MSc/PgDip/PgCert Project Management in Construction

Full-time study is delivered by a variety of learning and teaching methods. Lectures introduce new material and provide the core knowledge base for each module. Tutorials offer the opportunity for discussion and debate with personalised instruction from tutors. Project work is an important aspect of the course enabling you to initiate and control research or other techniques to develop solutions to prescribed tasks. Throughout the course expert guest lecturers in various fields are invited to deliver lectures.

Distance Learning uses an internet based learning environment, backed up by intensive tutor support. Weekly online tutorials are led by tutors with student interaction. Our online repository of learning material enables you to undertake self directed study at your own convenience. Learning is driven by real-world problems aligned to your workplace and job role.

Assessment

You will be assessed through written coursework (100%) and continuous informal assessment by your tutors

*Certain modules for full-time students have a small amount of assessment through presentations.

Staff Profile

Dr Chaminda Pathirage
Course Director: MSc Project Management in Construction

Chaminda is the course director for MSc Project Management in Construction at the University of Salford. He also lectures at both undergraduate and postgraduate level in the fields of construction management and financial management. Chaminda has worked in several RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) funded research projects on knowledge management and facilities management, and has developed his specific research interest in exploring the role of knowledge management in the project management context.

He is a graduate member of the Institute of Quantity Surveyors of Sri Lanka (IQSSL), a probationer member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and a student member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).

Chaminda’s research interests include:

• Knowledge management
• Human resource management
• Disaster management
• Project Management

For more information visit:
http://www.seek.salford.ac.uk/profiles/C.P.PATHIRAGE.jsp