Oct 04, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Construction Management, Land Development/Residential Building Construction Management, B.S.


Concrete and Construction Management  
615-494-8737
Duane Vanhook
Duane.Vanhook@mtsu.edu

www.mtsu.edu/ccm

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 two concentrations: Land Development/Residential Building 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 Land Development/Residential Building Construction Management concentration offers preparation for a variety of construction-related positions. The concentration is accredited by the Association of Technology, Management, and Applied Engineering (ATMAE). As students progress, they are expected to develop creativity and the communication skills necessary to meet the challenges of industry. Students engage in a variety of activities to build a strong background in the field, including lectures by industry members, field trips, and hands-on activities in the classroom and in the field. The program is designed to prepare graduates for supervisory or staff positions in a variety of construction-related businesses (land development, construction firms, wholesalers of construction materials, construction material manufacturing, lumberyards, etc.) Employment opportunities for graduates include general supervision, project management, human relations, sales and marketing, production and inventory control, quality control, estimating, scheduling, and land development.

Academic Map


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

Construction Management, Land Development/Residential Building Construction Management, B.S., Academic Map   

Degree Requirements


True Blue Core (TBC) 41 hours
Major Requirements 54 hours
Supporting Courses 29 hours*
Electives 0-7 hours
TOTAL 120-124 hours

*This program requires courses that can also fulfill requirements of the True Blue Core curriculum. If program requirements are also used to fulfill True Blue Core requirements, the number of elective hours will increase.

True Blue Core (41 hours)


True Blue Core (TBC)  requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category.

The following courses required by the major meet True Blue Core requirements:

Major Requirements (54 hours)


Supporting Courses (29 hours)


Electives (0-7 hours)


Curriculum: Construction Management, Land Development/Residential Building Construction Management


Students should consult their advisors each semester to plan their schedules.

Freshman


Subtotal: 28 Hours


Sophomore


Subtotal: 31 Hours


Subtotal: 30 Hours


Subtotal: 31 Hours