Bachelor of Construction Management

Bachelor of Construction Management

The training programme is practical orientated.  Field work and studio based projects will form the major mode of training. Construction Management will from the beginning be understood as a tool for converting the intentions of the designer into a materialised continuum perceptible via the senses.  For this reason the imparting of purely theoretical knowledge will be kept to the absolute minimum required for understanding building construction whereas structural solutions will primarily be elaborated from the practical point of view.  In order to demonstrate to the students the form-creating function of the technical components during the process of design, great value will be attached to practical attitudes and a direct convection between design and construction.

Admission Requirements
A candidate wishing to be admitted to the Bachelor of Science in Construction Management in the Department of Construction Management must satisfy the minimum entrance requirements of the University and the School of Architecture and Building Sciences.

(a)    The candidate must have passed K.C.S.E. or equivalent examination, and must have subject cluster given below:

ALTERNATIVE A

English/Kiswahili
Mathematics
Physics
Geography or Building
Construction or Drawing
Design or Economics or Commerce or Accounting

ALTERNATIVE B

English/Kiswahili
Mathematics
Physical Science
Geography or Building
and Design or Economics or Construction or Drawing and
Commerce or Accounting

The mean grade of the cluster must be at least grade B-.

(b)    A holder of a Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology Diploma (or equivalent qualification) in relevant discipline, with credit or distinction  may be considered.

Course Distribution
Year 1

SEMESTER I

• HRD 2101 COMMUNICATION SKILLS
• ABA 2102 PHYSICS
• ABA 2103 CHEMISTRY SMA 2170 ALGEBRA
• ABA 2104 PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
• ABA 2105 ARCHITECTURAL COMMUNICATION I

SEMESTER II

• HRD 2102 DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
• SMA 2171 GEOMETRY
• ABC 2107 INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS
• ECE 2131 SOIL MECHANICS
• ABC 2109 MATERIAL SCIENCE I
• ABA 2111 ARCHITECTURAL COMMUNICATION II
• ABC 2112 PRACTICAL ATTACHMENT I 8 Weeks, External

Year 2

SEMESTER I

• SMA 2172 CALCULUS
• ECE 2232 LEVELLING & SURVEYING
• ABA 2305 BUILDING TECHNOLOGY I
• ABC 2204 BUILDING SCIENCE
• ABC 2205 MATERIAL SCIENCE II
• SMA 2174 INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER SCIENCE
• ABC 2207 TECHNICAL DRAWING

SEMESTER II

• ABA 2311 BUILDING TECHNOLOGY II
• ABC 2209 CONSTRUCTION MEASUREMENT I
• ABA 2207 STRUCTURES I
• ABC 2211 COSTING I
• ABC 2212 CONSTRUCTION PLANT & EQUIPMENT
• ABC 2213 HISTORY OF CONSTRUCTION
• ABC 2214 BUILDING DESIGN STUDIO
• ABC 2215 PRACTICAL ATTACHMENT 8 Weeks, External

Year 3

SEMESTER I:

• ABC 2301 COSTING II
• ABA 2302 STRUCTURES II
• ABC 2303 BUILDING SERVICES
• ABC 2304 CONSTRUCTION MEASUREMENT II
• ABA 2507 ENTERPRENEURSHIP
• ABA 2408 BUILDING TECHNOLOGY IV
• ABC 2307 INTEGRATED DESIGN STUDIO I

SEMESTER II

• ABC 2308 STRUCTURES III
• ABC 2309 BUILDING TECHNOLOGY III
• ABC 2310 COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN
• ABC 2311 CIVIL ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION
• ABC 2312 CONSTRUCTION WORKSHOP TECHNOLOGY I
• SMA 2272 STATISTICS
• ABC 2313 INTEGRATED DESIGN STUDIO II
• ABC 2314 PRACTICAL ATTACHMENT 8 Weeks, External

Year 4

SEMESTER 1

• ABC 2401 PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
• ABC 2402 STRUCTURES IV
• ABC 2403 CONSTRUCTION MEASUREMENT III
• ABC 2404 CONSTRUCTION WORKSHOP TECHNOLOGY II
• ABC 2405 CONSTRUCTION AND LAW I
• ABC 2406 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
• ABC 2407 INTEGRATED DESIGN STUDIO III

SEMESTER II

• ABC 2408 FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
• ABC 2409 CONSTRUCTION AND LAW II
• ABC 2410 SERVICES WORKSHOP TECHNOLOGY
• ABC 2411 CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT I ABC 2412 CONSTRUCTION ECONOMICS
• ABC 2413 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY II
• ABC 2414 INTEGRATED DESIGN STUDIO IV

Year 5

SEMESTER I

• ABC 2501 RESEARCH THESIS
• ABC 2502 PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
• ABC 2503 CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT II
• ABC 2504 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

SEMESTER II

• ABC 2505 THESIS PROJECT