Project Management

Gain the skills you’ll need to become a successful project manager. You'll ensure a job is done effectively, on time, on budget, and to the right quality.

Professional accreditation
Project management plays an important role in organisations across all sectors and industries, paving the way for numerous project management jobs. Accredited by the Association for Project Management (APM), this course will teach you how to work effectively with others and cultivate the range of technical skills required to deliver projects effectively.

As part of this project management degree, you’ll:

• Enhance your knowledge of the principles, roles, and techniques of project management

• Learn how to manage the people, time, and financial resources that are required to deliver successful projects in project management jobs

• Develop project management skills and competencies to become a creative, analytical problem solver

• Apply key concepts, theories, and principles to create, define, and control a project using a range of technologies and analytical tools to arrive at a solution

• Apply project management skills and analytical tools to a range of projects and project specialisms, such as planning and monitoring planned actual progress, decision making, and people management

• Learn how to use contemporary digital technologies, including project management software

• Develop the ability to communicate with stakeholders at all levels

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Your learning and development
On this project management course, you'll develop and enrich your learning through a range of opportunities, including:

• Feedback and progress assessment

• Extra-curricular seminars

• Field trips

Guest lectures
In addition, your knowledge of current challenges in the project management environment will be enhanced by insightful guest lectures from leading industry professionals.

Hands-on experience
You could choose the sandwich route, which means you’ll gain real-life practice of working within the profession through work experience.

Your practical knowledge and understanding of project management will be enhanced through our links with industry and organisations. These organisations will encourage you to apply for work placements, visit their premises, and assist on real-life projects.

Practical experiences are a vital part of the course and will enable you to apply your theoretical knowledge in the workplace. They also provide the ideal basis for your final year when you’ll focus on the professional applications of project management.

Why study the BSc (Hons) Project Management course at Leeds Beckett University?

• Fantastic placements and a sandwich year opportunity with a focus on jobs in project management

• Opportunity to network with industry professionals

• Industry experienced expert teaching team

• Hands-on project scenarios

Course Modules

Year 1 Core Modules:

• Principles of Project Management

• Project Practice

• Law in the Built Environment

• Built Environment Economics

• Management of Contemporary Projects

• Procurement Tendering & Valuation

Year 2 Core Modules:

• Risk & Value Management

• Interdisciplinary Practice (full-time only)

• Project Planning & Scheduling

• Project Methodologies

• Leading Project Teams

• Project Decision-Making

Year 3 Core Modules:

• Advanced Planning & Tracking

• Research Paper

• Inter-Professional Consultancy

• Projects & Organisation Strategy

• Major Project (Double Module)

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