Construction Management, Commercial Construction Management Concentration, B.S.

School of Concrete and Construction Management
615-494-7658
Tom Gormley, program coordinator
Thomas.Gormley@mtsu.edu

The Construction Management major is a broad-based program designed to prepare students for positions in the construction industry. Corporate and private construction companies seek graduates to fill job positions in the field and in management. Students may select from three concentrations: Land Development/Residential Building Construction Management, Electrical Construction Management, and Commercial Construction Management. The merging of a strong technical background with the ability to lead personnel and manage systems produces a graduate who is invaluable to the construction industry.

The Commercial Construction Management concentration is designed to prepare students to assume positions of responsibility within the commercial construction industry worldwide. Students who graduate are able to secure positions as project estimators, codes inspectors, assistant project engineers, assistant superintendents or superintendents, assistant or project managers, and/or ultimately owners of construction-related companies. Students will get many hands-on opportunities for learning with the project-based program and will also be able to obtain practical experience in the industry through the internship/cooperative education requirements with companies that construct a variety of commercial structures.

Academic Map

Following is a printable, suggested four-year schedule of courses:

Construction Management, Commercial Construction Management, B.S., Academic Map

Degree Requirements

General Education (41 hours)

General Education requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences.

The following General Education courses are required for this major:

MATH 1730 (Math)
CHEM 1110/1111 or CHEM 1010/1011 (Nat Sci)
PHYS 2010/2011 or PHYS 1110 (Nat Sci)
ECON 2410 (Soc/Beh Sci) strongly recommended

Major Requirements (62 hours)

CMT 1100 - Introduction to Construction Systems 3 credit hours
CMT 3000 - Commercial Construction and Materials 3 credit hours
CMT 3160 - Cost Estimating I 3 credit hours
CMT 3320 - Architectural Computer-Aided Drafting and Design 3 credit hours
CMT 3500 - Land Surveying 3 credit hours
CMT 4000 - Soils, Foundations and Earth Moving Equipment 3 credit hours
CMT 4010 - Construction Law 3 credit hours
CMT 4100 - Mechanical and Electrical Systems 3 credit hours
CMT 4120 - Scheduling 3 credit hours
CMT 4140 - Construction Management Principles 3 credit hours
CMT 4200 - Commercial Cost Estimating and Bidding 3 credit hours
CMT 4280 - Commercial Construction Capstone 3 credit hours
CMT 3195 - Sustainable Construction 3 credit hours OR
CMT 3190 - Construction Land Development Operations 3 credit hours OR
CIM 3050 - Concrete Construction Methods 3 credit hours
ET 2310 - Computer-Assisted Drafting and Design I 3 credit hours
ET 2920 - Industrial Orientation Internship 1 to 3 credit hours (2 credit hours required)
ET 3860 - Strength of Materials 3 credit hours
ENGR 2110 - Statics 3 credit hours
ENGR 3915 - Technical Project Management and Soft Skills 3 credit hours
ENGR 3920 - Engineering Safety 3 credit hours
ENGR 3970 - Engineering Economy 3 credit hours
Elective 3 credit hours

Supporting Courses (17 hours)

MATH 1730 - Pre-Calculus 4 credit hours (3 credit hours counted in General Education, 1 credit hour remaining)
MATH 1910 - Calculus I 4 credit hours
ACTG 3000 - Survey of Accounting for General Business 3 credit hours
FIN 3000 - Principles of Financial Management 3 credit hours
BLAW 3400 - Legal Environment of Business 3 credit hours
MKT 3820 - Principles of Marketing 3 credit hours

Total hours in program: 120

Curriculum: Construction Management, Commercial Construction Management

Curricular listings include General Education requirements in Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences categories.

Freshman

ENGL 1010 - Expository Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
ENGL 1020 - Research and Argumentative Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
Humanities and/or Fine Arts 6 credit hours
Social/Behavioral Sciences (ECON 2410 recommended) 6 credit hours
MATH 1730 - Pre-Calculus 4 credit hours (Math)
MATH 1910 - Calculus I 4 credit hours
CMT 1100 - Introduction to Construction Systems 3 credit hours
ET 2310 - Computer-Assisted Drafting and Design I 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 32 Hours

Sophomore

ENGL 2020 - Themes in Literature and Culture 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) OR
ENGL 2030 - The Experience of Literature 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) OR
HUM 2610 - Foreign Literature in Translation 3 credit hours (Hum/FA)
PHYS 2010 - Non-Calculus-Based Physics I 0 credit hours (Nat Sci) AND
PHYS 2011 - Physics Problems Laboratory I 4 credit hours (Nat Sci)
OR
PHYS 1110 - Discovering Physics 4 credit hours (Nat Sci)
CHEM 1010 - Introductory General Chemistry I 4 credit hours (Nat Sci) AND
CHEM 1011 - Intro to General Chemistry I Lab 0 credit hours (Nat Sci)
OR
CHEM 1110 - General Chemistry I 4 credit hours (Nat Sci) AND
CHEM 1111 - General Chemistry I Lab 0 credit hours (Nat Sci)
ENGR 2110 - Statics 3 credit hours
ENGR 3920 - Engineering Safety 3 credit hours
CMT 3000 - Commercial Construction and Materials 3 credit hours
ET 2920 - Industrial Orientation Internship 1 to 3 credit hours (1 credit hour)
CMT 3190 - Construction Land Development Operations 3 credit hours OR
CMT 3195 - Sustainable Construction 3 credit hours OR
CIM 3050 - Concrete Construction Methods 3 credit hours
Choose 6 hours from:
HIST 2010 - Survey of United States History I 3 credit hours OR
HIST 2020 - Survey of United States History II 3 credit hours OR
HIST 2030 - Tennessee History 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Junior

CMT 3160 - Cost Estimating I 3 credit hours
CMT 3320 - Architectural Computer-Aided Drafting and Design 3 credit hours
CMT 3500 - Land Surveying 3 credit hours
CMT 4100 - Mechanical and Electrical Systems 3 credit hours
CMT 4120 - Scheduling 3 credit hours
ET 3860 - Strength of Materials 3 credit hours
ENGR 3970 - Engineering Economy 3 credit hours
MKT 3820 - Principles of Marketing 3 credit hours
BLAW 3400 - Legal Environment of Business 3 credit hours
ET 2920 - Industrial Orientation Internship 1 to 3 credit hours (1 credit hour)
COMM 2200 - Fundamentals of Communication 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 31 Hours

Senior

ACTG 3000 - Survey of Accounting for General Business 3 credit hours
CMT 4000 - Soils, Foundations and Earth Moving Equipment 3 credit hours
CMT 4010 - Construction Law 3 credit hours
CMT 4140 - Construction Management Principles 3 credit hours
CMT 4200 - Commercial Cost Estimating and Bidding 3 credit hours
CMT 4280 - Commercial Construction Capstone 3 credit hours
ENGR 3915 - Technical Project Management and Soft Skills 3 credit hours
FIN 3000 - Principles of Financial Management 3 credit hours
Elective 3 credit hours