Program Description
Today’s construction professionals face a highly competitive global engineering and construction environment that requires a fundamental understanding of management, technology, and finance, as well as business and legal principles. Talented managers know how to avoid costly delays, how to maximize existing budgets, and how to control a project’s scope, among other valuable skills. Our program helps you acquire that expertise and prepares you to be a leader in the construction industry.
The program educational objectives (PEO) of the Master of Science in Construction Management are for you to learn management and leadership practices, how to apply innovative organizational, technological, planning, and financial tools to construction projects and programs, and the importance of effective communication with all construction industry players.
Admissions
To gain admission to this program, you must hold a bachelor’s degree in a relevant field from an accredited undergraduate institution. You should also have a minimum undergraduate grade-point average of 3.00, although this requirement can be waived if you have sufficient professional experience in construction management. Related undergraduate backgrounds include engineering, mathematics, science, business, management, and the liberal arts. All candidates are expected to have sufficient background in college-level mathematics to allow for successful completion of the program. This requirement will be evaluated by a Construction Management Program Director. Students whose academic and professional backgrounds are deemed to be deficient may be required to complete additional undergraduate courses as a pre- or co-requisite to admission.
Program Requirements
The program requires the completion of 30 credits, comprised of the following:
Course List
Course |
Title |
Credits |
| 15 |
| SELECTED TOPICS IN CONSTRUCTION I | |
| SELECTED TOPICS IN CONSTRUCTION II | |
| Construction Modeling Techniques | |
| Project Management for Construction | |
| Construction Cost Estimating | |
| Contracts and Specifications | |
| Risk Analysis | |
| Construction Operations Analysis | |
| Information Systems in Project Management | |
| Engineering for Construction I: Methods and Technologies | |
| Engineering for Construction II: Design | |
| Marketing for Construction Management and Engineering Services | |
| Construction Site Safety | |
| CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULING | |
| BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING PROJECT CONTROLS | |
| CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE | |
| Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Its Applications in AEC/FM | |
| Managing and Leading in the 21st Century | |
| Construction and the Law | |
| How to Succeed in Construction | |
| Infrastructure Financing: Structuring of a Deal | |
| Employer Focused Residency | |
| Capital Program Management / Program Development | |
| Dispute Avoidance and Resolution | |
| Construction Management and Planning | |
| Infrastructure Planning for Public Works | |
| ROBOT PERCEPTION | |
1 | 6 |
| 6 |
| |
| |
| Principles of Professional Practice I: Ethics and Principles of Professional Practice II: Management and Principles of Professional Practice III: Leadership | |
| |
| |
2 | 3 |
| LEADERSHIP, ETHICS AND PROJECT EXECUTION | |
| MS PROJECT IN CIVIL & URBAN ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT | |
| |
Total Credits | 30 |
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the program, graduates will:
- Learn management and leadership practices.
- Learn how to apply innovative organizational, technological, planning, and financial tools to construction projects and programs.
- Learn the importance of effective communication with all construction industry players.
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Departmental Residency Requirement
At least 21 credits must be taken from courses offered by the Civil and Urban Engineering Department. These include courses with subject code CE-GY, TR-GY, or ROB-GY 6203 ROBOT PERCEPTION. Students may also apply one of the following courses to the Departmental Residency Requirement: IE-GY 6203 Project Planning and Control (Project Management), MG-GY 6013 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR, or MG-GY 8203 PROJECT MANAGEMENT.
Students will typically meet the Departmental Residency Requirement in the following manner:
- Major Requirement Course 1
- Major Requirement Course 2
- Major Requirement Course 3
- Major Requirement Course 4
- Major Requirement Course 5
- Capstone Course
- Any CE-GY course (including an additional Major Requirement Course), TR-GY course, IE-GY 6203 Project Planning and Control (Project Management), MG-GY 6013 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR, or MG-GY 8203 PROJECT MANAGEMENT.
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