Project management is primarily concerned with the coordination and management of projects or events from inception to completion. Project managers have good administrative, time management and teamwork skills and excellent people management skills. Growing demand from industry for project management skills led to the development of this program, which is grounded in residential, commercial and industrial construction for civil, environmental and government projects. This focus on the construction industry is complemented by the study of project management principles and how these principles can be applied to domains such as event management, design and IT projects. The high profile, high-risk aspect of project management demands multi-tasking, analytical thinking, excellent communication skills and superior organisational abilities. Although challenging, project management is also extremely rewarding, especially when your project is completed on time and under budget. This program is complemented by further study at Master level.

Roles descriptions available to graduates may include: costing and scheduling projects in industries such as engineering, architecture, manufacturing, education, real estate, finance, government and IT project managing a major event developing and releasing a new product implementing new standards or practices into organisations developing new technologies. Careers project manager project scheduler assistant project scheduler project administrator assistant project administrator contract administrator project estimator.