Changes to Programme Regulations and Programme Specifications for 2004/2005

 

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1.     Name of Department and Departmental contact

      Civil and Building Engineering, Dr Patricia Carrillo

2.     Programme Title and Award

        MSc in Construction Project Management

 

3.     Please tick any of the following which apply.  At least one box should be ticked.

        X      The status of one or more modules will change from compulsory to optional

        X      The status of one or more modules will change from optional to compulsory

        X      The module choice available to students will be reduced

            The semester(s) in which modules are taught will change

            In one or more Parts of the programme, the proposal is to withdraw optional modules with a total weight

                 of 30 or more

            Progression or degree qualification rules will change

            The addition of distance learning/ partial DL provision

            First submission of Programme Specification

            Changes only to Programme Specification

            Any other changes

        Do you consider these changes to be  X  Major     Minor

        The above changes should be outlined in Section 5 below

4.     Reasons for the proposal: its purpose and relevance; how it will maintain or enhance the quality of teaching and learning; implications for existing programmes and modules

        The changes are needed to create a greater distinction between this programme and the sister programme (MSc in Construction Management).  The programme’s contents have been reviewed with input from two major Project Management companies to update its contents and thereby provide key skills required by a modern Project Manager.

 

5.     Outline of new/amended content: what elements are new, what is changing

        The changes are two fold: (1) the introduction of modules to provide expertise in key Construction Project Management subjects; and (2) providing a core of compulsory modules accounting for 140 credits with the remaining 40 credits selected from a possible 130 credits.

 

6.     If the revised Regulations apply to existing students, state the implications for students currently on placement/ leave of absence and resit students.

        The changes will affect current part-time students.  These are in the minority.  At present .. such students.  Each case will be examine din detail by the Programme Tutor and recommendations made as to the closest match for the remaining compulsory modules required for the programme.   In reality only one previously compulsory module has been withdrawn, the remaining compulsory modules have been re-packaged and are thus available for selection.

 

7.     Staffing implications - adequacy of existing departmental resources; net increase/reduction in staff teaching effort or demands on support staff

      The Director of Postgraduate Studies has been involved in producing these proposed changes.  These were then taken to the Head of Department who has agreed to the changes and appointed Internal Examiners for the new modules.

8.     Financial implications - anticipated effect on departmental income and expenditure

        These changes are considered to have a positive impact in terms of delivering a product better suited to the needs of industry.  In addition, it removes the teaching bought-in from another department and places it within the department.

 

9.     Additional Library requirements                                                                      

        Library consulted       Yes

                                X    N/A  This is fundamentally the introduction of 2 completely new modules and the re-packaging of existing modules

 

10.   Additional Computing Support required                                       Computing Services Consulted      Yes 

            Network/Software (please elaborate):

            Lab space (please elaborate):                                                                                                    X   N/A

 

11.       Other resource implications, e.g. -; lecture room, lab and other space requirements; equipment, materials; timetabling constraints (block-teaching for example); any special residential requirements

Space requirements is considered to be a key issue.  At the moments the students on the MSc Construction Project Management programme are always taught jointly with the MSc in Construction Management students.  The revised programme will require additional small classrooms from the pool room stock.

 

 

12.   Implications for other departments, both providing and receiving

The proposal will include the withdrawal of a module from the Business School

 

13.   Any other relevant information

 

 

 

Attached are:

 

Draft Programme Regulations for 2004/05 (with any Distance Learning
modules identified)                                                                                            r

Programme Regulations for 2003/04 annotated with proposed changes                                                                  r

Draft Programme Specification for 2004/05                                                                                                       r

Programme Specification for 2003/04, annotated with proposed changes                                                                r

Consultation Forms, as appropriate                                                                                                 r

 

Approval Route

 

 

Head of Department/Chair of Department’s Learning and Teaching Committee

Signature                                                                                                        

Date                                                   

 

Associate Dean (Teaching) Decisions (tick as appropriate)

 

     AD(T) approves

 

     Proposal raises strategic issues

 

     Proposal requires referral to Chair of CSC


AD(T) comments:

Associate Dean (Teaching) Signature                                                          

 

Date sent to Jennie Elliott                                                                             

(please attach all papers) 

 

 

Chair of CSC Signature                                                                                 

 

Date                                                                  

 

 

Actioned by Jennie Elliott and notified back to Department on                  

 

Date                                                                  

 

 

[March 2003]

Annual Update of Programme Regulations and Programme Specifications for 2003/2004

 

 

 

NOTES

 

 

1)         Summary of consultation requirements. 

 

             I  Consult other academic departments if there are any implications for their teaching duties or for their own programmes.

 

             II  Consult Computing Services and/or Pilkington Library if there are any implications for their resources.

 

             III Consult Careers Service if there is likely to be any effect upon student employability.

 

             IV  Consult Learning and Teaching Development, or the Faculty of Engineering DL Co-ordinator for Engineering departments, when a proposal involves new or innovative delivery methods (including Distance Learning)

 

2)          The form for consultations is on the next page.

 

3)          If consultation is required then completed consultation forms should accompany this proposal.

 

4)          The Head of Department or Chair of the department’s Learning and Teaching Committee (or equivalent) should sign the proposal form.

 

5)          The AD(T) should be sent the proposal form + the proposed Programme Regulations and Specifications + the previous Programme Regulations and Specifications annotated to show changes + any Consultation Forms.  This page of notes may be discarded.

 

6)          Further details of the annual approval process for Programme Regulations and Programme Specifications were circulated by Jennie Elliott on 12 March 2003.

 

7)          Jennie Elliott is Secretary to Curriculum Sub-Committee and responsible for the proper functioning of the approval process.  Help and advice are available from her (ext 2236, email to j.e.elliott@lboro).

 

 

 

[March 2003]

 

 

LEARNING AND TEACHING COMMITTEE

 

CURRICULUM SUB-COMMITTEE

 

Proposals for revisions to Programme Regulations - consultation

 

 

Consultation must take place when proposals to amend programmes are likely to have a significant impact upon other academic departments or upon Computing Services or the Pilkington Library or the Careers Service.

 

Consultation with Learning and Teaching Development, or the Faculty of Engineering DL

Co-ordinator for Engineering departments, should be undertaken when a proposal involves new or innovative delivery methods (including distance learning).

 

PLEASE allow the above Departments and Support Services adequate time to read your proposal and complete this form.

 

This pro forma is intended to provide details of the consultations that have taken place and must accompany the relevant  proposals. The originating department should complete (1), (2) and (3), and request the Head of each Department or Support Service consulted to complete the comment section below.

 

 

 

(1)....... SUBJECT OF PROPOSALS:  Withdrawal of BSP001 Financial Management and Reporting module

 

(2)....... ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT:  Department of Civil and Building Engineering

 

(3)....... DEPARTMENT CONSULTED ABOUT THE PROPOSALS:  Business School

 

The Head of the Department consulted should sign below to confirm that adequate consultation has taken place.   (This will not be taken to imply that agreement has necessarily been reached.)

 

 

 

 

ASPECTS ON WHICH THE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN CONSULTED:

 

Withdrawal of the BSP001 module from the Programme Regulations for students on the MSc Construction Project Management and Construction Management programmes.  Major restructuring of these programmes means that this module no longer fits with the intended learning outcomes of the programmes.

 

 

ANY COMMENTS BY THE HEAD OF DEPARTMENT CONSULTED:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURE OF HEAD OF DEPARTMENT:                                                                                                                         

 

                                                                                    DATE:                                                                                                        

 

 

 

[June 2003]

1130

04/05

 

LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY

 

Regulations for the Postgraduate Degree Programme in

Construction Project Management

(Full-Time)

 

These Regulations refer to the conduct of this Programme in the Session 2004-2005 but are subject to change from time to time.  Notice of change will be given in subsequent editions of these Regulations.  Students should enquire as to the up-to-date position when they need to know this.

 

These Regulations are to be read in conjunction with the General Regulations for Modular Postgraduate Awards (GRMPA) and the Assessment Regulations for Modular Postgraduate Awards.

 

1.         Structure

 

1.1               The Programme is the responsibility of the Department of Civil and Building Engineering and leads to the award of MSc, a Loughborough University Postgraduate Diploma (LPD), or a Loughborough University Postgraduate Certificate (LPC).

 

1.2               The Programme may be taken on a full-time basis only.  Registration on the Programme will normally be at the start of either Semester 1 or Semester 2.

 

1.3               The Programme comprises study for a minimum of 1 year and a maximum of 5 years.

 

1.4               The Programme comprises study for a minimum of two semesters, devoted to taught modules with a total weighting of 120 credits and the Postgraduate Research Project (CVP009) with a module weighting of 60.  Submission of the Postgraduate Research project is mid September, as advised by the Programme Tutor.

 

 

2.         Content

 

            NOTE   (1)        Not all non-compulsory modules will be available in each academic year.

 

2.1        Semester 1 (15 week modules)

 

Compulsory Modules

 

Code

Module Title

Modular Weight

CVP030

Project Management and Procurement

10

CVP031

Sustainable Projects

10

CVP008

Research and Communication

10

 

 

 

One week Block

CVP053                                                                                                     Lean Construction     10

 

Option Modules (Choose 2)

 

CVP001

Management of Information Systems for Construction

10

CVP003

Common Law of Obligations

10

CVP012

Information Technology Applications

10

CVP013

Construction Technology

10

CVP042

Estimating and Planning

10

 

 

 

 

2.3               Semester 2 (1 week blocks)

Compulsory Modules

 

Code

Module Title

Modular Weight

CVP010

Management of the Design Process

10

CVP032

Teamwork and Leadership

10

CVP033

Cost and Value Management

10

CVP044

Strategic Management in Construction

10

 

Option Modules (Choose 2)

 

CVP004

Law for Construction Project Managers

10

CVP005

Construction Innovation and Site Strategy

10

CVP006

Off-Highway Plant

10

CVP048

E-Construction

10

CVP054

Construction Procurement: Law and Practice

10

 

2.4               Semester 2 and Summer Period

 

Compulsory Module

 

CVP009

Postgraduate Research Project

60

 

 

3.         Assessment

 

3.1        Each module will be assessed and credit awarded in accordance with the levels of achievement specified in GRMPA.

 

3.2               Provision will be made in accordance with the GRMPA for candidates who have the right of re-examination to be reassessed in the University's Special Assessment Period.

 

3.3               Students registered on a module by the end of the initial registration period are to undergo assessment in all the various components of that module’s assessment.  The overall mark obtained for that module will then be submitted to the Module Board as the student’s first attempt.

 

3.4               Where an alternative module is taken as a re-assessment, this is to be done with tuition and with the permission of the Programme Tutor.

 

1130

04/05

 

LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY

 

Regulations for the Postgraduate Degree Programme in

Construction Project Management

(Part-Time)

 

These Regulations refer to the conduct of this Programme in the Session 2004-2005 but are subject to change from time to time.  Notice of change will be given in subsequent editions of these Regulations.  Students should enquire as to the up-to-date position when they need to know this.

 

These Regulations are to be read in conjunction with the General Regulations for Modular Postgraduate Awards (GRMPA) and the Assessment Regulations for Modular Postgraduate Awards.

 

1.         Structure

 

1.5               The Programme is the responsibility of the Department of Civil and Building Engineering and leads to the award of MSc, a Loughborough University Postgraduate Diploma (LPD), or a Loughborough University Postgraduate Certificate (LPC).

 

1.6               The Programme may be taken on a part-time basis only.  Registration on the Programme will normally be at the start of either Semester 1 or Semester 2.

 

1.7               The Programme comprises study for a minimum of 2 years and a maximum of 5 years.

 

1.8               The Programme comprises study for a minimum of two semesters, devoted to taught modules with a total weighting of 120 credits and the Postgraduate Research Project (CVP009) with a module weighting of 60.  Submission of the Postgraduate Research project is mid September, as advised by the Programme Tutor.

 

 

2.         Content

 

            NOTE   (1)        Not all non-compulsory modules will be available in each academic year.

 

2.1        Semester 1 (15 week modules)

 

Compulsory Modules

 

Code

Module Title

Modular Weight

CVP030

Project Management and Procurement

10

CVP031

Sustainable Projects

10

CVP008

Research and Communication

10

 

One week Block

CVP053                                                                        Lean Construction          10

 

Option Modules (Choose 2)

 

CVP001

Management of Information Systems for Construction

10

CVP003

Common Law of Obligations

10

CVP012

Information Technology Applications

10

CVP013

Construction Technology

10

CVP034

Management and Professional Development 1

10

CVP035

Management and Professional Development 2

10

CVP042

Estimating and Planning

10

 

2.5               Semester 2 (1 week blocks)

 

Compulsory Modules

 

Code

Module Title

Modular Weight

CVP010

Management of the Design Process

10

CVP032

Teamwork and Leadership

10

CVP033

Cost and Value Management

10

CVP044

Strategic Management in Construction

10

 

Option Modules (Choose 2)

 

CVP004

Law for Construction Project Managers

10

CVP005

Construction Innovation and Site Strategy

10

CVP006

Off-Highway Plant

10

CVP048

E-Construction

10

CVP054

Construction Procurement: Law and Practice

10

 

2.6               Semester 2 and Summer Period

 

Compulsory Module

 

CVP009

Postgraduate Research Project

60

 

 

3.         Assessment

 

3.1       Each module will be assessed and credit awarded in accordance with the levels of achievement specified in GRMPA.

 

3.5               Provision will be made in accordance with the GRMPA for candidates who have the right of re-examination to be reassessed in the University's Special Assessment Period.

 

3.6               Students registered on a module by the end of the initial registration period are to undergo assessment in all the various components of that module’s assessment.  The overall mark obtained for that module will then be submitted to the Module Board as the student’s first attempt.

 

3.7               Where an alternative module is taken as a re-assessment, this is to be done with tuition and with the permission of the Programme Tutor.