In the following, you can see how the Architectural Technology and Construction Management study programme is structured and what the content of each semester is.
1st semester: Residential building
At the 1st semester we work with a concrete, small scale residential building project in the fields of Communication and Collaboration, Production, and Structural Design.
You will work with e.g.:
- The relationship between various construction technology issues
- Relevant communication theories and methods of communicating professional issues.
- The basic theoretical and technical disciplines of the industry
- Mathematical and building physics principles
- Basic statics, energy and installations
- Applied principles and tools for project management, documentation, and communication
- Applied principles and tools for surveying, staking out, and recording.
2nd semester: Building up to 2½ storey
At the 2nd semester, we will work with a specific construction project of up to 2½ storey in the fields if Organisation and Business Understanding, Communication and Collaboration, Production, and Structural Design.
At this semester we will build on the skills and knowledge you gained at the 2nd semester.
In addition, we will work with:
- Relevant environmental, financial, technological, and social aspects of the production process
- Applied legislation, principles and methods in business and entrepreneurship
- Basic statutory rules and contractual relations
- Production concepts and methods applied in practice
- Digital building information models
- Theories, methods and tools for financial management
3rd semester: Industry and prefabrication
We will work with structural design of industrialised components in specific construction projects in the fields of Organisation and Business Understanding, Communication and Collaboration, Production, and Structural Design.
In addition, we will work with:
- The industrial production and execution methods.
- Industrial constructions, planning, and management tools
- Understanding of technical and statistical principles
- Applied mathematical and physical calculation methods
- Principles for management of business economics
- Basic knowledge of contract law and right to compensation
- Possibilities, legal options, and organisation in connection with entrepreneurship
4th semester: Multi-storey building over 3 storeys
We will work with a specific construction project of a building over 3 storeys in the fields of Communication and Collaboration, Production and Structural Design.
In addition, we will work with:
- Complex production and construction methods
- Complex constructions, planning- and management tools, and reflection of technical installations and statistical principles in the practice of the profession
- Scientific theoretical principles in the practice of the profession
5th semester: Renovation
We will work with planning and structural design of a specific renovation project in the fields of Production and Structural Design.
In addition, we will work with:
- Complex building technology solutions based on documented analysis
- Digital design and production processes
- Complex renovation projects, taking social, environmental, and economic aspects into account
- Interdisciplinary collaboration on the planning, design, quality assurance and production of complex renovation projects
6th semester: Internship
During your internship, you will experience some of the specific tasks and projects you might work with in the construction industry after graduation. At the same time, you will become aware of the connection between theory and practice. Before the internship, you will, with your host company, formulate a written agreement with a description of the tasks assigned to you during your internship.
You are responsible for finding an internship host yourself and will be assigned to an internship counsellor from VIA, who will assist you in the process.
7th semester: Research and bachelor's project
During your 7th semester, you will work on a research report and your bachelor's project.
In your research, you must choose a topic related to the profession and demonstrate your ability to carry out relevant and thorough research and communicate results and professional value of the research.
In your bachelor's project, you must demonstrate your knowledge and ability to reflect on professional practice and application of theory and method in relation to a problem closely related to practice.
You must display that you are able to balance function, construction, and form with time and finance in a construction project. You can choose to do your bachelor's project in collaboration with a company.