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	0-10 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:

MATH 1710 , MATH 1720 , MATH 1730 , MATH 1810 , or MATH 1910 (Quant Lit)
GEOL 1030 /GEOL 1031 or GEOL 1040 /GEOL 1041 (Sci Lit)
PHYS 2010 /PHYS 2011 or PHYS 2110 /PHYS 2111 or PHYS 1110 (Sci Lit)
SPAN 1010 (NWC)

Major Requirements (54 hours)

Concrete and Construction Core (6 hours)

CCM 1010 - Introduction to the Concrete and Construction Industry 1 credit hour
CCM 2050 - Plan Reading 2 credit hours
CCM 4010 - Concrete and Construction Law 3 credit hours

Major Courses (48 hours)

CCM 3200 - Project Estimating 3 credit hours
CMT 3150 - Residential Building Construction and Materials I 3 credit hours
CMT 3180 - Construction and Materials II 3 credit hours
CMT 3190 - Construction Land Development Operations 3 credit hours
CMT 4000 - Soils, Foundations and Earth Moving Equipment 3 credit hours
CMT 3210 - Construction Codes and Regulation 3 credit hours
CMT 3300 - Construction Management Internship 1 to 9 credit hours (3 hours required)
CMT 3320 - Architectural Computer-Aided Drafting and Design 3 credit hours
CCM 3500 - Land Surveying 3 credit hours
CMT 4100 - Mechanical and Electrical Systems 3 credit hours
CMT 4110 - Cost Estimating II 3 credit hours
CMT 4120 - Scheduling 3 credit hours
CMT 4130 - Construction Administration 3 credit hours
CMT 4160 - Construction Safety and Health Management 3 credit hours
CMT 4170 - Capstone-LDRB Construction Management 3 credit hours
CMT 4320 - Software Applications for Virtual Design and Construction 3 credit hours

Supporting Courses (29 hours)

ACTG 3000 - Survey of Accounting for General Business 3 credit hours
FIN 3030 - Principles of Real Estate 3 credit hours
MKT 3820 - Principles of Marketing 3 credit hours
INFS 2200 - Introduction to Microcomputing 3 credit hours OR
CSCI 1150 - Computer Orientation 3 credit hours
SPAN 1010 - Elementary Spanish I 3 credit hours (may be counted in the True Blue Core) OR
SPAN 1015 - Spanish for Concrete and Construction Management 3 credit hours
GEOL 1030 - Introduction to Earth Science 3 credit hours AND
GEOL 1031 - Introduction to Earth Science Lab 1 credit hour (may be counted in the True Blue Core)
OR
GEOL 1040 - Physical Geology 4 credit hours AND
GEOL 1041 - Physical Geology Lab 0 credit hours (may be counted in the True Blue Core)
PHYS 2010 - Non-Calculus-Based Physics I 0 credit hours AND
PHYS 2011 - Physics Problems Laboratory I 4 credit hours (may be counted in the True Blue Core)
OR
PHYS 2110 - Calculus-Based Physics I 0 credit hours AND
PHYS 2111 - Calculus-Based Physics Laboratory I 4 credit hours (may be counted in the True Blue Core)
OR
PHYS 1110 - Discovering Physics 4 credit hours (may be counted in the True Blue Core)
MATH 1710 - College Algebra 3 credit hours (may be counted in the True Blue Core) AND
MATH 1720 - Plane Trigonometry 3 credit hours
OR
MATH 1730 - Pre-Calculus 4 credit hours
OR
MATH 1810 - Applied Calculus I 3 credit hours
OR
MATH 1910 - Calculus I 4 credit hours

Electives (0-10 hours)

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

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

Freshman

Written Communication 3 credit hours
Information Literacy 3 credit hours
Non-Written Communication 3 credit hours
Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours
CCM 1010 - Introduction to the Concrete and Construction Industry 1 credit hour
CCM 2050 - Plan Reading 2 credit hours
INFS 2200 - Introduction to Microcomputing 3 credit hours OR
CSCI 1150 - Computer Orientation 3 credit hours
PHYS 2010 - Non-Calculus-Based Physics I 0 credit hours (Sci Lit) AND
PHYS 2011 - Physics Problems Laboratory I 4 credit hours (Sci Lit)
OR
PHYS 2110 - Calculus-Based Physics I 0 credit hours (Sci Lit) AND
PHYS 2111 - Calculus-Based Physics Laboratory I 4 credit hours (Sci Lit)
OR
PHYS 1110 - Discovering Physics 4 credit hours (Sci Lit)
MATH 1710 - College Algebra 3 credit hours (Quant Lit) AND
MATH 1720 - Plane Trigonometry 3 credit hours
OR
MATH 1730 - Pre-Calculus 4 credit hours (Quant Lit)
OR
MATH 1810 - Applied Calculus I 3 credit hours (Quant Lit)
OR
MATH 1910 - Calculus I 4 credit hours (Quant Lit)

Subtotal: 28 Hours

Sophomore

GEOL 1030 - Introduction to Earth Science 3 credit hours (Sci Lit) AND
GEOL 1031 - Introduction to Earth Science Lab 1 credit hour (Sci Lit)
OR
GEOL 1040 - Physical Geology 4 credit hours (Sci Lit) AND
GEOL 1041 - Physical Geology Lab 0 credit hours (Sci Lit)
SPAN 1010 - Elementary Spanish I 3 credit hours OR (NWC)
SPAN 1015 - Spanish for Concrete and Construction Management 3 credit hours
CMT 3150 - Residential Building Construction and Materials I 3 credit hours
CMT 3180 - Construction and Materials II 3 credit hours
Creativity and Cultural Expression Literature 3 credit hours
Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours
Human Society and Social Relationships 6 credit hours
History and Civic Learning 6 credit hours
Elective (If SPAN 1010 taken in TBC) 0-3 credit hours

Subtotal: 31 Hours

Junior

CCM 3200 - Project Estimating 3 credit hours
CCM 4010 - Concrete and Construction Law 3 credit hours
CMT 3190 - Construction Land Development Operations 3 credit hours
CMT 4000 - Soils, Foundations and Earth Moving Equipment 3 credit hours
CMT 3210 - Construction Codes and Regulation 3 credit hours
CMT 3320 - Architectural Computer-Aided Drafting and Design 3 credit hours
CMT 4160 - Construction Safety and Health Management 3 credit hours
FIN 3030 - Principles of Real Estate 3 credit hours
ACTG 3000 - Survey of Accounting for General Business 3 credit hours
Elective 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Senior

MKT 3820 - Principles of Marketing 3 credit hours
CMT 3300 - Construction Management Internship 1 to 9 credit hours (3 hours required)
CCM 3500 - Land Surveying 3 credit hours
CMT 4100 - Mechanical and Electrical Systems 3 credit hours
CMT 4110 - Cost Estimating II 3 credit hours
CMT 4120 - Scheduling 3 credit hours
CMT 4130 - Construction Administration 3 credit hours
CMT 4170 - Capstone-LDRB Construction Management 3 credit hours
CMT 4320 - Software Applications for Virtual Design and Construction 3 credit hours
Electives 4 credit hours