Bachelor of Project Management

The Bachelor of Project Management is taught by an experienced team of industry professionals and research-informed educators using weekly interactive classes held over two years (six semesters) full time.

Nations around the world have experienced a global pandemic and are trying to rebuild their economies with extra government stimulus. This process, which is expected to take many years, creates a once-in-a-generation opportunity for talented project and program managers to help their communities by successfully delivering innovative solutions for life in the ‘new normal’. Pre-pandemic, project management jobs were already abundant and well-paid. Post-pandemic, jobs are forecast to grow even more across all industry sectors and regions. 

This program enables you to manage projects and programs (or aligned groups of projects) within a portfolio and make decisions that lead to successful financial, social, ethical, and environmental outcomes. We adopt a hands-on approach using authentic case studies and evidence-based research. You can apply your new capabilities to any type of project in any industry sector. Our main objective is to teach you how to ‘make things happen’. This is the primary purpose of project management. 
Projects are vehicles of change and project managers are change agents. Whether you lead change related to initiatives for product creation, service provision or systems development, project managers set out to deliver outcomes that are on schedule, within budget, as specified and with no surprises. This is achieved through a mix of technical, tactical, and strategic decisions that maximise value and minimise unnecessary effort.

Key features

• A direct career pathway from high school to professional certification as a project manager available through Bond, the first and only university in Queensland to provide this option.
• Program endorsed by the Australian Institute of Project Management (AIPM) and structured around the international management standard PMBOK® Guide, the international standard for project management.
• Graduate with the skills to measure project success and be an effective decision-maker, capable of delivering projects on time, within budget, as specified, and with no surprises.
• Optionally articulate to our Master of Project Innovation
• Choose electives based on your career ambitions or that interest you from across the university.

About this program

• The Bachelor of Project Management concerns projectised decision-making applicable to a wide range of different industry sectors. It builds on three foundation semesters comprising business acumen, project framework, process analysis and core skill development before three further practice semesters comprising technical, tactical, and strategic decision-making. The program includes comprehensive coverage of project schedule, cost, resource, scope, quality, procurement, communications, risk, and stakeholder management, two elective choices and concludes with a capstone subject on project integration management. There is an organisational change focus in the curriculum’s design. The program’s curriculum is purposely built around the PMBOK® Guide, which is the international standard for the project management discipline.

Year 1

• In your first year, you will focus on business acumen, project framework, process analysis and core skills development to cement the foundations of project management and university core subjects in critical thinking, team dynamics and ethical behaviour.

Year 2

• In the second year, you will practice hands-on decision-making related to authentic case studies exploring technical (schedules, budgets, resources), tactical (scope, quality, procurement), and strategic (communications, risk, stakeholders) problems, culminating in a capstone subject on project integration management.

Further your learning

• Put your project management skills to the test through Bond’s unique Transformer program where you can work on real-life projects of your own and help bring them to life while working with mentors and students from different disciplines across the University.

Program features

• Gain transferable skills-Project management is a global profession. Now more than ever, project managers are necessary in almost every sector of business from construction, property and information technology to government, healthcare, and mining sectors to name a few.
• Fundamental expertise-Learn how to make decisions that lead to progressive project outcomes that are balanced and maximise benefits to a wide variety of stakeholders.
• Learn by global standards-The program’s curriculum is purposely built around international standards, hybrid ways of working, and the latest research across the project management discipline, placing you at the cutting edge of professional practice.
• Adapt in a changing world-Upon completion of the Bachelor of Project Management you will have the skills required to keep up with trends, lead a team and problem solve in today’s digital era. Optionally, articulate to our unique Master of Project Innovation to learn more about transformation and adaptive forms of change management.

Inherent requirements

• Inherent requirements are the essential abilities, knowledge and skills required to successfully complete the program. Learn more about the inherent requirements and make an informed decision about your capacity to undertake the program.

What can you do with your degree?

• Project management is a global profession, with over one million certified practitioners in PMI alone. More than ever, project managers are necessary in almost every sector of business. With specialist skills in problem-solving, team leadership, change management, stakeholder communication and risk management, you could find work in the government, community or private sectors in industries including but not limited to sectors like construction, business, engineering, manufacturing, mining, healthcare, property development, information technology, and disaster management.

Project manager

• Manage project scope, schedules, budgets, resources, risks, procurement, communications, stakeholder relations, and project integration management to deliver successful projects. Seek (2021) projects 6.1 per cent job growth in the next 5 years with median salary of between $120k and $200k.

Portfolio manager

• The portfolio manager works closely with the firm’s Project Management Office (PMO) – meeting regularly with the manager of the PMO and assisting with governance of firm’s overall project portfolio. The Portfolio Manager interacts with firm administration and leadership to identify potential projects that best align with the strategic priorities of the firm. Portfolio Manager roles in Australia were typically advertised between $110k and $180k over the last 3 months according to Seek (2021).

Program manager

• Responsible for planning, governance and overseeing the successful delivery of projects. The program manager normally has practical experience of having been a project manager for large and complex initiatives. Projected 10 per cent job growth in the next 5 years and median salary of between $110 and$150k according to Seek (2021).

Program learning outcomes

• Program Learning Outcomes provide a broad and measurable set of standards that incorporate a range of knowledge, skills and abilities that will be achieved on completion of the program. These outcomes will help you determine whether this program aligns with your professional pathway, career and learning goals.

View Bachelor of Project Management learning outcomes

• Identify corporate structures and corresponding management strategies that support effective project governance, ethical behaviour and sustainability
• Apply an understanding of the legal principles for torts, contracts and consumer protection that underpin the delivery of lawful project activities
• Practice evidence-based financial planning and control of projects using profit and loss statements, balance sheets and cash flows
• Acquire an overview of the project management discipline, professional formation, and the role of projectised decision-making in modern organisations
• Work in teams to prepare a project management plan with particular reference to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide)
• Evaluate the impact of organisational change arising from the introduction of digital work practices and better information management
• Articulate the importance of mitigating the adverse impacts of process decisions on the environment, finite natural resources and energy security
• Investigate the benefits of business process management systems, flowcharting, performance analytics and process re-engineering
• Analyse competitive advantage resulting from implementation of process change through open innovation and creative design thinking
• Explore the personal characteristics that define a capable individual based on critical thinking and communication skill development
• Explore the personal characteristics that define a global citizen based on ethical thought and action skill development
• Demonstrate competence in schedule management tools and techniques for technical decision-making across all phases of the project life cycle
• Demonstrate competence in cost management tools and techniques for technical decision-making across all phases of the project life cycle
• Demonstrate competence in resource management tools and techniques for technical decision-making across all phases of the project life cycle
• Demonstrate competence in scope management tools and techniques for tactical decision-making across all phases of the project life cycle
• Demonstrate competence in quality management tools and techniques for tactical decision-making across all phases of the project life cycle
• Demonstrate competence in procurement management tools and techniques for tactical decision-making across all phases of the project life cycle
• Demonstrate competence in communications management tools and techniques for strategic decision-making across all phases of the project life cycle
• Demonstrate competence in risk management tools and techniques for strategic decision-making across all phases of the project life cycle
• Demonstrate competence in stakeholder management tools and techniques for strategic decision-making across all phases of the project life cycle
• Demonstrate competence in integration management via the ability to successfully realise an organisational project, program or event
• Broaden and explore particular areas of professional interest allied to being a capable individual, an effective collaborator and/or a global citizen

Core Curriculum
Students must complete three (3) subjects plus the Beyond Bond Program.

• CORE11-011: Critical Thinking and Communication (10CP)
• CORE11-012: Responsibility, Integrity and Civic Discourse (10CP)
• CORE11-013: Collaboration for Global Change (10CP)

Beyond Bond Program

• To keep up with the ever-changing work landscape, we aim to help our students future-proof their careers by developing broader employability skills that are actively sought out by employers. Unique to our University, Beyond Bond is a compulsory professional development program with a practical, activity-based approach that is integrated into all undergraduate degrees.

Required Subjects
Students must complete the following one hundred and ninety credit points (190CP) of subjects.

• ACCT11-100: Accounting Principles (10CP)
• BUSN12-200: Responsible and Sustainable Organisations (10CP)
• DIXN11-200: Building Digital Literacy and Fluency (10CP)
• LAWS10-210: Enterprise Law (10CP)
• SSUD11-102: Sustainable Development and Society (10CP)
• SSUD12-103: Managing Projects Sustainably (10CP)
• SSUD12-108: Professional Practice and Standards (10CP)
• SSUD12-109: Socialising Process Change (10CP)
• SSUD12-110: Project Schedule Management (10CP)
• SSUD12-111: Project Cost Management (10CP)
• SSUD12-112: Project Resource Management (10CP)
• SSUD12-113: Project Scope Management (10CP)
• SSUD12-114: Project Quality Management (10CP)
• SSUD12-115: Project Procurement Management (10CP)
• SSUD12-116: Project Communications Management (10CP)
• SSUD12-117: Project Risk Management (10CP)
• SSUD12-118: Project Stakeholder Management (10CP)
• SSUD12-119: Project Integration Management (10CP)
• SSUD12-120: Process Reengineering (10CP)

General Electives
Students must choose twenty credit points (20CP) of general electives.

• University Undergraduate Electives

Study plan

• Take the guess work out of planning your study schedule. Your program's study plan has been carefully curated to provide a clear guide on the sequential subjects to be studied in each semester of your program. Your study plan is designed around connected subject themes to equip you with the fundamental knowledge required as you progress through your course.