Registration Form of Curriculum Credits

1.1 Credits Registration Form

1.2 Category Registration Form

2. Course Schedule

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3. Practice-concentrated Training

4.“Second Classroom” Activities

“Second Classroom” Activities are comprised of two parts, Humanities Quality Education and Innovative Ability Cultivation.

1) Basic Requirements of Humanities Quality Education

Besides gaining course credits listed in one’s subject teaching curriculum, a student is required to participate in extracurricular activities of Humanities Quality Education based on one’s interest, acquiring no less than two credits.

2) Basic Requirements of Innovative Ability Cultivation

Besides gaining course credits listed in one’s subject teaching curriculum, a student is required to participate in any one of the following activities: National Undergraduate Training Programs for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Guangdong Undergraduate Training Programs for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Student Research Program (SRP), One-hundred-steps Innovative Program, or any other extracurricular activities of Innovative Ability Cultivation that last a certain period of time (e.g. subject contests, academic lectures), acquiring no less than four credits.