This program prepares students for the construction industry with positions in scheduling, estimating, sales & marketing, assistant project management, assistant field superintendents, and project engineers. The program includes comprehensive study in contract documents, construction materials & methods, scheduling, and estimating for residential and light commercial building. Graduates can be employed with construction contractors, engineering/architectural firms, building material suppliers, public building agencies, or they can transfer into university programs in construction management.
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This degree program contains one or more embedded certificates which will be automatically awarded when the certificate requirements are completed. If you do not want to receive the embedded certificate(s), please notify the Office of the Registrar at RegistrarOffice@tri-c.edu.
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Program Admission Requirements
Program Learning Outcomes
This program is designed to prepare students to demonstrate the following learning outcomes:
- Recognize purpose for building information modeling within building design.
- Monitoring project work for compliance with contract documents.
- Perform basic surveying tasks including layout of vertical and horizontal alignments, comprehend the underlying mathematical principles and apply the information obtained.
- Interpret the intent of plans and specifications as they relate to the various aspects of the construction project from the perspective of the owner, design professional, construction manager, and contractor and have the associated computer proficiencies.
- Apply the principles of project management process, innovation and technology to effectively identify characteristics of project delivery systems, perform contract document tasks, and implement project processes for successful project completion.
- Using critical path method to organize project requirements into logical inter-related groupings that represent consensus of project stakeholders to develop a management tool that communicates project status using industry standard technology.
- Apply sound estimating and cost management principles, using industry standard computer technology to develop and maintain an organized management tool that effectively projects and communicates the projects financial status.
- Use critical thinking skills to anticipate, identify, respond to, and resolve problems.
- Use verbal and written skills with technological tools to clearly and effectively communicate, using appropriate protocols to project stakeholders.
Suggested Semester Sequence
| First Semester | Credit Hours | |
|---|---|---|
| CNST-1281 | Construction Engineering Orientation | 3 |
| CNST-1290 | Construction Print Reading | 2 |
| MATH-1530 | College Algebra (or higher) 1 | 4 |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| College Composition I | ||
| Honors College Composition I | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Computer Applications 2 | ||
| Honors Computer Applications | ||
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| CNST-1410 | Architectural CAD I | 3 |
| CNST-1750 | Construction Safety | 3 |
| CNST-2131 | Construction Methods and Materials | 3 |
| MATH-1540 | Trigonometry (or higher) | 3 |
| PHYS-1210 | College Physics I 3 | 4 |
| Credit Hours | 16 | |
| Summer Session | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Technical Writing | ||
| College Composition II | ||
| Credit Hours | 3 | |
| Third Semester | ||
| CNST-2201 | Introduction to Building Information Modeling | 3 |
| CNST-2210 | Mechanical and Electrical Systems | 3 |
| CNST-2990 | Construction Estimating & Cost Analysis | 3 |
| CNST/MET-XXXX | CNST or MET Elective (See recommended list below) | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Technical Statics | ||
| Statics 4 | ||
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Fourth Semester | ||
| CNST-2330 | Construction Scheduling | 3 |
| CNST-xxxx | CNST Elective (See recommended list below) | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Strength of Materials | ||
| Engineering Strength of Materials 4 | ||
| Arts and Humanities/Social and Behavioral Sciences requirement | 3 | |
| Select one of the following: | 3-4 | |
| Applied Accounting | ||
| Financial Accounting ((See Recommended List Below)) | ||
| Fundamentals of Engineering Economics 4 | ||
| Credit Hours | 15-16 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 64-65 | |
- 1
MATH-1580 Precalculus or MATH-1610 Calculus I will be accepted in place of both MATH-1530 College Algebra and MATH-1540 Trigonometry but an additional 2 credit hours of general electives may be needed to meet degree requirements.
- 2
MET-2550 Engineering Analysis Using MATLAB or IT-2670 C/C++ Programming Language will be accepted in place of IT-1090 Computer Applications to meet this requirement. Recommended for students planning on transferring for Civil/Construction Engineering.
- 3
PHYS-2310 General Physics I will be accepted in place of PHYS-1210 College Physics I. Recommended for students planning on transferring for Civil/Construction Engineering.
- 4
Recommended for students planning on transferring Civil/Construction Engineering.
Recommended Electives
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Construction Management Transfer | ||
| CNST-2110 | Basic Survey Practices | 3 |
| CNST-1510 | Green Building & Sustainability I | 3 |
| ACCT-1311 | Financial Accounting | 3 |
| Civil/Construction Engineering Transfer | ||
| CNST-2110 | Basic Survey Practices | 3 |
| MET-2430 | Engineering Probability and Statistics | 3 |
| Advanced Construction Management/Utility Management | ||
| CNST-1740 | Fundamentals of Geographic Information Science | 3 |
| CNST-2631 | Construction Management Systems | 3 |
| CNST-2510 | Introduction to Asset Management | 3 |
| CNST-1770 | Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response | 2 |
| Construction Materials Tester/Construction Inspector | ||
| CNST-1670 | Highway Inspection | 2 |
| CNST-2140 | Advanced Material Testing & Inspection | 2 |
| Surveying | ||
| CNST-1740 | Fundamentals of Geographic Information Science | 3 |
| CNST-2110 | Basic Survey Practices | 3 |
| CNST-2535 | Legal Principles in Surveying | 3 |
| CNST-2500 | Construction Surveying | 3 |
| CNST-2540 | Ohio Lands | 2 |
| CNST-2570 | Geodetic Surveying | 3 |
MATH-1140, MATH-1141, MATH-1200, MATH-1270, and MATH-1280 can no longer count towards fulfilling the college-level mathematics requirement. These courses were re-classified as developmental mathematics by the state of Ohio in 2016. Tri-C established a 5-year transitioning window for students who had completed these courses prior to 2016 to apply them towards meeting graduation requirements, which expired in Summer 2021. It is highly recommended to see a counselor to determine the appropriate math required for your current major.