Minor in Construction Management
The Minor in Construction Management requires a minimum of 15 credits of course work, consisting of a minimum of six credit hours of core courses and a minimum of nine credit hours from the list of approved emphasis area courses.
Required core courses
- CV_ENG 4500 Introduction to Construction Management
- CV_ENG 4145 Civil and Environmental Legal Issues
- *CV_ENG 4125 can also be used but only one of the two courses can be taken to satisfy the 15 credit hours requirement
Approved Emphasis Area Courses for Minor in Construction Management (as of 11/11/21)
- ARCHST 2310 Building Systems
- ARCHST 2323 Sustainable Building Design Fundamentals
- ARCHST 4320 Materials, Methods and Products
- ARCHST 4323 Sustainable Technologies & Systems
- ARCHST 4333 Compliance and Specifications
- ARCHST 4815 Construction Documents and BIM
- CV_ENG 3313 Structural Steel Design
- CV_ENG 3312 Reinforced Concrete
- CV_ENG 4104 Pavements and Materials
- CV_ENG 4105 Asphalt Materials and Mixture Design
- CV_ENG 4120 Airport Engineering
- CV_ENG 4155 Transportation Geography
- CV_ENG 4190 Infrastructure Project Development
- CV_ENG 4130 Transportation Safety
- CV_ENG 4125 Transportation Engineering Legal Issues
- CV_ENG 4145 Civil & Environmental Engineering Legal Issues
- CV_ENG 4185 Location Analysis/Site Selection
- CV_ENG 4250 Environmental Regulatory Compliance
- CV_ENG 4286 Environmental Sustainability
- CV_ENG 4300 Advanced Structural Steel Design
- CV_ENG 4302 Prestressed/Advanced Reinforced Concrete
- CV_ENG 4330 Structural System Design
- CV_ENG 4360 Bridge Engineering
- CV_ENG 4404 Earthquake Engineering
- CV_ENG 4410 Foundation Engineering
- CV_ENG 4412 Applied Geotechnical Engineering
Up to two courses can be selected from the list below, but it is not required.
- ACCT 2026 Principles of Accounting
- FINANC 1000 Principles of Finance
- FINANC 3000 Corporate Finance
- FINANC 4010 Financial Management
- FINANC 4500 Principles of Real Estate
- FINANC 4630 Introduction to Risk Management and Insurance
- ECONOM 1014 Principles of Microeconomics
- ECONOM 1015 Principles of Macroeconomics
- ECONOM 3229 Money, Banking and Financial Markets
- ECONOM 4351 Intermediate Microeconomics
- ECONOM 4355 Industrial Organization and Competitive Strategy
- MANGMT 3000 Principles of Management
- MANGMT 4030 Organizational Behavior
- MANGMT 4060 Project Management Fundamentals
- MANGMT 4350 Leadership Development
- MANGMT 4970 Strategic Management
- LAW 1100 Cases and Controversies in American Law (Gen Ed SS)
- ABM 4301-02 / AAE 7301-02 (Agricultural and Applied Economics): Topics: Economics of Public Utilities
Graduate Certificate in Construction Management
The Graduate Certificate in Construction Management prepares students and professionals to succeed in the construction industry. The construction industry builds the basic infrastructure necessary to sustain modern cities and communities. The successful delivery of such infrastructure requires skillful project managers to navigate the various steps of the project delivery process. Certificate holders will acquire experience in various aspects of construction management such as planning, environmental compliance, design, right-of-way acquisition, estimation, resource management, financing and scheduling.
Requirements
The 12-credit hour Graduate Certificate in Construction Management is offered as part of a graduate program or as a stand-alone certificate. CV_ENG 7500, Introduction to Construction Management, is required. The following is a partial list of course offerings which can be used to complete the certificate program. Other classes could also be used as part of the certificate upon approval.
- AAE 7301 Topics: Economics of Public Utilities (3)
- ARCHST 7323 Sustainable Technologies and Systems (3)
- ARCHST 7325 Energy-Efficient Building Design (3)
- ACCTCY 8320* Accounting for Managers (3)
- CV ENG 7106 Construction Contracting
- CV ENG 7106 Intelligent Transportation Systems (3)
- CV ENG 7120 Airport Engineering (3)
- CV ENG 7125^ Transportation Legal Issues (3)
- CV ENG 7130 Transportation Safety (3)
- CV ENG 7145^ Civil Engineering Legal Issues (3)
- CV ENG 7500# Introduction to Construction Management (3)
- CV ENG 8150 Transportation Networks (3)
- CV ENG 8107 Transportation Safety Modeling (3)
- FINANC 8220* Economics for Managers (1-3)
- FINANC 8110* Managerial Finance I (1-3)
- MANGMT 8390* Organizational Behavior and Management: Dyadic, Group and Organizational Processes (1.5)
- MANGMT 8960* Introduction to Strategic Management (1.5)
- MANGMT 8510 Project Management (1-3)
^ Required core course. Can be waived if the student completed an equivalent undergraduate course, such as CV ENG 4500 Introduction to Construction Management; however, 12 total credits are still required
* Business courses are limited to a total of 6 credit hours
# Only one of the two legal issues courses can be taken to satisfy the 12 credit hours requirement