Project Management and Professional Practice (CIVL3520)
Information valid for Semester 2, 2025
Course level
Undergraduate
Faculty
Engineering, Architecture & Information Technology
School
Civil Engineering School
Units
2
Duration
One Semester
Attendance mode
In Person
Class hours
Lecture 2 Hours/ Week
Tutorial 1 Hour/ Week
Information technology session 1 Hour/ Week
Incompatible
CIVL4520 and CIVL3510 and ENGG4900 and ENGG4901 and ENGG4902
Prerequisite
First and second year compulsory courses for the BE(Hons) Civil specialisation or BE(Hons)/ME Civil field of study.
Assessment methods
IT Exercises, Presentations, Reports, Final Examination, Peer Assessment
Course enquiries
Doctor SangHyung Ahn (Semester 2, St Lucia, In person)
Work Integrated Learning
Work Simulations
Current course offerings
Course offerings | Location | Mode | Course Profile |
Semester 2, 2025 (28/07/2025 - 22/11/2025) | St Lucia | In Person | Profile unavailable |
Please Note: Course profiles marked as not available may still be in development.
Course description
The ability to successfully manage engineering projects within a professional engineering environment is essential for modern engineers to effect change and implement design solutions. This course will enable you to use the principles of project management such as work planning and control, scheduling, critical path analysis, team communication and leadership to implement engineering solutions in a civil engineering context. You will be able to identify barriers to technology uptake and work towards overcoming these through practical knowledge of engineering economics, engineering law, engineering ethics, and the nature of engineering businesses. Students will learn how to undertake and interpret cost-benefit analyses, develop the skills required to understand business decision-making and economic drivers relevant to engineering and investigate key concepts required for ethical professional practice within contemporary quality and safety management systems. Students will engage in workshops and project-based content and assessment which will lead the student through the issues encountered in professional civil engineering practice.
Archived offerings
Course offerings | Location | Mode | Course Profile |
Semester 2, 2024 (22/07/2024 - 18/11/2024) | St Lucia | In Person | Course Profile |
Semester 2, 2023 (24/07/2023 - 18/11/2023) | St Lucia | In Person | Course Profile |