Modules
Year 1
Creation and Management of a Company (EEM511)
- Provides students with the knowledge and skills needed to create, manage, develop and lead a construction company. Module content includes: legal; tax and social; banking; management; commercial.
Logistics, Waste Pollution and Processing of Building Sites (EEM512)
- Provides students with a precise analysis of pollution and waste arising from building sites, treatment options and opportunities to add value to waste. The impact of logistics on a building site is explored in relation to environment and financial performance and opportunities to optimise performance.
Financial Management of Construction Operations (EEM513)
- Enables students to evaluate the direct and indirect costs of a building site, to prepare and analyse a financial strategy for construction operations and provides the skills to analyse and take corrective action against unsatisfactory financial performance, ensuring commercial competitiveness for an organisation.
Environmental Management (EEM500)
- Provides students with a series of practical management tools with which environmental issues can be managed, within both the public and private sector. Students are enabled to examine the policy, legal and ethical framework in which projects operate and to develop the necessary skills to manage diverse teams in a sustainable manner.
Innovation in Design (EEM516)
- This project module focuses on the theory and practice of identifying and implementing innovation of products and systems in organisations. It provides an opportunity for students to critically reflect on analytical, design, planning and evaluation tools that have been included in the programme and to apply these to the design and construction processes of a project that requires innovation and mimics the real-world feasibility design stage of a Civil and Environmental Engineering project. The outline designs created in this module will be developed in Module EEM502.
Project Research Methods and Management (SCN421)
- This module provides the student with the theoretical underpinning required to pursue a detailed investigation of a research topic of choice. It explores the qualitative and quantitative research methodologies and the range of statistical analysis techniques used in conducting research, as well as the development of project management skills.
MSc Work Based Project/Dissertation (EEM517)
- Provides students with the opportunity to undertake an in-depth investigation in a relevant area of interest within an applied context in industry, consolidating theory and examining practice and providing a basis for the writing of a substantial dissertation.
